By Rebecca Fogel Earlier this spring Global Mamas staff and producers in Krobo, Akuse, and Cape Coast participated in workshops educating on pregnancy and delivery, facilitated by Dr. Akpene Nyamadi, Clinical Quality Advisor at Marie Stopes International in Ghana. Marie Stopes is a global organization that has been educating and …
TO OUR GLOBAL MAMAS COMMUNITY: First off, we want to check-in. How are you doing? We hope you are hanging in there. This is an unprecedented time for us all and we are all doing our best to navigate the changes each day. Please know we’re sending our love, and …
By Sæunn Gísladóttir This week the Mamas and staff at our Cape Coast office received two short-term volunteers from Chicago, Ellen Rogin and Terri Winters. Ellen is the New York Times bestselling author of Picture your Prosperity, a book that offers a motivational plan for women who want to take …
Patience Treve, People Development Manager In our continued effort to present more trainings and workshops related to health issues that are important to the Mamas, our Cape Coast office hosted a diabetes workshop and screening on April 20th, 2016. Chief Dr. Justice Arthur from the District Hospital led the screening, …
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Eryn Greaney, Peace Corps Volunteer Part of being a fair trade organization is ongoing dialogue with the Mamas about how they’re doing, not only in their work lives, but in their personal lives, too. In 2013, we heard from Mamas that they wanted support for living healthier lifestyles. Since then, …
Amanda Bartolini and Emma Shearman, interns At the end of 2013, we asked Mamas for feedback on how we could further help them achieve prosperity. They were especially enthusiastic of learning more about their health, which is an important part of our definition of prosperity. After bringing health education intern …
By The Global Mamas Family Over the summer, as we received more and more news about the Ebola virus in West Africa, it became clear that we would benefit from knowing the facts about Ebola. Our training team quickly responded by pulling together a workshop and discussion program utilizing materials …
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By Amelia Brandt, volunteer In late 2013, we heard from Mamas that they were especially interested in learning more about their health —an important part of our definition of prosperity. With this feedback in mind, we recruited Adrienne McConnell, a New Mexico native studying for a master’s in community health …
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Through the use of Global Mamas’ annual surveys and interviews we became aware that health issues are a constant concern among the women. In response, Global Mamas decided to put together a Health Workshop presented by Dr. Justice Arthur, from the Cape Coast District Hospital. More than 30 women attended this workshop.
