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Top 5 Things the Kekeli Women Use Their Bicycles For

There are currently 47 Kekeli Women promoting health in rural Ghana. These women volunteer their time as Community Health Promoters to help the communities where they live be healthier. After the first year of working with Rural Health Collaborative they receive a bicycle. This month marks the one year anniversary for the newest 19 Kekeli…

Weeks 2 and 3, in photos

Our final weeks were filled with so much laughter, reconnection, new hurdles, old hurdles, new and old friends both Ghanian and from stateside. We thought it best shown rather than written about this time.

A Few Firsts from Week One

When we first arrived, I had a hard time counting how many times I have been to Ghana. Not because each trip has been indistinct; but that each trip here has been full of countless learning experiences, challenges and growth. As I reflected at the end of my first week back in Ghana, there were…

June 2014 Trip Review: HBLSS Part 1

Presenting the Home-Based Life Saving Kekeli Women! They’re back at it! The Kekeli Women completed Part 1 of a new program aimed to reduce maternal mortality in their communities. The women met in June over a two week period in Eastern Ghana to further improve their skills. Previously trained in basic sanitation and hygiene, malaria…

The Meetings Go On

Despite our silence from time to time on our RHC Blog, the work does go on. Recently, on March 14th, the Kekeli women came together for their first training of 2014. They discussed the importance of vaccination, pneumonia prevention, and blood pressure management. We are also welcoming a new Kekeli woman into our group. Replacing…

Ghana 2013: One week down, much more to come

Thursday concluded our first week with the Original Kekeli women, as we are coming to call them in order to distinguish from the new group that will begin training Monday. As always it has been wonderful to return and be greeted warmly by the women whom are our friends. We tried out for the first time our Leadership Curriculum,…

The Training Begins – #ghanastyle

2 days ago the RHC team landed in Accra and made the 2 hour journey to the Akatsi District where we work. They are spending their first weekend getting acclimated to the time zone, the temperature, and solidifying the schedule for the 3 weeks they’ll be there. Here’s the general outline for their trip: Tuesday…

Teaching and Old Friends

We all arrived safely in Ghana on Jan 3rd. Steph and Jess arrived early in the morning, made friends with an American teaching couple, and had their first meal and shower in Ghana at the teachers’ home in Accra. Olivia and I arrived in the late evening and were greeted by the Bethel Clinic staff…