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Tanzania Trip Report - Progress in Training

From June 17 through July 5, 2010, we conducted a two-week training and cervical cancer screening campaign in Kigoma, Tanzania. This trip marked our fourth visit to Kigoma and third training and screening campaign at this site. As in our other sites, we continue to focus on the implementation of the Single Visit Approach for the prevention of cervical cancer.

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Community Health Promoters: In Her Own Words

GFH at JGI and in Tanzania

Katie, August (left) with Alice Macharia, JGI director of East Africa programs in front of a classic image of Dr. Jane Goodall

After days of canceled flights and other travel woes, our full team of staff and volunteers has finally arrived in Kigoma, Tanzania. This month, they’ll be training ten more local health workers in the Single Visit Approach and screening nearly 300 women. They’ll also have the pleasure of a visit from Dr. Jane Goodall herself, who is celebrating 50 years of saving chimpanzees and empowering their human neighbors in the nearby Gombe National Park.

Just last month, August and I visited the Jane Goodall Institute in Washington, DC. JGI has been Grounds for Health’s partner in Tanzania since the inception of our program there, linking us to community leaders, local health authorities, and JGI’s thriving network of village health promoters, or community-based distribution agents (CBDAs).

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GFH in the News

Grounds for Health has had a busy year, and people are beginning to notice. Within the last few weeks and months, we’ve seen a flurry of articles in magazines and on blogs.

In The News & On The Web

Jane Goodall Institute Blog: Summary of our partnership & work in Tanzania
Coffee Talk Magazine – June Issue, Page 14: featured story about cervical cancer and GFH
Cafe Imports Blog: GFH Intern Amanda Eastwood’s first-hand accounts from the field
Pitt County Women’s Journal: Volunteer’s write-up of GFH’s mission

2010 Grounds for Health Auction Success

The 2010 Grounds for Health Auction raised an impressive $106,500, which is 10% more than last year! 100% of proceeds will benefit our programs in Tanzania, Mexico and Nicaragua.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who donated coffee and all of those who bid. This event is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and without your support, much of what we do couldn’t be possible.

A huge thank you also goes out to Malcolm Stone at Stoneworks Auctions, and Rocky Rhodes, our Auction Guru. Their dedication and drive made the entire auction a success. Thank you.

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Volunteer Sylvia talks about GFH - From SCAA

We just stumbled across Tambaroo Coffee‘s interview with Grounds for Health volunteer Sylvia Estrada from SCAA. Sylvia is a Nurse Practitioner in California and is one of our most active volunteers. Thanks to the Tambaroo blog for posting this great vid. Check it out:

Nicaragua Photos - Courtesy: Adam Pesce

During May’s trip to Nicaragua, Adam Pesce of Reunion Island Coffee and First Drop Canada tagged along with our crew to document the program with professional photographs. He certainly got some amazing shots. Here is a small sampling of the hundreds he took. Also: we’ll update with captions soon. Adam rushed these over to us before his Grounds for Health fundraiser this evening. (Thanks for all your support/help, Adam!)

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Auction Action - Simple Way To Help

The Grounds for Health Coffee Auction rallies the coffee industries together in a meaningful way to generate funds for our programs in coffee-growing communities. It is our biggest fundraiser of the year—last year it helped raise close to $100,000.

Even though it is an event for coffee importers, producers, roasters and retailers, everyone can get involved to help spread the word.

How You Can Help

Print out this basic flier, and then the next time you pick up some coffee from your local roaster (this week or next week), do the following:

Ask the barista: “Do you guys roast your own coffee?“
If the answer is “Yes” – then say: “Could you pass this on to your roaster” (hand him/her flier) “It’s a green coffee auction that benefits a non-profit.“
If the answer is “No” – then just enjoy your coffee

We know this is a long shot … but you can’t blame us for trying, right?

If you have any luck (good or bad), come back to this page and leave a comment. Or if you have any other ideas, let us know.

Thanks, and keep your fingers crossed for another great auction.

Help Spread the Word - Facebook, Twitter, RSS Feeds

It was all a matter of time before we plugged into Facebook and Twitter. As you can see, we don’t have many followers yet … but we had to start somewhere, right? Joining us on social networking sites is a quick and easy way for you to get involved and help educate others about our work.

Help Us Spread The Word

Follow us on Facebook – “like” us (it sounds corny, but FB did away with the “Fan” feature)
Follow our Tweets
Subscribe to our RSS Feed

Facebook

On Facebook we will post links to our latest blog entries, give updates from the field and provide info on upcoming events, fundraisers, and volunteer opportunities.

Twitter

We’re still learning the ropes with this one, but on Twitter we’ll update you with links to interesting articles, real-time Tweets from the field, and quick thoughts on cervical cancer concerns and women’s health issues in general.

RSS Feeds

Subscribing to our RSS Feed is a quick and easy way to see the latest from our blog. You’ll need an RSS Reader, or if you use Firefox, you can create a folder in your bookmarks that updates automatically. To do this in Firefox:

Subscribe to our RSS Feed (this opens in a new window)
Click the button that says “View Feed XML”
Subscribe to the “Live Bookmarks” and choose where you want the bookmark
To view, simply find that bookmark

Response to the Huffington Post

On May 17^th the Huffington Post ran a commentary by Irene Natividad, President of the Global Summit of Women, entitled “Lifting the Burden.” The piece talked about the importance of an all-out international effort to stem the incidence of cervical cancer.

Natividad rightfully talked about how cervical cancer strikes women in their 30s and 40s and takes a disproportionate toll among women in the developing world, where 80% of deaths occur. Natividad calls all to recognize that cervical cancer is not only a health issue but an economic issue as well. She reasons that the knowledge and the tools to prevent, screen and treat cervical cancer are well known and identified, and raises the question: what’s stopping us from wiping out cervical cancer?

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Latest Tweets

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@grounds4health - You must have missed the tweets about the auction -- cocoa Colombian, absolutely stellar Kona to die for...it's all good! - posted on 29/07/2010 20:31:54
Check your inboxes: GFH E-Newsletter is out ... http://eepurl.com/L0f1 - posted on 29/07/2010 15:10:22
@grounds4health - yes! 15lbs went to friends/family and the rest I've enjoyed. And all were made aware of grounds4health's mission. Xcelent! - posted on 29/07/2010 14:36:46
Wondering: have y'all been enjoying the GFH auction coffees? @BoydsCoffee @BoldJava @BatdorfCoffee @FinerGrind - posted on 29/07/2010 13:29:43
Check out #coffeetalkmag Making a Difference e-zine. many great orgs. click our link at top of pg 7 to help cause. http://bit.ly/9QaHFE - posted on 22/07/2010 10:02:03

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