ghana.belo
it really doesn’t matter where, but if one is able to help they should
for me it started in 2020 with a first trip to ghana — i’ve been there four times now
next trip hopefully in oct 2026
organising the transfer of used and new medical equipment, installing medical systems, repairing what is there already, taking stock and facilitating contact to companies that may be able to contribute, participating in outreach programmes, collecting donations, working with local clinic staff to increase patient access to treatments
as a new activity, together with my wife, we started to support activities in the area of education with scholarships for orphans, et cetera
if you are able to help financially (or otherwise) with my projects in ghana donate here or get in contact with me
ghana visit 4 in oct & nov 2024:
tamale, mole np, chinderi, hohoe, kpandu, vakpo - details to follow
on this trip we travelled as a couple and engaged in educational projects alongside my activities in the medical area. for example, we set up a handful of scholarships for orphaned children, donated learning materials to schools. there is a lot left to do. starting with basic infrastructure such as sanitary facilities for schools, materials, etc.
ghana visit 3 in march 2023:
tamale, bolgatanga, chinderi - details to follow
ghana visit 2 in oct & nov 2022:
tamale, bolgatanga, mole np, chinderi - details to follow
ghana visit 1 in feb & march 2020:
jachie, lake bosomtwe, tumiabo, kakum np, cape coast, el mina, accra
this was my first trip to ghana, heck - to africa!
what an adventure it has been. and only because i was open to something new and unexpected. it goes back to a random phonecall. not completely random. but out of the blue. a professor emeritus of ophthalmology calls me to ask for the donation of medical equipment, back then from the company i worked for. he would like to introduce a laser treatment for glaucoma in ghana and our lasers supposedly are the best. we talk, talk some more. the company can’t quite donate an entire system valued at €25,000, but we work out a deal.
the system gets delivered to ghana. another phone call: there is nobody available in west africa to install the system, could i?
i could. i can. i do.
one thing leads to another and here i am - changed forever.
why ghana? follow along on my first trip to africa just mere days before the covid pandemic ground the world to a halt while continuing to spin out of control