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Jesse M. Rohde Foundation

Established in 1997,

the Jesse Rohde Foundation began as an educational foundation working in the Kwahu-Tafo area in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Soon, we moved further from the city into an area that was devoid of basic healthcare. We have since converted an old Cocoa Yam warehouse into a medical clinic which serves an area of 50,000 people. The clinic has most recently expanded to provide Womens’ specific healthcare out of the Oworobong clinic, delivering hundreds of births a year

Farming Social Enterprise

Through the acquisition of 20 acres of rural farm land surrounding the Oworobong Clinic, The Rohde Foundation will begin cultivating Corn, Peppers, Cassava and Cocoa with the intent of creating a sustainable funding source for healthcare infrastructure in Oworobong and the surrounding villages. This non-profit farming venture benefiting healthcare infrastructure will be used as a model for Rohde Foundation projects in other African countries.

Goal: $2000 per farm

Steps Required:

  • Long term capital investment (3-5 years)
  • Clearing
  • Preparation of land
  • Planting
  • Harvest
  • Ongoing Maintenance

Abisu Medical Center

In collaboration with the Chief of Abisu and the local community, The Rohde Foundation will reinvent a dilapidated church by turning it into a rural health center. This will provide healthcare to an isolated community of 5000 people that previously had none.

Goal: $3000.00

Steps Needed

  • Masonry
  • Roofing
  • Interior finishings
  • Medical consultation room and supplies
  • Cold storage for immunization and medicines

Tech-Enabled Education Centers

We look to give the most remote villages access to modern technology and information by creating a replicable model that will close the gap between those with access and those without. We aim to put centers in multiple villages throughout the Kwahu East Region (Abisu, Oworobong, Oframase, Ankoma, Ohemaa, Awisasu)

Goal: 3000

Steps Required:

  • Preparation for renovation of site (January)
  • Renovations to building (March)
  • Electrical wiring and installation of internet (April)
  • Production/delivery of desks and chairs (May)
  • Purchase and delivery of computers (June)

Ohemaa Infrastructure Project

The Rohde Foundation looks to transform a 1950s Cocoa yam warehouse into a multi use facility. The remodeled structure  will include a primary school, a rural health center, and a Tech-Enabled Education Center.

Goal: $9500

Steps Required:

  • Roof
  • Walls
  • Masonry
  • Solar installation
  • Interior finishing
  • Wiring and computer installation
  • Medical consultation room and supplies
  • Cold storage for immunization and medicines