Community Support
Community support is at the centre of the ethos of Operation Hernia. We aim to help improve the health of the communities we serve, through mainly the treatment of patients with debilitating hernias. We have also offered other support to the communities. Some of these are illustrated on this page.
1.DONATION OF PPE
Donation of Personal Professional Equipment (PPE) to Covid Centre at Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana. In April 2021 Operation Hernia received a request from the Medical Director of Ho Teaching Hospital for support with PPE. Operation Hernia, through our team in Ghana, donated PPE worth £3000 to the Covid Centre at the hospital https://www.gna.org.gh/1.20442692
Dr Boateng-Duah presenting the PPE donation
Dr Boateng-Duah, Operation Hernia representative, speaking to local media after the donation
Dr Boateng-Duah and Nurse Eunice Adorkor, an Operation Hernia Ambassador in the Volta region of Ghana
2. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY by AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited
Operation Hernia has been selected by AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited to deliver their corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the people of Ghana. This is part of a giving back programme to help improve the health of Ghanaians through programmes to improve the access of Ghanaians, by improving access to treatment of their hernias.
As part of the CSR programme, AGM donated essential theatre equipment to Dixcove Hospital that serves the part of the Western Region community. The equipment included:-
- New Theatre Table
- New Ceiling Operating Lamp
- New Diathermy machine
A ceremony was held at Dixcove Hospital in 2019 to announce the planned donation.
CSR Ceremony at Dixcove Hospital
New Diathermy Machine Donated Through CSR
New Operating Light Donated Through CSR
Theatre Bed Donated Through CSR
3. COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN RWANDA IN COLLABORATION WITH RWANDA LEGACY OF HOPE (RLOH)
Operation Hernia collaborates with Rwanda Legacy of Hope in our humanitarian work in Rwanda. Rwanda Legacy of Hope has supported the Rwandan community in the following projects.
- Health Insurance for the poor
- Sewing Programme
- Computers in the community
- Feeding Families
- Street Kids Programme
Families Who Have Received Medical Insurance From Operation Hernia
These Ladies Were Taught to Sew Which Enabled Them to Raise Money
Community IT Suite Provided by Rwanda Legacy of Hope
Families of Very Low Income Being Given a Good Meal
Operation Hernia Volunteers Working at a New School in Rwanda Near the Ugandan Border
Operation Hernia Volunteers Working With the Rwandan Health Minister at the New School
Local Community Observe Operation Hernia Volunteers Helping at the New School