ghana
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, in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024
next trip in planning for 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 5 in oct 2026:
accra, battor, nkawkaw, kumasi, techiman, tamale, chinderi
currently in the planning stages this trip will serve multiple purposes. one part will be to participate in a multi-site project of (re-)establishing endoscopy procedures together with german technicians without borders and german rotary volunteer doctors. then the trip will include a visit of tamale eye hospital, dr. judith simon. and finally, a site visit in rural chinderi at st. luke’s eye hospital, where we have been involved before.
ghana visit 4 in oct & nov 2024:
tamale, mole np, chinderi, hohoe, kpandu, vakpo
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
ghana visit 2 in oct & nov 2022:
tamale, bolgatanga, mole np, chinderi
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.
