One thing that I like about traveling is being able to experience cultures that are so much different from mine. Getting out of America allows me to open my eyes to the world and get out of my comfort zone, showing me how diverse our world is. Today, the whole group decided to go to “Monday Read More …
When we arrived the kids were sitting in rows in little purple uniforms. My heart melted when I saw them all. When they started cheering after we came in, I started tearing up. They were so happy and had such beautiful souls, despite the fact that they lived in poor conditions. They sang and danced Read More …
I turned 21 somewhere over the Atlantic, and when the plane landed in Africa it was time to celebrate Ghanaian style. I wasn’t expecting much, because everyone had been traveling for almost 24 hours, but by the end of the day I could say that 21 was my most eventful birthday yet. After arriving at Read More …
A few things to know about a bus tour of Accra, Ghana: This city is huge. I quickly realized that there was no way we’d be able to get a sense of the whole place in one day. It sprawls into neighborhood after neighborhood, each with a slightly different “feel.” This isn’t your average bus Read More …
I am obsessed with babies. Chubby babies, tiny babies, baby carrots… but none more than Ghanaian babies. And not even just the human babies – the baby goats too! Today marks the fourth day in our new home in Accra and we have settled in spectacularly. The first day there was the initial shock of, Read More …
I stayed in Ghana a couple of weeks after the official conclusion of our study abroad program. Week six came and went, and all of the new friends I made over the last month and a half were replaced by abandoned boxes of macaroni and cheese, along with dollar packets of ramen and finally a Read More …
Check out Working Away From Poverty, an article I wrote that appeared in the Daily Guide.
The Media in Ghana 2015 participants had the amazing opportunity to work with the Accra-based NGO, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights. The 15 of us formed teams to create a bank of images, graphic designs, and multimedia projects that captured stories and helped ARHR with advocacy. Once divided into teams, Shirley Chan and I stationed at Read More …
Family Planning brochure: Contraception Information brochure: Universal Health Coverage brochure:
ARHR’s Executive Director Vicky Okine shares ARHR’s central mission in this piece for Ghana’s MetroTV.
At ARHR, we have partnered with MamaYe! Ghana to ensure local hospitals are maintaining the highest standard of care.
We are working to ensure rural clinics maintain the highest standard of maternal care. Visit the Mater Ecclesiae Clinic in Volta to witness the change ARHR is making in local communities.
We are promoters, defenders and protectors of rights of women and their newborns, and adolescents to the best quality of health care through evidence based advocacy on gaps between policy and practice in the Ghanaian health system. We seek to empower communities to hold government accountable for responsive and equitable health care delivery (or health Read More …
As I’m lying in bed watching Netflix to make up for my two-month withdrawal, I realize I’ve already fully adjusted to my routine at home. In the week that I’ve been home, I’ve gone out to dinner with family and friends, to the movies, on a 9-mile hike, to a concert, and more. Even though Read More …