A team of awesome GMH volunteers are spending the weekend in Barrie this weekend preparing the medical equipment to be shipped in t-minus 1 month to Ghana!
GMH T-Shirts!
A piece of desperately needed medical equipment is bought with every t-shirt purchased! Contact us to make an order.
Huge shout out goes to Josh Layton of Loop Design for the awesome designs on the shirts and table banner! check them out at weareloop.ca
Painted Minds Art Silent Auction
GMH would like to extend an enormous thank you to Painted Minds, who coordinated an amazing art silent auction last night and have chose to support GMH with the proceeds. More info on this incredible group can be found at paintedminds.org
2 Silent Auctions This Week
* “Somewhere in My Mind” by Jennifer Robb.
GMH is holding 2 Silent Auctions this week.
Artists have donated some really beautiful pieces that we are very excited about! There will also be great African products from Ghana and a fair trade non-profit in Kenya.
The first is March 21
Serengetee
GMH is extremely pleased to announce to you our newest partner, Serengetee. Serengetee, an apparel company that sells products utilizing fabrics sourced from all over the world, strives to connect people to the globe through fabric while giving back to the communities that inspire and create their designs.
Ghana
Michael Ron Martyna is our GMH Volunteer of the Month for February 2013
We are very pleased to recognize the hard work and dedication of Michael Ron Martyna. The enthusiasm and sincere commitment Michael has for helping people in need locally and internationally is incredible and humbling. Since the New Year alone, he has raised over $5000 for Ghana Medical Help. Michael is
Hospital Feature: Navrongo War Memorial District Hospital
Not only does this hospital have the largest pediatric ward with the greatest number of deliveries each year (1000-2000/year), but Navrongo District Hospital is particularly unique due to maintaining a pediatric research centre that focuses largely on pediatric vaccinations. And yet this hospital still lacks basic infant and pediatric medical care
Hospital Feature: Builsa District Hospital
Being the birthplace of Ghana Medical Help, it is here that Dr. James Sarkodie is the only doctor available for over 86,000 West Africans and here that we see the greatest impact our medical aid has had! We see a 30% increase in efficiency and number of patients treated each
Thank you Ninety-Nines!
THE NINETY-NINES, INC. International Organization of Women Pilots
FIRST CANADIAN CHAPTER (FCC)
Ghana Medical Help would like to convey an enormous amount of thanks and gratitude to the First Canadian Chapter of the Ninety-Nines’s, an incredible international organization of women pilots. The 99’s generously donated the $305 in proceeds
Seattle Tobin-Greene is our GMH Volunteer of the Month for January 2013
We would very much like to recognize the hard work of Seattle, who coordinated and ran a tremendously successful Christmas fundraiser at the Kozlov Mall! The funds raised from Seattle’s event enabled GMH to make all of the major equipment purchases for January. As a result, we are now halfway