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Research and Integrated Community Development Center

Contact Phone Number: 
(215) 935-6352
Contact Email Address: 
gggehyigon@yahoo.com
Website: 
http://www.ricdc.org/

Research and Integrated Community Development Center (RICDC) is a registered, tax exempt (501.c.3) not-for-profit organization. Our mission is to prevent HIV/AIDS to live a healthy and independent life.

Organization Type: 
Nonprofit
Topic: 
Community Development
Topic: 
Economic Development
Topic: 
Human Services
Topic: 
Parenting/Family
Topic: 
Advocacy/Policy
Topic: 
International Relations
Topic: 
Humanitarian Assistance/Foreign Aid
Topic: 
Global Crisis
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Immigration/Refugees
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Science and Technology
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Global Region: 
Africa
Global Region: 
Liberian

Jobomax Homes

Location: 
21 South 11th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Contact Name: 
Robert Hornsby
Contact Phone Number: 
215-253-3691
Contact Email Address: 
robert.hornsby@jobomax.com / info@africa-housing.com <info@africa-housing.com>;
Website: 
https://africa-housing.com/

Jobomax Homes designs, builds and sells high quality, affordable housing in West Africa. We market homes to members of the West African diaspora, private sector professionals, employee cooperatives and others in West Africa. Jobomax Homes offers buyers three key benefits they are unable to access elsewhere: security of their investment, quality construction, and access to finance. We have sold over 100 homes in Guinea since launch, expanded to Sierra Leone in 2021, and Ghana in 2022. Jobomax Homes plans to expand across West Africa in 2023 and beyond to help alleviate the regional housing shortage of approximately three million units.

Categories
Business Type: 
Import-Export
Topic: 
International Commerce
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Agriculture/Horticulture
Global Region: 
Africa

Aid for the Children of Liberia (ACL)

Location: 
7011 Large St
Philadelphia, PA 19149
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Contact Name: 
M. Yassah Morris-Fello
Contact Email Address: 
yassah1@yahoo.com / thechildren@aclliberia.org
Website: 
http://www.aclliberia.org

Aid for the Children of Liberia (ACL), 501(c) (3), established in 2006, is a charity organization, dedicated to promoting child development by providing an opportunity for war affected and vulnerable children to have access to primary education, health, food, clothes, books, and a caring environment where their confidence, sense of belonging, self esteem and hope for the future can be restored. 

Organization Type: 
Nonprofit
Topic: 
Education
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Investment
Topic: 
Community Development
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Human Services
Topic: 
Parenting/Family
Topic: 
Conflict/Violence
Topic: 
Youth
Topic: 
Elderly
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Advocacy/Policy
Topic: 
Civil Rights
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Education
Topic: 
K-12 Education
Topic: 
Education Reform
Topic: 
International Studies
Topic: 
International Relations
Topic: 
Women / Gender
Topic: 
Humanitarian Assistance/Foreign Aid
Topic: 
Global Crisis
Topic: 
Human Rights
Topic: 
Medicine
Global Region: 
Liberian
Global Region: 
Liberian

Disease Without Borders - The Fight At Ground Zero Of The Ebola Crisis

Date: 
10/5/2015 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 
University of Pennsylvania - Houston Hall - Bodek Lounge 3417 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States
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Website: 
http://www.hlndv.org

The Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley is hosting a Global Health networking dinner & discussion. How do health professionals respond to a global public health emergency?

Event Type: 
Educational Events
Topic: 
Science and Technology
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Global Region: 
Africa

Through WCI, Liberian Women Play Key Role in Combatting Spread of Ebola

With the help of a grassroots campaign conducted by Women's Campaign International (3701 Chestnut St.), West African women are empowered to combat the ongoing Ebola crisis that has ravaged the region.

News Type: 
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Topic: 
Global Philadelphia Association
Topic: 
Emerging International Journalists Program
Topic: 
Member In the News
Topic: 
Human Services
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Global Region: 
Liberian

Principles, Ethics, and Dilemmas: Becoming Doctors Without Borders

Date: 
10/23/2014 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
WHYY Hamilton Public Media Commons 150 North 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
United States
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Website: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/principles-...

