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2018 AHAFO DIGEST

given her and expressed her
appreciation to the team for their
kindness, expertise and for giving
her medication as well as reading
glasses for her short sightedness.

The traditional leader of
Kwakyekrom, Ogyeahoho Adu
Nkrumah Yeboah, who also
participated in the health
screening, thanked the team for
their selflessness and lauded
Newmont Ghana for the initiative.
He appealed to Newmont to make
it a quarterly activity due to the
high turnout recorded.

Bringing love, health and
hope

Director of Kits Programme for
Project C.U.R.E, Julie Kreutz
King, was happy about delivering
healthcare to people who needed
it most.

“I believe everybody should have
access to good medical care and
therefore we are happy to
partner with Newmont who believe
in giving back to their communities
through clinics. The company also
encourages us to come to Ghana
to organize these clinics for their
communities as well as sending
supplies to local clinics multiple
times a year.” She said.

Michael Buxton, an Emergency “I’ve travelled a long way to be here, and just to give back in a
Medical Technician and team small way means a lot to me” (Amy-Project C.U.R.E volunteer)
leader with Project C.U.R.E, was ailments; most of which are sanitizers, comb, bandages,
happy that his team could help treatable by the medicines that hydrocortisone cream etc. packed
the communities in improving their we brought. However, we referred by children, families and
daily quality of life. some patients to other local companies.

clinics and hospitals if it was Newmont has been partnering
“We are happy to be here to serve something that we believe with Project C.U.R.E in various
the local communities and bring required further attention”. capacities over the years, through
health, hope and happiness to the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB)
people. Kits for kids trainings for midwives and nurses,
It was very fulfilling for us to be donation of medical supplies and
able to treat people most of whom Children who visited the clinics equipment to health facilities and
came with Respiratory Tract with their parents were given a health training institutions as well
infections, Stomach Ulcers, Back “Kit for Kids” bag; a drawstring as clinics in its Ghana operations.
and Waist Pain and other backpack filled with everyday
essentials such as soaps, hand

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