Smile4Ghana in partnership with the Volta River Authority (VRA) visited the areas of Battor, Mepe and adjoining communities in the North Tongu district affected by the October 2023 Akosombo Dam spillage.
VRA, Smile 4 Ghana provides dental care to flood-affected communities – The Business & Financial Times (external link)
MEDIA COVERAGE
We were surprised at the coverage in the Ghanaian press a sample is listed below:
Comprehensive information of our activities
On the first day we traveled on the eastern corridor road before the storms. A section of crowd waiting on our arrival at St Augustine park. We had setup clerking and blood pressure monitoring station. Met a section of the orphans and engaged with the locals in Tsito.
On the second day the team initially visited an orphanage that is supported by the Jon Moore haulage group where we treated 40 orphans a group that we would like to see annually if possible.
The team then took a day to travel to Tsito this worked well as the van and the team had an opportunity to review our activities .
Tsito:
The programme took the same format with the residents coming together to provide us with electricity for the van ( our generator had failed to work in Hohoe).
Tsito unlike Hohoe fid not have a dentist or doctor and the primary care was provided by a Coho ( community health officer). The Coho was very eager to be embedded in the team and also have a crash course in management of some dental conditions.
After Tsito our next stop was Abutia which also took the same format.
On the 11th of May 2018, the outreach was aired on Joy TV today at 6am, the AM News, 10am and 12 noon.
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