Doctors Without Borders is coming to Philadelphia for a FREE panel discussion!

Event Type: 
Educational Events
Topic: 
Human Services
Topic: 
Conflict/Violence
Topic: 
Community Development
Topic: 
Advocacy/Policy
Topic: 
Civil Rights
Topic: 
Governance
Topic: 
Democracy
Topic: 
International Studies
Topic: 
Science and Technology
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Topic: 
International Relations
Topic: 
International Development
Topic: 
Women / Gender
Topic: 
Humanitarian Assistance/Foreign Aid
Topic: 
Global Crisis
Topic: 
Human Rights
Topic: 
Foreign Policy/Diplomacy
Topic: 
Immigration/Refugees
Topic: 
International Exchange
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Other
Global Region: 
Africa
Global Region: 
Guinean
Global Region: 
Liberian
Global Region: 
Sierra Leonean
Global Region: 
Asia
Global Region: 
Central America/Carribean
Global Region: 
Europe
Global Region: 
French
Global Region: 
Swiss
Global Region: 
Middle East
Global Region: 
Pacific Oceania
Global Region: 
South America

Providing a Sustainable Model for Permanent, Primary Healthcare Infrastructure in Ghana and Other Developing Nations

Date: 
9/12/2012 8:00am - 9/14/2012 8:00pm
Website: 
http://www.interdependence.org/programs-...

Join Global Interdependence Center for their first event in partnership with Sanford Health. This two-day conference will focus on the topic of building sustainable healthcare models in developing regions and will include discussions on healthcare needs, the development of healthcare infrastructure, the impact of philanthropy, and the role of food security in improving healthcare. This program will include a visit to one of Sanford's existing World Clinic sites in Ghana.

Files & Links
Files: 
application/pdf iconGhana Flyer 7-2.pdf
Event Type: 
Conferences
Topic: 
Advocacy/Policy
Topic: 
Community Development
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Topic: 
Humanitarian Assistance/Foreign Aid
Global Region: 
Africa
Global Region: 
Ghanaian

Lecture: Celebrating Ten Years of Penn in Botswana

Date: 
11/30/2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
Penn Museum 3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States
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Website: 
http://www.penn.museum/sites/imagineafri...

Harvey Friedman, MD, Director of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership, talks about Penn’s decade-long role in treating HIV/AIDS in Botswana, new challenges to health in the region, and what we are learning about new ways to treat patients and populations in Botswana.

Event Type: 
Educational Events
Topic: 
Science and Technology
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Topic: 
International Exchange
Global Region: 
Africa

UNA-GP Presents: Dr. Edna Adan Ismail, "Increasing Access to Maternity Care in Somaliland"

Date: 
2/27/2012 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 
Friends Center, MLK Room 1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
United States
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Website: 
http://www.una-gp.org/index.html

Join UNA-GP in hosting Dr. Edna Adan Ismail, former Foreign Minister of Somaliland. She founded Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Somaliland with the primary mission to provide better health care to people whose lives have been traumatized by war, and also to provide training for nurses, midwives, and other health workers. She has also been featured in the book Half the Sky. Dr. Ismail will speak on her experiences building a maternity hopsital and increasing women's access to care in Somaliland. 

Topic: 
Research
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Topic: 
Women / Gender
Topic: 
Human Rights
Global Region: 
Somalian

Rwanda 2012: Perspectives of Hope, with Dr. James Plumb MD, MPH

Date: 
5/8/2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: 
Friends Center, Martin Luther King Room 1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
United States
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Website: 
http://www.una-gp.org/

The United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia and the Global Nursing Club of Philadelphia present a brown bag luncheon with Dr. James Plumb. Dr. Plumb is the director of the Jefferson Center for Urban Health and a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Plumb has been working in East Africa for 20 years and in Rwanda for the last 6 years. In this presentation, he will reflect on his experiences after his most recent trip.

Event Type: 
Community Events
Event Type: 
Educational Events
Topic: 
Education
Topic: 
Medicine
Topic: 
Public Health
Topic: 
International Relations
Global Region: 
Rwandan