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African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions (ANMM), Inc. - Adopt or Sponsor a Child or Student

“ADOPT” OR SPONSOR A CHILD OR A STUDENT

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October 27, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

When Esther heard of her “adoption”, sponsorship: hopelessness and suicidal thoughts vanished and one can see a brighter future.

Her smile says it all.

Esther in her nursing school uniform, the beginning of her dream profession, August 2016.

Esther graduated high school in Ghana with her dream of pursuing a nursing degree. She had worked hard to achieve her certificate. She sat down with her father to discuss her next level of education with joy in her heart and beautiful smile in her face.

Esther did not finish her sentence and her father told her, he can no longer afford to look after her to continue her education. Esther was confused and sad to hear the news from her own father. She could not believe the same fate that befell her older brother has also happened to her. Without an education, Esther would be forced to marry as a teenager or remain unemployment for the rest of her life. She was not ready to do either. With nowhere to turn for help, she had no choice but to look for menial job or laborer. She got a part time work helping to sell food, making $8 per week, all of which goes to savings towards her nursing program in the future. At this savings rate it would take Esther at least the next 5 years before she can come up with her first semester’s fees.

During a mission trip in 2016, Dr. Ankamah met Esther and I realized some heavy burden is upon her. I asked her what is bothering her, she looked at me and tears started to fall like rain pouring. After consoling Esther, she gathered courage and revealed to me for the first time she had felt to commit suicide. This is because she lost all hope in life for failing to get the financial assistance from her father to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse. She informed me that she has been home for the past 4 years, unable to attend college to further her education because of financial support from her father. Stories like this are far too common and the future generation’s hope is diminishing every day. Majority of the youth are being deprived of the basic right to an education. Many of the youth who are the future leaders of most of these developing countries have resorted to social vices including prostitution, burglary, arm robbery, terrorism and many others. As an Evangelist, God placed on my heart to pray with Esther and intervene in her life before it was too late.

With the support from many people like you and with your kind heart in collaboration with African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc., USA and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions (Ghana), a project titled SPONSORSHIPS OR “ADOPT” A CHILD was started in Ghana. Thanks to those initiatives, Dr. Andrew and Mrs. Margaret Ankamah have taken the lead to provide Esther and others with full sponsorship “adoption”. Her annual tuition is rather inexpensive when compared to a student’s costs in America. We put into place annual sponsorship plans allowing one to “adopt”, meaning sponsor a child or a student. So far, Dr. Andrew and Mrs. Margaret Ankamah have sponsored (“adopted”) ten children and the number is growing. The goal of this project is such that no child is left behind in Ghana, the entire Africa continent and all developing countries around the world. It is the mission of this non-profit organization that every child gets an education irrespective of financial background no matter where they were born or where they happen to live. Upon graduation, these students would also “adopt” or sponsor at least one child and the cycle of giving back would continue worldwide. This is an excellent program to give someone an education and a bright future and the memories and gratitude would live on for years and to make it a better world for all humanity. Jesus taught us that “It is more blessed to give than to receive” Act 20:35 (NIV). There is much need, so please reach out or donate for this worthy cause. God richly bless you.

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African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions (ANMM), Inc. - Donation of School Supplies

DONATION OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES: BOOKS & OTHER STATIONERY

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October 20, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

DONATION OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES: EDUCATION IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY CHILD. NO CHILD SHOULD BE LEFT UNEDUCATED IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

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The future success and development of every nation depend on good education to its children and youth. As a result of extremely high unemployment rates in most developing countries the rate of elementary , middle school, high school, and college students drop outs are alarming, especially Sub-Saharan Africa. Sadly and unfortunately, it has become difficult for low-income families to send their children to school. Education is becoming possible only for the very few rich people. As a result, some of the children, the youth, and young adults have resorted to criminal activities such as arm robberies, burglaries, prostitution, terrorism and other criminal activities as the only means to pay for their education and other costs of daily living. It is becoming the survival of the fittest, but it should not be that way at all.

