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Two of our co-op partners in Chiapas, Mexico are creating small clinic spaces in their coop offices for continuing their work with GFH and perhaps other primary health care needs of their membership and community....

Congrats to Former Office Manager Brendan Downs-Dudley

28 Jul 2011

Justin Mool

We just got a great update from our former office manager and do-it-all extroidinaire, Brendan Downs-Dudley. Brendan has been studying to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and she just passed her exam! On top...

Summer 2011 Update: Mexico

20 Jul 2011

Julia Wejchert

Recently, one of Grounds for Health’s in-country staff members, registered nurse Rachel Ballester, came to spend a few weeks with us in our Vermont office. Rachel has been in Mexico for the past five months,...

Summer 2011 Update: Tanzania

20 Jul 2011

Ellen Starr

An important value of Grounds for Health is that we never make ourselves indispensable. We actually work towards ending our involvement from the very first day we begin. That means lots of work in making...

Summer 2011 Update: Nicaragua

20 Jul 2011

Elisa Vandervort

Grounds for Health field staff in Nicaragua just completed a series of trainings of nine new doctors and nurses in the region of Jinotega. The trainings were located in the small towns of Wiwili and...

An Intern’s Perspective: Meghan Costello

20 Jul 2011

Meghan Costello

Last spring I had the opportunity to travel to Rwanda, Africa and speak with women coffee farmers about their concerns. I found that their main two worries were about money and health. It greatly disturbed...

The Monin Effect

20 Jul 2011

Jane Dale

Since 2006, Grounds for Health has been fortunate to have had the support of Monin, the world’s leading provider of gourmet flavorings. Like many of our strongest donors, they started with a modest level of...

True Collaboration for Meaningful Impact

20 Jul 2011

Justin Mool

Early last month Grounds for Health Executive Director August Burns and in-country doctor Barinia Osejo attended the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Workshop on VIA and cryotherapy. Grounds for Health joined representatives from 11 countries...

Mexico and Nicaragua Program Updates

31 May 2011

Elisa Vandervort

I’m happy to report that the past two months have been wonderfully full and successful in terms of our program trainings in Mexico and Nicaragua. The brief update on Mexico is that our recent Level...

Fundraisers: Generous and Creative

31 May 2011

Jane Dale

As a non-profit whose support comes mainly from the coffee sector, we are wholly dependent on the generosity of businesses that see the value in supporting our work. But increasingly, we are also the beneficiaries...

Auction Action – Simple Way To Help

27 May 2011

Justin Mool

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...

VT Non-Profit Wins National Sustainability Award

25 May 2011

Justin Mool

Download PDF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VERMONT NON-PROFIT WINS NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD Vermont-based Grounds for Health accepts the 2011 Specialty Coffee Association of America Sustainability Award for its work preventing cervical cancer in coffee-growing communities. May...

Quick Words from Mexico and Nicaragua

Congrats to Former Office Manager Brendan Downs-Dudley

Summer 2011 Update: Mexico

Summer 2011 Update: Tanzania

Summer 2011 Update: Nicaragua

An Intern’s Perspective: Meghan Costello

The Monin Effect

True Collaboration for Meaningful Impact

Mexico and Nicaragua Program Updates

Fundraisers: Generous and Creative

Auction Action – Simple Way To Help

VT Non-Profit Wins National Sustainability Award

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