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If you’re coming to Portland for the SCAA Event, keep an eye out for us! Swing by Booth 7077 to get your invite to our reception at the Heathman Hotel on Friday night at 7pm....

Mexico Trip Report

11 Apr 2012

Grounds for Health Staff

Late last month, Ground for Health staff, including Executive Director August Burns and Program Manager Kayla Moore, traveled to Chiapas, Mexico with the primary goals of developing a six-month work plan to transition full ownership...

Grounds for Health at NCA

20 Mar 2012

Jane Dale

We will be attending the NCA Annual Convention in Charleston, South Carolina on March 22-24. If you will be there, come by Table 22 in the Exhibit area to learn how Grounds for Health, with...

Employee Giving Adds Up

28 Feb 2012

Jane Dale

The work of Grounds for Health is supported by more than 250 coffee companies and individuals. Among the individuals who choose to support our work are the employees of three of our most vocal and...

Photos from Tanzania

28 Feb 2012

Justin Mool

If you’re connected with us on Facebook, you might have seen these photos already. We asked Amanda Eastwood, our in-country staff, to select a few of her favorites. Click on any image below to zoom...

Grounds for Health to Peru

31 Jan 2012

Grounds for Health Staff

August Burns (Executive Director) and Elisa Vandervort (Senior Clinical Officer) are in the midsts of planning Grounds for Health’s first-ever trip to Peru at the end of February. The purpose of this trip is to...

Training Curriculum in Tanzania

31 Jan 2012

Amanda Olney

At Grounds for Health, we recently developed a new community health promoter (CHP) training curriculum that we will be implementing for future health promoter trainings. It includes simple text and user-friendly, descriptive images that health...

End of Year Appeal Nets $65K and Counting

26 Jan 2012

Jane Dale

To close out the books on 2011, we – like so many other non-profits – send out appeal letters to try to garner new support, maintain existing support and coax those who have lapsed in...

GFH Awarded $900,000 Grant from GMCR during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

17 Jan 2012

Justin Mool

GROUNDS FOR HEALTH AWARDED $900,000 GRANT FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC. TO TACKLE CERVICAL CANCER IN COFFEE-GROWING REGIONS Non-profit expands sustainable and effective cervical cancer prevention during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month January 17, 2012...

Giving (Heartfelt) Thanks

29 Nov 2011

Jane Dale

As we near the end of the calendar year, and in this season of Thanksgiving, we are mindful of all the individuals and companies who have made the work of this past year possible. Of...

GFH Trainees Become National Trainers

29 Nov 2011

August Burns

Here’s yet another Kigoma success story: We recently learned that three of our star pupils from Kigoma—Grencia, Leonarda and Bernadetta—have become National Trainers and just finished their second cervical cancer training campaign in Pwani, Tanzania,...

Great VIA/Cryo Video

15 Nov 2011

Elisa Vandervort

Recently we came across a great video on VIA/Cryo and the Single Visit Approach, which the short segment calls “see and treat.” This BBC video focuses on the cervical cancer prevention work of an organization...

Grounds for Health at SCAA

Mexico Trip Report

Grounds for Health at NCA

Employee Giving Adds Up

Photos from Tanzania

Grounds for Health to Peru

Training Curriculum in Tanzania

End of Year Appeal Nets $65K and Counting

GFH Awarded $900,000 Grant from GMCR during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Giving (Heartfelt) Thanks

GFH Trainees Become National Trainers

Great VIA/Cryo Video

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