African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc., USA and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions (Ghana), have embarked on collecting donations, stationeries, books, pencils, school bags, pencils and others to help support children of the world. Sometimes, a child may stay home merely because of lack of notebook, pencil or pen to write. This project with your support would help prevent that trend and give every child a chance to succeed and achieve their dreams.

Notebooks, pens, and pencils in their hands means they can go to school and learn to be the future doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers, pastors, teachers, police and military officers or even become a president.

African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions (ANMM), Inc. - Donation of Medicines and Supplies

DONATION OF MEDICINES AND OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLIES: PUBLIC & HOSPITALS

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October 20, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

There is an epidemic of counterfeit drugs including medications needed to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), cholesterol, heart diseases, diabetes and many others. It is, therefore, the goal of African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc. USA and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions a subsidiary in Ghana, to ensure safe delivery and donations of legitimate medicines to the general public and hospitals alike. The need is immense, resources limited and therefore, you are kindly welcome to donate cash or supplies to help advance God’s work as well as to save lives around the world.

It is very sad to know that many people are dying prematurely from untreated diabetes, hypertension, and others, not knowing they have been victimized with counterfeit medications that unfortunately lead to disastrous consequences. Selling of counterfeit medications should be taken seriously by governments all over the world and banned since innocent lives are lost as a result of unknowingly taking fake medicines, while others profit over precious human lives.

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INCREASE OF CANCER

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October 17, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER CASES IN GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES

There has been a sharp increase in cancer cases in Ghana and other African countries. Unless the necessary steps are taken to drastically reduce the incidence, it would lead to an epidemic in the next few years. Cancer used to be disease of the western world in most cases, and rarely found in Africa, but in the last two to three decades, cancer is spreading like wild fire.

The main reason for the dramatic increase in the cancer cases comes from abandoning the more traditional organic farming systems from generations ago, and unfortunately replacing them by spreading chemicals on everything and everywhere. Environmental contamination of the food chain is becoming one of the main causes of cancer in Africa today. The indiscriminate use of agrochemicals by mostly uneducated farmers, which include liquid fertilizers, weedicides, herbicides, and pesticides, by spraying vegetables and other food sources that ultimately results in contamination. The goal of these farmers is to have “bounty harvest” without regard of contaminating the food pyramid that affects humans and animals alike. Some countries including China have exported tons of these chemicals into these countries without proper education for these farmers. More often than not, some of the farmers overuse the chemicals on the crops. There have been reported cases where farmers after spraying fall victim to the chemicals they have just sprayed and died shortly thereafter.

The goal of these farmers is to have “bounty harvest” without regard of contaminating the food pyramid that affects humans and animals alike. Some countries including China, have exported tons of these chemicals into these countries without proper education for these farmers. More often than not, some of the farmers overuse the chemicals on the crops. There have been reported cases where farmers, after spraying, fall victim to the chemicals they have just sprayed and died shortly thereafter.

In addition, there has been illegal mining of gold and other precious metals in Ghana and other African countries by citizens of some of these countries enticed by the foreign countries at their backyard. That means the chemicals used to extract and process these minerals result not only contaminating the environment but ultimately end up in the water supply systems. If the chemicals enter the rivers, streams, lakes or the ocean, results in contaminating and killing the fish and other life stocks.

Some of the weedicides are named “condemn”, no wonder it is “condemning many people and some animals to death” by killing life stocks and humans alike. When the herbs or weeds are sprayed, cattle, goats, sheep and other life stock which are not in gated fences, therefore these animals roam about freely to eat the grass or vegetation, thereby ingesting the “killer chemicals” which in turn reaches breakfast, lunch and dinner tables on daily basis. Sadly, no one is held accountable, neither are the farmers nor the countries exporting these deadly chemicals as the dumping grounds without respect of human lives. The people innocently buy and eat not knowing the source, thereby getting cancer years later.

Some of the most common cancers developing are head, neck and throat, breast (mostly in females) and gastrointestinal cancers.

