{"id":305368,"date":"2017-03-28T11:40:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305368"},"modified":"2017-03-28T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:40:32","slug":"ngo-donates-medical-supplies-to-amedzofe-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305368","title":{"rendered":"NGO donates medical supplies to Amedzofe clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Volunteers for International Medical Aid (VIMA), a California-based International humanitarian organization, has donated sets of medical supplies to the Amedzofe Clinic in the Ho West District of the Volta Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The donation forms part of the organization\u2019s mission of assisting to improve the quality of healthcare services in rural Ghana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/28\/ngo-donates-medical-supplies-to-amedzofe-clinic\/volta-donation-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305702\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-305702\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Volta-donation-3-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"volta-donation-3\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Amedzofe town is noted for its rich tourism potential. The area is the highest human settlement in Ghana in terms of altitude and has a temperate weather condition that attracts many tourists. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Partners of the organisation in the United States who earlier visited the town to make similar donations, returned this week upon requests from the town folks to repeat the gesture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/28\/ngo-donates-medical-supplies-to-amedzofe-clinic\/volta-donation-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305701\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-305701\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Volta-donation-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"volta-donation-2\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The items donated include Ice old pack, adhesive bandages, dressing changes, sutures, glucose meter, test strips, and toiletries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Health workers and residents of Amedzofe have expressed their gratitude for the gesture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/28\/ngo-donates-medical-supplies-to-amedzofe-clinic\/volta-donation-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-305700\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Volta-donation-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"volta-donation-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The founder and CEO of VIMA, Francis Kwame Agbemafle, who grew up in the area, stated that the gesture is to give back to the society that nurtured him in\u00a0his formative years.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Since the establishment of VIMA in 2009, clinics and local caregivers in rural Ghana have depended on its consistent medical supplies for their operations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: King Nobert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers for International Medical Aid (VIMA), a California-based International humanitarian organization, has donated sets of medical supplies to the Amedzofe Clinic in the Ho West District of the Volta Region. The donation forms part of the organization\u2019s mission of assisting to improve the quality of healthcare services in rural Ghana. 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