Congratulations to our Western Heritage Home Scholar Dorothy Armoo who has graduated as a
Nursing Assistant from the SDA Health Assistant Training School in Asanta,
Ghana! Dorothy exemplifies the Western Heritage Home motto:
MAKING LEADERS OF THE LEAST!
Dorothy will participate in a graduation ceremony in early 2018, at
which time the new graduates will be assigned to their workplace---which could
be ANYWHERE in Ghana! She is excited and proud!
And congratulations to Scholars Philomena Mensah and Charlotte Armah who met the academic
requirements to be accepted into the Asanta Nursing Training School, and who
have just completed their first term. They are on their way to becoming nurses!
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| Charlotte (left) & Philomena on first day at the Asanta Nurses Training School |
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Charlotte (second from left) and Philomena (far right) with classmates at the end of first term of nurses training in their nice new training uniforms!
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Huge thank you to Dr.
James Heilman and the WikiMed Foundation for allowing us to purchase two of
the first 100 newly-published prototype WikiMed
Internet-in-a-Boxes! And to Adam Holt of Unleash Kids who connected Ghana
Together with the WikiMed folks.
Western Heritage Home Operations Manager Evans Arloo and
the computer lab teachers installed the units---one at Asanta Nursing Training School and the other at Essiama Community Health Nursing/Midwifery School.
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Each of these little devices is a “hot spot” that sends signals to network-enabled computers and smartphones
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Students can access as if they are on the
actual internet from the computers in their lab and even on their smartphones,
if they have them! (Actual internet is not very available yet in the more rural
parts of Ghana, and if available, very expensive.)
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WikiMed Training Session at the Computer Lab at the Asanta Nurses Training School
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Western Heritage Home Operations Manager Evans Arloo (left) hands over the WikiMed device and documentation to the computer teacher at Asanta Nurses Training School
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WikiMed Handing Over Ceremony at Essiama Nursery/Midwifery School. James Kainyiah, Chairman of Western Heritage Home, is tall guy 4th from left
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Believe it or not (!), each of these little units holds:
--a complete
collection of all healthcare, anatomy, and medication-related topics from
Wikipedia, but in offline format---at least 50,000 articles in all
--a “Global
Emergency Medicine Wiki”, which is the world’s largest emergency medicine
open-access reference resource
--a “HealthPhone
Medical Video Collection”---videos on various healthcare topics
--many “Practical
Action” videos on topics such as agriculture, disaster response, fisheries,
food processing, social and economic development, and waste management
--OpenStreet Maps
of the entire world (especially useful for medical personnel traveling in more
remote areas of their own countries)
Dr. Heilman and his group allowed us to purchase these
WikiMed devices, as prototypes, on the condition that the faculty and students will provide feedback to his group, to help
improve the next release they are already working on. As Dr H told us, “These represent the work of 10s
of thousands of people. I hope people find it useful. We are busy working on
the next version.”
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AND, remember those urine diversification/dehydration toilets Engineers Without Borders pioneered in Axim? Well, EWB built one, we of Ghana Together funded two more. We gave workshops…we visited…and RE-visited… we used them ourselves just to prove... (J) and now the nearby village of Apetaim has built one for itself, thanks to a local NGO!! A wonderful move to better health and hygiene! We only hope more villages take up this type of toilet design.
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And so, we’ve come to the end of our year. So many good projects
and accomplishments!
Our Annual Update Letter summarizes our year and our plans.
On behalf of the Western Heritage Scholars, and the Axim
Community, we sincerely thank you for your financial help. The American dollar
goes a long way in Ghana!
We spend every
donated amount on projects there. All our administrative expenses, including
travel, are paid out-of-pocket by our Board Directors. We try to help in areas where our expertise, technology,
and funds can provide what is difficult or impossible for Axim-ites to provide
for themselves. We have wonderful leaders in Axim who are our good friends, and
partners.
If you want to help, please visit our website for more
info. Our mailing address is:
Ghana
Together
808
Addison Place
Mount
Vernon, WA 98273
Website: http://ghanatogether.org
Email: info@ghanatogether.org
