Ghana Medical Help

Stephanie Carey Yeargan is our Featured Sponsor for April 2016

Stephanie is no stranger to Ghana Medical Help. She has been on board with our mission since the early days helping as a volunteer, contributing her experience in charitable operations in northern Ghana and her grant writing skills, among other things.
Stephanie’s commitment to humanitarian efforts is also reflected

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Marko Andan is our Featured Team Member for April 2016

Marko joined the Ghana Medical Help team in November as our Projects Director, but he has already made a big impact. He traveled to Ghana at the start of February, and over the past 2 months he has journeyed all over to meet with our GMH Ambassadors, senior medical

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Bongo District Hospital Maternity Ward Now Rewired – Thanks Sion Jones & Chuck Zylstra

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Dr. Michael Ron Martyna is our Featured Volunteer for February 2016

Dr. Michael Martyna, who has been involved with GMH since it’s founding, has been investing months of hard work and effort into applying for a major grant that may support the majority of our Medical Equipment Donation Project in 2016.
Due to the awful US/CAD dollar exchange, acquiring the

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GMH In 2016 Is All About Sustainability!

We are working closely with newly appointed biomedical engineers in our partner hospitals to extend the life of donated equipment. Biomedical engineers are getting involved in our quarterly assessment process to evaluate equipment robustness, report break-downs, and request parts.
We are working to empower our new engineering partners

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The Zaring Community Now Has Access to Water

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Olivia & Marko at Work in Northern Ghana

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Olivia and Marko Are En Route to Northern Ghana

Our Administrative Director Olivia Knight and Projects Manager Marko Andan are en route to northern Ghana.
They will be

meeting with Director of Operations Dr. Dominic Akaateba to do project development
attending GMH Ambassador workshops in the Upper East and Upper West
assessing and reporting on

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Thanks to Dogecoin for $342 USD to Purchase Medical Equipment

2 years ago we started accepting dogecoin (a cryptocurrency) and over that time we received donations from hundreds of different people.
Due to a recent surge in price we debated converting 50% of our donated dogecoin to USD. We also asked the online community responsible for most of the

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Report on Livestock and Health Promotion Program (SHEEP)

Compiled by Joseph Abobtey
October – December, 2015
for Ghana Medical Help
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Mosquito Nets and Borehole
 
Location: Zaring
Target: Women
The atmosphere was full of excitement when the programme manager of the HCC took his turn to talk to the women. When he mention that the mosquito nets

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