Sponsor: Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ
Project Information
Project duration: Ongoing
Project's area of focus: Healthcare in Ghana
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Ho, the local diet of consists of very carbohydrate-heavy meals that often lack protein content necessary for proper growth and nutrition.
As a result, a recent study has shown that 45% of children under the age of 5 in the Ho region are underweight for their height. As an intervention, we have established a child nutrition program, which teaches mothers how to properly supplement the diets of their children with protein-rich soybeans.
Activities
The program recently began training mothers in two of eight neighboring communities to become peer educators, monitoring the progress of soybean crops and growth of underweight children in their villages. Recently, a new phase to the project has been added incorporating vegetable crop monitoring and distribution to mothers of malnourished children.
Expected Outcomes
This project will improve the quality of clinical care through the diagnostic lab, and will reduce child malnutrition in Ho, from 45% to 15%, over the next five years.
Project Message
I came to work here for the Nutrition Program. The way we serve the community really makes an impact and I love seeing it every day with the mothers and children that come into the H.O.P.E. Center.
- Love Agboka, Head Nurse of The H.O.P.E. Center
Project Contact
Deepa Ramadurai,
Co-President
GlobeMed 1921 Sherman Avenue, Unit GN Evanston, IL 60208
United States
630-862-0444
GlobeMed's mission is to connect the assets of a student-led network to grassroots health organizations working in communities around the world. By inspiring and training university students to mobilize resources for global health, we seek to build a movement fighting for a more sustainable and secure world.
Organization's Programs
GlobeMed as a national organization supports 13 chapters at universities across the US. These chapters then partner with grassroots health organizations and support them through fundraising, advocacy, research, and volunteering. We also seek to educate ourselves, as well as our broader campus communities about the root causes of health disparities through a comprehensive education and training curriculum. By honing these skill sets, we hope to enable a new generation of global change agents.
Organization's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
Nourishing 500 Children in Ho, Ghana
Organization Statistics
Financial Statistics
Victor Roy,
Executive Director
Founded in 2002
Employees: 2
Volunteers: 300
Other funding sources: Abbott Fund, Northwestern University, other family foundations Religious Affiliation: None
Personnel Overview
Joseph Achana - Director of the HOPE Center
Joseph Achana has been a truly dynamic leader, devoted to the improvement of the health of the community of Ho. He has served as the President of the Rotary Club of Ho and has served as the Director of the HOPE Center since it opened in 2007.
Love Agboka - Head Nurse of the HOPE Center
Love Agboka has been the head nurse since the summer of 2011. She has stepped into the position after working at the H.O.P.E. Center for 5 years and practicing as a nurse and midwife for the past thirty years. Nurse Love continues to be a figure of reliability and comfort at the H.O.P.E. Center for community members as well as staff.
Rita Fiagbor - Nutrition Officer
Rita Fiagbor works through the Municipal Health Directorate for the Ho catchement area for Ghana Health Service. Ms. Fiagbor devised the fifth phase of the Nutrition Program which involves vegetable supplements in childhood diets in addition to protein supplements to promote diet diversification and well-rounded nutrition.
