As the Kekeli women continue their work in their communities, we are continually looking for ways to support them and improve their training. During our visit last December, we conducted focus groups with the women and people in their villages. It became apparent that improving the teaching and training regarding family planning was a large…
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Semi-annual Newsletter – June 2012
If you would like to read our semi-annual newsletter that came out this past month, please click here! We are really excited about several new programs that are in the works as well as the ongoing work of the Kekeli women in their villages throughout the Akatsi district. Thanks for your support these past 6…
Read MoreReturning to Ghana to visit Kekeli
This December, Jess, Steph, and Olivia will be heading back to Ghana for 2 weeks to work with the first group of Kekeli women in a follow-up to their initial training in January 2011. After training 20 women in basic health principles as part of the RHC collaboration with the Bethel Clinic Compassion Foundation in…
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Kekeli T-shirts are here!
Through a generous donation from a local screen-printing shop as well as other friends, we now have Kekeli t-shirts! They are the same color and style as the shirts worn by the previous two Kekeli health promoter classes in the North and South Tongu districts, the second of which Olivia helped teach. The idea behind…
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Kekeli VHW Program
Kekeli means “brightness” in Ewe, the local language of east Ghana. It is also the name of a community teaching program in the North Tongu District organized by our partner, Seva Clinic. This is the same teaching program Olivia worked on during her months in Ghana in 2007. As our trip approaches, we have been…
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