Today was a great day, the first full day for our August 2015 team, which includes three group members who’ve never been to Ghana (or Africa) before: Heather, Kristen, and Kirsten. It was also our first day of village visits, a trip tradition where we drive around to as many Kekeli communities as possible and…
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Between trips: what goes on when we’re away?
Most of our public focus surrounds the trips we take to Ghana about twice per year. The last was in December and the next will be this coming August. The bulk of our new trainings happen on these trips, where the women spend one or two weeks in full day sessions learning the material they…
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100% Donation Matching Through End of 2012!
Thanks to an anonymous donor, all on-line donations through the end of 2012 will be matched 100% up to a total of $1000! That means with the current 2:1 exchange rate in Ghana, your dollar will be multiplied to four Ghanaian dollars. See below to get a sense of what your dollars will do: $5…
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A 3am Phone Call
I received a phone call from Africa at 3am this morning. It was our Director of Operations in Ghana, David Sefe. He called me during the latest Kekeli meeting because the women wanted to say hi and wish us happy holidays. Groggy, eyes half open, I spoke with Comfort and Esther about their villages and…
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Water.org: Tackling Death & Toilets
3.4 million people die from water related disease each year – equivalent to the size of the city of Los Angeles. Some of those people live in the district where we work. ———————– When we began our first Kekeli Village Health Promoter Program in January of 2011 we started the first day of class with…
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Tiyatien Health – A model that moves and inspires
I came across an organization today that inspired me. It’s called Tiyatien Health and it is based in Liberia. Formed in response to the death of 12 women suffering from AIDS in a rural village in Liberia, it has moved mountains to train local people to be health workers and bring care to those in…
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New Maternal Health Program: Info
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…
Read MoreVisiting Villages to Learn – Post #2
Steph, Jess, and I have continued with our busy schedules, bumping along the bush roads daily and enjoying new adventures. We have now visited 19/20 Kekeli women in their villages, a feat we are all quite impressed with. We had originally planned to visit at least half, but realized that the unvisited half would not…
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