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On Friday October 21, Executive Director August Burns and Senior Clinical Officer Ellen Starr departed for the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. They are currently in the process of meeting with the Association of Kilimanjaro Specialty...

Renewals and New(als)

27 Oct 2011

Jane Dale

We were delighted to close our fiscal year (which ended September 30) with a substantial gift from long-time supporter Caribou Coffee. Based on the number of coffeehouses, Caribou Coffee is the second largest premium coffeehouse...

Trip Report: Nicaragua – September 2011

27 Oct 2011

Kayla Moore

From Sep 21- Sep 30, 2011, Grounds for Health trained a new cohort of 11 doctors and nurses on cervical cancer screening using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Pap, and treatment of pre-cancer...

Update from Nica Campaign: VIA/Cryo Success

27 Sep 2011

Justin Mool

Directly on the heels of the New York Times Article: Fighting Cervical Cancer With Vinegar and Ingenuity, Executive Director August Burns sent us a quick note: Stats from 1st day of campaign: 66 women seen...

Off to San Juan del Rio Coco, Nicaragua

21 Sep 2011

Kayla Moore

This past week has been a flurry of activity at the Waterbury office as Elisa helped me and August pack-up an absurdly large amount of supplies and training material into five enormous black suitcases...

Mexico Update: Energy, energy, energy!

21 Sep 2011

Elisa Vandervort

Dra. Lupita in action The new clinic established by our coopertive partner La Comon Yaj Nop Tic is bursting with community interest and support. It has been open for the past two Fridays and each...

Giving and Getting: Creative Ways to Support Grounds for Health

21 Sep 2011

Jane Dale

As we near the end of our fiscal year (which ends at the end of the month), we’d like to call attention to a number of unique and creative ways that organizations have been raising...

Interesting Quote from WHO September 2011 Bulletin

06 Sep 2011

Elisa Vandervort

We recently received a note from our colleague, Dr. Ricky Lu of Jhpiego, regarding the WHO’s September 2011 Bulletin: One bit of good news to share … I am attaching an article from the WHO...

¡Nueva Clínica en Chiapas!

01 Sep 2011

Rachel Ballester

El lunes, 15 de agosto, cooperativa Comon Yaj Nop Tic (Todos lo Pensamos), quien trabaja con Cultivando la Salud (CLS), celebró su reunión anual de socios y la inauguración de su nueva clínica en Chiapas,...

New Clinic in Chiapas!

01 Sep 2011

Rachel Ballester

On Monday, August 15th, Grounds for Health (GFH) partner cooperative Comon Yaj Nop Tic (Mayan for Todos lo Pensamos/ We all think together) held their annual member meeting and celebrated the inauguration of their new...

GFH Volunteer Awarded Scholarship

23 Aug 2011

Katherine Parcell

Congratulations to long-time volunteer Sylvia Estrada, who was recently honored with a scholarship from One Nurse At A Time. Sylvia, who has been volunteering with us since 2007, will use this scholarship as she travels...

Limited Edition Grounds for Health Coffee Now Available

22 Aug 2011

Justin Mool

Today Counter Culture Coffee will be roasting the second coffee of their very special limited microlots: Finca Kilimanjaro Grounds for Health Microlot. This coffee is “comprised of beans processed in the Kenyan style combined with...

Legwork in Tanzania

Renewals and New(als)

Trip Report: Nicaragua – September 2011

Update from Nica Campaign: VIA/Cryo Success

Off to San Juan del Rio Coco, Nicaragua

Mexico Update: Energy, energy, energy!

Giving and Getting: Creative Ways to Support Grounds for Health

Interesting Quote from WHO September 2011 Bulletin

¡Nueva Clínica en Chiapas!

New Clinic in Chiapas!

GFH Volunteer Awarded Scholarship

Limited Edition Grounds for Health Coffee Now Available

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