As of the 24th of January 2009 you can find the website of the Adinkra foundation
on the following address: www.adinkra-foundation.nl
We are happy with this new location and hope many more people will come and visit our website.
On the 29th of December 2008 the group 'Op de fiets voor Ghana' (Cycling for
Ghana) has presented a donation to the Adinkra foundation.
In the summer of 2008
four people from de Mortel in the Netherlands cycled to Lourdes in France, and had themselves
sponsored for this tour.
They have collected the wonderful amount of 1200 euro
for the foundation.
The amount was handed over to TOinet van Schijndel of the Adinkra foundation at
a local pub (Cafe het Anker in de Mortel)
after showing a film about the projects
of Adinkra in Ghana.
The foundation is very happy with this donation, that shall be used for building
the new maternity ward at the Akatsi District Hospital.
In February Hans and Toinet will travel to Ghana once again for the
Adinkra foundation.
We want to start the building of the extension of the
hospital. First of all, the 'Maternity Ward' is on the planning.
We will try as
well to send an ambulance to Ghana.
In
November, Anne, one of our members, travelled to Ghana and visited the Akatsi District
Hospital.
In one word: the place looks great!
Doctor Boni has started with a lot
of enthusiasm to extend the hospital, with the scarce available resources.
The
operating theatre has been enlarged, and provided with new equipment.
The
Out-Patient-Department has been built, and will soon be separated from the
In-Patient-Department.
Another building is also erected for the provision of HIV/Aids
education.
Doctor Boni is happy with all developments, and wants us to know that
assistance is still necessary
because the people of Akatsi really need the
hospital.
Every month he sees over 3,000 patients, and he has been able to
operate on many instances (mainly caesarians).
In September 2008 the Adinkra Foundation was presented at the year market in
Gemert for the third year in a row.
Together with other not-for-profit-organizations Adinkra
had a market stall near the church,
where the whole day there was music, games
and presentations with the motto 'Gemert, a source for others'.
The foundation
received a lot of positive reactions.