Heart to Heart

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“Your heart is you!” by Tim Sasaki on October 5, 2009 | 0 comments

The end of last week proved to be a very busy one for us here in Elmina.  While the clinical team continued their hard work at the Elmina Urban Health Center, Lyza and I have been busy visiting schools, meeting with teachers and headmasters, and working closely with an officer from the District Education Office to develop a program for the schools.  Most recently, we met with the SHEP (School Health Education Program) Coordinator, a liason between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health.  We discussed a school program to include a CVD workshop for teachers, a Heart Health Week, and a student-run Heart Health Club in the secondary schools of the KEEA municipal.  She was enthusiastic, supportive, and excited about the development of these projects.  We definitely have our work cut out for us!

 

 

We also had the privilege of meeting with Mr. Brian Daniels, a teacher, volunteer, and youth health educator.  He comes to us rich with incredible experience educating the youth from all over Ghana about the importance of health, be it HIV/AIDS, polio, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, or reproductive health.  He too expressed his enthusiasm for ICHA and has inspired us to work hard in the coming months.  At the end of our meeting, Mr. Daniels reached out his hand and expressed our need to come together for humanity.  "Your heart is you!" he said, "If your heart fails, you fail."