Ashley Evert, a student with Semester at Sea, arrived at the Tema Port in Ghana, West Africa with seven other Semester at Sea students looking to understand the challenges, struggles, optimism, and hope of rural Africa, Oworobong, and The Rohde Foundation. Greeted by Charles Kofi Asiedu Boafo (National Director –...

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Light at the end of the Rohde SYV RESIDENTS HELP ILLUMINATE A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GHANA Before March, babies were delivered by flashlight and sutures stitched by kerosene lamps at a rural medical clinic in Ghana, Africa. That’s when two students from Santa Ynez Valley Union High School traveled to...

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Speakers Beth McGowan and Caio Motta will share their stories of life in rural Ghana, Africa, where they installed solar power and LED lighting with Gary Gordon of SY Solar at the Rohde Foundation Oworobong Clinic. Sunday October 14th, 3:30pm-5pm, St. Mark’s Church – 2901 Nojuquio Avenue, Los...

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The Make Cents club of Santa Ynez High School has kicked off the 2012-2013 school year with a box making party. In only two hours, the members of Make Cents made 15 boxes. These boxes will either replace old boxes or find a home of their own in a new...

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Featured Righter: Jesse Rohde When Jesse’s not in the field, he’s in the hospital. Pictured here in his baby blues.   PROFESSIONAL TITLE: Jesse Rohde, Founder/President/CEO, The Rohde Foundation PEOPLE CAN USUALLY FIND ME….at the Hospital (Maimonides Medical Center) in Brooklyn, New York working as a Resident in Anesthesiology. On...

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