{"id":1918,"date":"2020-07-02T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-alumna-transforming-lives-in-ghana-through-%c2%93nana%c2%92s-project%c2%94\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:10:06","slug":"marymount-alumna-transforming-lives-in-ghana-through-%c2%93nana%c2%92s-project%c2%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-alumna-transforming-lives-in-ghana-through-%c2%93nana%c2%92s-project%c2%94\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount alumna transforming lives in Ghana through \u0093Nana\u0092s Project\u0094"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What started as a family tragedy for a Marymount University alumna turned into a new career path and a way to make meaningful, positive change in her native country.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNana Konadu-Asare, originally from Ghana and a 2015 graduate in Health Promotion, wanted to use her college degree to make a difference and soon gained experience working in a hospital\u0092s emergency room. However, she found her true calling after the death of her uncle in a town outside of Ghana\u0092s capital of Accra.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093Ghana is home, and home is where the heart is,\u0094 said Konadu-Asare, who was the first in her family to attend college. \u0093I always knew that I would go back\u0085I just didn\u0092t know it would be for this.\u0094<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UiCdjZDB5b0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe> \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn February of 2015, her uncle slipped, fell and hit his head, and was rushed to a local hospital where he was diagnosed with a concussion. Two days later, he was discharged with a prescription to \u0093take it easy.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093They told him, \u0091he\u0092s fine, go home, rest.\u0092 Unfortunately, a few days later, we found him dead in his house because he had a brain bleed and no one knew.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDevastated by the loss, Konadu-Asare began researching the medical system and patient care in Ghana and discovered a lack of medical supplies, staff and quality training, with problems compounded in rural areas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093My uncle\u0092s death kind of opened the door to a different world for me,\u0094 Konadu-Asare explained. \u0093I was able to really understand what was going on in Ghana \u0096 its health crisis, its health issues, its lack of accessibility \u0096 and that\u0092s where I decided to start Nana\u0092s Project and really help as many people as I can.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSince starting in 2016, Nana\u0092s Project has supported 13 hospitals in Ghana with medical supplies and equipment of various categories including delivery beds, patient lifts, IV kits, operation kits, wheelchairs, gloves, bandages, face masks, lab tests and more. The nonprofit hopes to expand throughout Africa and also provide education and infrastructure improvements to support the sustainability and accessibility of rural communities.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCurrently, Nana\u0092s Project is working to fundraise and rebuild the Gyaha Hospital Center in the Akyemansa District of Ghana. Konadu-Asare says it is in desperate need of attention, and improvements will enhance the infrastructure and create medical accessibility for the clinicians and the patients it serves. As of July 1, the nonprofit is about $8,000 away from reaching its goal.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOnce it is rebuilt, it will be renamed Hope Hospital Center.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093It\u0092s going to serve five communities, and that\u0092s over 20,000 people,\u0094 Konadu-Asare added. \u0093Words can\u0092t even describe how excited I am.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information on Nana\u0092s Project and ways to support its work, <a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/URL-Redirects\/070220-Nana-s-Project\">click here to visit its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What started as a family tragedy for a Marymount University alumna turned into a new career path and a way to make meaningful, positive change in her native country. \u00a0 Nana Konadu-Asare, originally from Ghana and a 2015 graduate in Health Promotion, wanted to use her college degree to make a difference and soon gained [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-alumna-transforming-lives-in-ghana-through-%c2%93nana%c2%92s-project%c2%94\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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