In today’s socially conscious world, we’re gaining a greater and greater understanding of how to responsibly help the less privileged world—be it in health care, agriculture, economics or otherwise. We’re no longer just asking, “what needs to be done,” but we’re examining how things can be done to have a lasting and meaningful impact. [...]
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By: Justin Mool | August 17th, 2010 |
 6 commentsCategory: General Info | Tags: on the ground, results, sustainability 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 [...] By: staff | July 29th, 2010 |
2 commentsCategory: Tanzania | Tags: icap, jane goodall institute, on the ground, Single Visit Approach 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 [...] By: Katie Cox | June 24th, 2010 |
 Be the first to commentCategory: Tanzania | Tags: jane goodall institute, on the ground 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 [...] By: Justin Mool | May 27th, 2010 |
Be the first to commentCategory: Nicaragua | Tags: on the ground, photos Needlessly to say, when campaigns roll around, we spend countless hours packing, slimming down, and lugging our supplies around the world. Case in point: Nicaragua. We have a team leaving for Nicaragua on Sunday, and the office is packed with vinegar, cotton, gloves, headlamps … If only all airlines could adhere to the Southwest [...] As we reported last month, our rockstar volunteer (aren’t they all) Amanda Eastwood would write about her experiences in Chiapas on the Cafe Imports Grinder Blog. Well, we just got word she posted her article, and it’s a great read. If you’ve ever wondered what our campaigns are like through the eyes of our volunteers, be [...] By: Justin Mool | May 4th, 2010 |
Be the first to commentCategory: Mexico | Tags: on the ground, volunteers Dra. Barinia Osejo Herradora Elisa’s lovely note about successes in Tanzania made me realize that I hadn’t shared all the good news from Nicaragua. Our in-country staff from Nicaragua, Dra. Barinia Osejo Herradora, recently sent us an email that was absolutely brimming with excitement and joy. By: Martha Caswell | April 15th, 2010 |
 One commentCategory: Jinotega, Matagalpa, Nicaragua | Tags: local update, on the ground, results
Dr. Annah Kichambati I just got off the phone with our Tanzanian colleague Dr. Annah Kichambati in Kigoma, Tanzania. Annah is our Kigoma-based, GFH-supported colleague and coordinator of our cervical cancer collaboration. Up until recently, she was working with the Jane Goodall Institute as their lead trainer of community health distribution agents (CBDAs) [...] By: Elisa Vandervort | April 13th, 2010 |
2 commentsCategory: Tanzania | Tags: local update, on the ground, results Speculum Angels Our Mexico team just got back from a successful trip to Monte Cristo, Jaltenango after an eventful trip. They are in the process of putting together the results … until then, here are some photos to give you a taste of what the trip was like. Thanks to Rachel Ballester and Alanna [...] By: Justin Mool | March 31st, 2010 |
One commentCategory: General Info | Tags: on the ground, photos, volunteers View from the clinic in Jaltenango Amanda Eastwood, one of our volunteers currently in Mexico, will soon be posting to the Cafe Imports In the Grinder Blog with her experiences in the field. The entire team returns from Jaltenango next week, so check back here or Cafe Imports. It’ll be a good chance to [...] By: Justin Mool | March 23rd, 2010 |
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