When we sat down to revisit the direction of Rural Health Collaborative a few years ago, we recommitted to our vision of ‘investing in women’ as foundational to our work. The avenue we have taken for this is through health, by providing opportunities for women to be community health promoters. When the nursing students from…
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RHC Promo Video Released
In the fall of 2018 we released our first ever RHC promo video, created by our friends and partners at Furnace Fps. The video was shot in August of 2017 during a trip where we were joined by filmmakers Sergio and Sarah Salgado. The video is titled “A Glimpse Into RHC Ghana: Healthy Moms, Healthy…
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Healthy Ghana Mamas and Babies
We started this incredible journey of working in Ghana a little over six years ago. San Diego is the place we all met, it is where we held our first meetings, planned our first trips, held our first fundraisers, and perhaps more importantly, found our first supporters. A lot of friends and family who heard…
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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…
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17 Things I Learned While Running Round a Mountain
Sometimes you will give your legs pep talks. Sometimes you will cuss at them. When you roll your ankle really bad and want to cry you realize you probably shouldn’t because you’ll lose hydration. Sometimes you’ll try and hydrate more JUST so you can squat to pee/ take a break (sorry Coral). You will go…
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20 Things I’ve Learned While Training
I feel extremely grateful to be able bodied enough to even attempt something like this. I’m terrible at active recovery- active recovery after a hard effort involves me lying on the couch and moving as little as possible and asking for things to be brought to me. Fear is a great motivator- there have been…
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Why run 40 miles?
“40 miles? Around a mountain? That’s crazy!” has been the immediate response from anyone I have shared my plans with. I agree; it feels crazy. At this point in my training I am grateful that I really did not have an understanding for what I was getting myself into. I have never trained for anything,…
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Connected through Motherhood
Almost a year ago, in the early hours of the morning I became a mother. We welcomed our baby girl in the peace and calm of our bedroom surrounded by skilled professionals. One of the ideas that resonated with me while preparing for birth was to imagine all the women around the world that were…
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When do you become a woman? #internationalwomensday
Our culture often ignores a significant event in a young girl’s life: when that girl becomes a woman. Some cultures have a ceremony, rather than simple happenstance, to usher in the change. But for me, no one and no culture ever recognized when I became a woman. During my 20’s, with all their substantial bumps…
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#GivingTuesday #givingriceday
There are always so many thing to give on the holidays; gifts, time, food, money, patience. I find myself almost overwhelmed by the asks daily. And yet, here I am, about to the same. Of course I think it is different; it’s personal. I love these women. I love what they do. I love that…
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