Uxbridge Residents Continue To Give Back
For the last few years Uxbridge has played a very large role in sending a health team to the rural areas of Ghana to support the efforts of GRID and NEA
Uxbridge Continues To Support The Efforts of Grid
Uxbridge has sent a fourth team of health care professionals to Ghana. The Team lead by Dr. Jennifer Wilson (Canada), Dr. Andrew Kingsnorth (England) is on a medical, surgical, dental, eye mission to serve the people of Northern Ghana.
Halfway Around The World
Follow The 2010 Health Team
The team will conduct Free health clinics in Ghana, West Africa upon their arrival.
This years health team is en-route to the rural area in Ghana that Grid works in and you can follow them through posts on the Grid Web Site or the individuals who are leading the teams. Jennifer Wilson the leader of the Medical Team and Jacques Lapointe who writes about the preparations for the arrival of the team.
You can also sign up for their Email updates
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Little did I know
that my life would be forever changed,
that Uxbridge would continue
to support the work of Grid in Ghana.
Little did I know back in 2000 when I traveled to Ghana to help build a food storage building and teach English for a short period of time that Uxbridge would play such a big part in the health of some small rural communities In Northern Ghana.
Ghana, Africa
From Reflections of Another World
During a seventeen-day period from June 18th to July 7th 2000 Team Ghana members provided volunteer labour in the construction of a 70ft. long x 30ft. wide x 20ft. high concrete block food security building. They also committed themselves to providing the necessary funds to cover the cost of all construction materials as well as some tools and equipment which they left with the people. Their hope in building this facility was to "help break the cycle of starvation" in the Deg area of N.W. Ghana.
One well worn, torn book shared by 5 or more eager children was all they had ever known....imagine the enthusiasm when we provided hundreds of books for the school, enough for each child to have and hold a book of their own. Thanks to the support of many individuals and companies we were able to provide a very large amount of educational material to the headmaster of the School.
Other team members were engaged in teaching English to children attending village schools. Since English is the language of instruction in the schools of Ghana the children from these remote villages face a great disadvantage without a basic knowledge of English. Even though their time there was short they were able to make a significant impact on these young lives
IN Reflections of Another World you can also read The Story of GRACE and HOPE.
No longer will I sit on the sidelines and watch as a suffering world revolves around me.
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