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UBC student Sterling Nelson adds a leaf to the fund-raising tree signifying that Project  GROW has raised $20,000 for women in rural  northern Ghana, Africa.

Project GROW raising money for Ghana initiatives

By Bud Mortenson on December 11, 2009

Students at UBC's Okanagan campus have raised $20,000 and hope to move even closer to their $40,000 fund-raising goal this holiday season for Ghana Rural Opportunities for Women -- Project GROW. Through the sale of holiday greeting cards and donations since 2007, Project GROW has provided donkeys and carts, water barrels, dozens of goats, and […]

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Vida Yakong, Master of Science in Nursing student, holds the receipt for registering a northern Ghana women’s group with the Red Cross. Registered groups can have foreign donations delivered across Ghana by the Red Cross at no cost.

Helping Hands Reach from Kelowna to Ghana

By Bud Mortenson on November 7, 2007

A donkey and cart, mosquito nets and a few small grinding mills could make a huge difference in the lives of women and children in two small African villages. UBC Okanagan student Vida Yakong hopes to make it happen. Now in the second year of the Master of Science in Nursing program at UBC Okanagan, […]

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