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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 in the Single...

GFH in the News

23 Jun 2010

Justin Mool

Grounds for Health has had a busy year, and people are beginning to notice. Within the last few weeks and months, we’ve seen a flurry of articles in magazines and on blogs. Follow us on...

2010 Grounds for Health Auction Success

23 Jun 2010

Justin Mool

The 2010 Grounds for Health Auction raised an impressive $106,500, which is 10% more than last year! 100% of proceeds will benefit our programs in Tanzania, Mexico and Nicaragua. A heartfelt thank you to everyone...

Volunteer Sylvia talks about GFH – From SCAA

17 Jun 2010

Justin Mool

We just stumbled across Tambaroo Coffee‘s interview with Grounds for Health volunteer Sylvia Estrada from SCAA. Sylvia is a Nurse Practitioner in California and is one of our most active volunteers. Thanks to the Tambaroo...

Nicaragua Photos – Courtesy: Adam Pesce

27 May 2010

Justin Mool

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...

Help Spread the Word – Facebook, Twitter, RSS Feeds

25 May 2010

Justin Mool

It was all a matter of time before we plugged into Facebook and Twitter. As you can see, we don’t have many followers yet … but we had to start somewhere, right? Joining us on...

Response to the Huffington Post

20 May 2010

Jane Dale

On May 17th the Huffington Post ran a commentary by Irene Natividad, President of the Global Summit of Women, entitled “Lifting the Burden.” The piece talked about the importance of an all-out international effort to...

Where’s Southwest When You Need ’em?

06 May 2010

Justin Mool

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...

Volunteer Amanda Blogs about Mexico – On Cafe Imports

04 May 2010

Justin Mool

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,...

Back from SCAA – Great Success and Many Thanks

27 Apr 2010

Justin Mool

Now that the cross-country jetlag has subsided, we’re just coming to terms with the enormous success of the SCAA conference. Grounds for Health sent a strong crew from Vermont, including relatively new team members and...

What’s up in May

27 Apr 2010

Justin Mool

Slow down? Fah. Never. From the Coffee Auction to more project trips, Grounds for Health has lots lined up for next month. Hopefully by May’s Newsletter, we’ll have many more updates from the field and...

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GFH at JGI and in Tanzania

GFH in the News

2010 Grounds for Health Auction Success

Volunteer Sylvia talks about GFH – From SCAA

Nicaragua Photos – Courtesy: Adam Pesce

Help Spread the Word – Facebook, Twitter, RSS Feeds

Response to the Huffington Post

Where’s Southwest When You Need ’em?

Volunteer Amanda Blogs about Mexico – On Cafe Imports

Back from SCAA – Great Success and Many Thanks

What’s up in May

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