This year, COA: United to Heal will be sending not only a shipment of medical supplies abroad but a shipment of students as well. Members Joey Perosky, Danielle Kaplan, Nathan Cole and Jordan Harris will depart from Ann Arbor on May 19th and meet up with the shipment in Accra, Ghana the very next day. Over the course of the next month, they will travel with the supplies from Accra to Kumasi, the Sene District, and Tamale, distributing the contents of the shipment to different teaching hospitals, clinics, and villages along the way.

From left to right: Danielle Kaplan, Joey Perosky, Nathan Cole, and Jordan Harris.

In Kumasi, the group will be visiting the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the Ayigya Zone. They’ll then take a few days and travel to the Sene district, where they will drop off supplies specifically designated for Dr. Ofosu, the one doctor in his area for more than 100,000 people. After returning to Kumasi, the four will head north to Tamale, where they will be spending almost two weeks. In Tamale their focus will be not only on the distribution of medical supplies but on a community outreach project as well. Joey, Danielle, Nathan and Jordan will be working with students at an all-girls school and an orphanage, also delivering toys and school supplies to the children.

Along with distributing the supplies that we worked so hard to organize, we are hoping to use this inaugural Ghanaian trip develop a sustainable relationship with doctors, locals, and members of the Ministry of Health. Much of the time spent with these people will involve surveying their needs so we will be able to use our resources better meet those needs in the years to come.

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