by mjb843 | Jul 4, 2011 | GROW Trip, H.O.P.E. Center, Uncategorized
To all our US friends, Happy Fourth of July! True, this year I may not have been able to chow down on hot dogs while almost blasting off my fingers using contraband fireworks, but instead I was fortunate enough to instead celebrate a sort of Ghanaian equivalent-...
by mjb843 | Jun 29, 2011 | GROW Trip, H.O.P.E. Center
After months of preparation and a twelve hour plane flight, we finally made it to Ghana! Driving us from Accra to Ho on the red dirt roads through lush greenery, Joseph Achana, the cofounder of the HOPE Center and Rotarian, described Ghanaian politics as he pointed...
by mjb843 | Feb 10, 2011 | Fundraisers, GlobeMed, H.O.P.E. Center, Uncategorized
The chapter recently had our bake sale fundraiser, where we raised over $200 to support outreach programs at the H.O.P.E Center. For an afternoon, customers came to enjoy a variety of delicious treats, as well as to purchase a variety of homemade crafts including...
by mjb843 | Oct 15, 2010 | Fundraisers, GlobeMed, H.O.P.E. Center
Our second annual Global Marketplace is coming up in less than a week on Tuesday, October 19. This is going to be an amazing event, not only because it’s a great opportunity for some low-budget shopping while raising money for the H.O.P.E. Centre, but also...
by mjb843 | Oct 13, 2010 | Fundraisers, GlobeMed, H.O.P.E. Center
On October 19th, GlobeMed and Northwestern will host its first fundraiser of the year, the Global Marketplace, in the Norris Center Louis Room from 11 am – 4pm! All proceeds from the Global Marketplace will go toward a reproductive health project for the Health...
by mjb843 | Sep 27, 2010 | Foreign Relations, Global Health, GlobeMed, GROW Trip, H.O.P.E. Center, Ho, Ghana, International, Photography, Public Health
When I received a mail from the outgoing executives of GlobeMed 2009 introducing the next batch of students who will be visiting Hope Center in Ghana in 2010, I was really thrilled and at the same time curious. I wanted to know the caliber of students and how they can...