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This past January Ellen Starr, our Executive Director, and Susan Hollinger, our clinical consultant visited our programs in Ethiopia and Kenya. Read below their trip highlights – through words and imagery. From Ellen Starr: “After...

Staff Spotlight: Ashenafi Argata

06 Dec 2022

Sarah Annay

Ashenafi Argata has been our Ethiopia Country Director since 2014. Prior to joining our team, he has 28 years of technical and managerial experience in the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. His previous experience includes...

HPV self-testing in the eyes of a photographer

18 Aug 2022

Sarah Annay

Recently we hired Nafkot Gebeyehu, an Ethiopia-based photographer, to capture our new HPV self-testing campaigns in Ethiopia. In the world of fast-paced media and Instagram reels, I can say with certainty that photos are still worth...

New fundraising method combines art, crypto and global health

25 Jul 2022

Sarah Annay

A nonprofit, a NYC-based illustrator and a Crypto Barista walk into a café. What happens next? A creative collaboration begins to raise money for cervical cancer prevention through the sale of an NFT (i.e. original...

Tony’s Coffee ‘Sea to Sky’ blend is sold nationwide supporting Grounds for Health

15 Jul 2022

Sarah Annay

In collaboration with Sprouts Farmers Market, Tony’s Coffee created a custom blend that is now on the shelves in over 300 Sprouts locations nationwide. The sale of this coffee goes directly to our women’s health...

Grounds for Health Celebrates 25 Years at Hula Lakeside in Vermont!

16 Jun 2022

Sarah Annay

Last month, we hosted a lakefront celebration in Burlington, VT to mark 25 years of cervical cancer prevention in Latin America and Africa, and to recognize our co-founder Dan Cox of Shelburne, VT. Over 100...

#GFHAuction: June 15-16, 2022

13 Jun 2022

Staff

Auction opens this week! Register to bid on incredible green coffee and coffee equipment / services.

Grounds for Health Celebrates World Cancer Day!

03 Mar 2022

Sarah Annay

February 4 was World Cancer Day, a day that reminds us annually how lucky we are to be battling a cancer that can be detected and cured. Not all cancers are so tangibly preventable, and...

Visiting Supporters Out West

01 Dec 2021

Grounds for Health Staff

Last month, our Director of Philanthropy, Kyle Engelman, traveled to the West Coast for two exciting opportunities to learn from donors and partners and share more about Grounds for Health. It was her first opportunity...

Introducing: Women Choosing Women

09 Sep 2021

Kyle Engelman

As part of our 25th anniversary celebration, we’re proud to introduce Women Choosing Women, our campaign to honor inspiring women in the coffee industry and their commitment to women at origin.

300,000 Women Screened by 2025

26 Jul 2021

Ellen Starr

It’s been a remarkable 25 years, and we know the best is yet to come. Global partners everywhere are stepping up to end cervical cancer, and Grounds for Health is showing how to do that in...

New Goal: $100,000

22 Jul 2021

Kyle Engelman

Breaking News: We’re excited to announce that after an avalanche of donations this week, we have blown right past our $25,000 Challenge! Peet’s Coffee donated $10,000 on top of it, which Royal Coffee, Inc. instantly matched – in addition...

Ellen & Susan return from the field

Staff Spotlight: Ashenafi Argata

HPV self-testing in the eyes of a photographer

New fundraising method combines art, crypto and global health

Tony’s Coffee ‘Sea to Sky’ blend is sold nationwide supporting Grounds for Health

Grounds for Health Celebrates 25 Years at Hula Lakeside in Vermont!

#GFHAuction: June 15-16, 2022

Grounds for Health Celebrates World Cancer Day!

Visiting Supporters Out West

Introducing: Women Choosing Women

300,000 Women Screened by 2025

New Goal: $100,000

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