Posted to journeytosolidarity.org by Jay D. Breitlow. Photos courtesy of the author.
This week, I closed the Outreach clinic in Accra early, so that I could make the arduous and, I later found out, often perilous journey north to the city of Kumasi. Before I begin, I must introduce Dr. Robert Champagne. Dr. Robert is from [...]
Posted to journeytosolidarity.org by Jay Breitlow. Photos courtesy of the Author.
This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting a small village north of Cape Coast. Heading westward out of the smog and traffic of Accra, one cannot help but marvel at the natural beauty of the African landscape. The dawn sun peeks though high thin [...]
Photos and story posted to journeytosolidarity.org by Jay Breitlow.
The first week in Ghana I had a very difficult time remembering all the Ghanaian names and the unique personalities that went with them. One man, Kweku, seemed different and from the start we have had a bond that allowed the two of us to get along [...]
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Harriet is a 19-year-old woman who walks through the room and immediately demands your attention. I wish I could tell you that it was her beaming personality or her ‘I can stop traffic’ good looks that turns heads. Instead, Harriet draws stares and strange looks because [...]
Sure a good nights sleep will kill the worst of colds, but to get to that point she needed to be first eating and eliminating waste more efficiently. I am confident that the atlas adjustment relieved the sympathetic nervous system, which in turn allowed for the rest and relation of the parasympathetics to take over. [...]
Continue reading about A story about a girl (clinically speaking)
Published to journeytosolidarity.org by Jay Kwabena Breitlow.
Driving West out of Accra is not what many would call easy, nor something for the faint of heart. To picture the scene, imagine that you are 5 years old and you have all your matchbox cars out and lined up for inspection in a nice neat line.
Remember how [...]
Continue reading about Why Ghana is wonderful, and why your help counts
Posted to journeytosolidarity.org by Jay D. Breitlow
Thank you for taking the time to read our website and for taking an interest in creating solidarity in the world. If you are reading this, then you clearly have a passion for those who are less fortunate as we also do. I was recently asked about the attire [...]