Featuring the movie Emmanuel’s Gift, music, dance, Ghanaian food, and a silent auction.
Program sponsors and donors needed.
1 page $800
½ page $400
¼ page $200
Business card $100
Other donations welcome!
The International Rehabilitation Forum, a consortium of leaders from over 20 top academic medical rehabilitation programs including the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Ghana exists to build sustainable medical rehabilitation throughout the world. The IRF is a 401 (c) 3 tax exempt charity, Employer Identification Number (EIN) 20-3474422
The Ghana Medical Rehabilitation Group includes Ghanaians, health professionals, and others who are committed to building a model national rehabilitation program for that West African country. Based in Ann Arbor Michigan it is formally a subsidiary of the IRF.
Ghana is the ancestral home of many African Americans, a West African community rich in culture and tradition. Stable but very poor, it has no rehabilitation hospital, no rehabilitation doctors, and only a handful of therapists, nurses, and other allied health professionals to restore the life roles of persons disabled by AIDS, trauma, and birth defects.
Emmanuel’s Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey, is the true story of a Ghanaian amputee, award winning athlete, and friend of the IRF, who conquered stereotype by riding a bicycle across his country. Without charge, the producers and distributors of Emmanuel’s Gift allow IRF to raise funds through showing of their movie.
Proceeds will be used in GMRG efforts: To build a Ghana based training program for rehabilitation specialists including physicians, therapists, nurses, and other allied health professionals. To develop a rehabilitation hospital and clinics in Ghana. To catalyze sustainable rehabilitation businesses such as local wheelchair manufacture.
Send questions and digital images to Nicole Jorgensen, [email protected]
Send checks and any print copy to:
The International Rehabilitation Forum
c/o Andrew J. Haig, M.D 3316 The Glade Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Source: GhanaWeb