Unlike the western countries, most of the African countries, including Ghana lack the resources and the diagnostic machines to detect these cancers early. Mammogram, MRI, CAT scans are very rare in the hospitals of most of these countries. There is a severe shortage of cancer specialists doctors (Oncologist). In some countries, there are just a handful of oncologists for the entire country. The end result is that most of these cancers go undiagnosed and the affected patients die prematurely.

It is the mission of this NGO to educate governments and its people that the only way to decrease the spread of cancer, considering the limited resources and doctors is by prevention. The countries that consider Ghana and African countries as dumping grounds of toxic chemicals should be held liable and to pay compensation to the families of those dying from cancers. It is necessary to emphasize that human life is more precious than profits. Mass importation of chemicals, some of which may have been banned by the international community should not be allowed to import to African countries which result in innocent loss of human lives.

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SPONSORSHIPS FOR CRITICAL ILLNESSES AND SURGERY

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October 10, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

Sponsorship for surgeries for critical illness and diseases such as cancer are essential services that we provide regularly. Some of the people we serve may not survive without the generosity of our donors, sponsors, and supporters like you who sponsor one hundred percent of the cost of medication and necessary surgeries.

LIFE SAVING AMPUTATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

Alfred's Story

Alfred had a small sore on his toes as a result of poor circulation in 2014. His sores got infected. The infection could have easily spread through his blood and he could have easily died. With his condition worsening, his family almost gave up on him, waiting for him to die. But African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc., (USA) with its subsidiary Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions, Ghana came to his rescue.

Alfred's Story

Alfred had successful amputation of his infected right leg. He is thankful to African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc. (USA) and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions, Ghana.

Alfred's Story

Thanks to donors like you and African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc. (USA) and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions, Ghana. Alfred has received a wheelchair and a new prosthetic leg. He is forever grateful he can stand and walk again. More importantly, he can enjoy life and his family and be able to hold his grandchildren in his arms once again.

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BREAST CANCER CURED

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FELICIA lost all hope with aggressive breastbreast canceras April 2014 when Felicia found a small lump, the size of a peanut in her breast. Within three-months, in July 2014 unfortunately her breast lump had grown to the size of a large orange. With no financial resources to have the much needed operation, Felicia a mother of two had lost all hope waiting to die. Fortunately, African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc. (USA) and its subsidiary Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions came to her aid and sponsored her to have the operation for her aggressive cancer. The sponsorship came in time, amazingly there was a surgical team on a mission trip from the United States who had visited Ghana. Felicia was the last patient they operated on and they returned back to the U.S. What a blessing Felicia received.

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After: With the will to survive and to be there for her two children, after successful breast cancer surgery and cancer free Felicia with a happy smile.

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LARGE NECK TUMOR SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED

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Ms. Bawa was having difficulty breathing, eating and swallowing. She needed about $600 for the much needed operation. Unfortunately, she had less than half of the money she needed and it would take her several years to get the remaining amount before she can undergo the life-saving operation. Bawa was not sure she will live to see the next birthday of her youngest child. That was when African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions (ANMM), Inc., USA and its subsidiary in Ghana, Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions (GSMRM) sponsored her in 2015 to under the operation to save her life so that her children do not become orphans.

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Bawa had successful operation and she is alive and well. She is grateful to African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions (ANMM), Inc., USA and its subsidiary in Ghana, Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions (GSMRM) for saving her life.

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African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions (ANMM), Inc. - Public Safety

PUBLIC SAFETY, SECURITY & CRIME PREVENTION

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October 10, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

Another focus of ANMM, Inc. is in public safety, crime prevention, and security. Safety and the rule of law are the backbones of peaceful and prosperous nations. Democracy in most developing countries in Africa and other places in the world are failing because of lack of the rule of law. We believe in the promotion of safe and peaceful societies in developing countries worldwide. Any country that fails to combat criminal activities, where citizens live in fear, criminals, terrorizing citizens and foreign nationals, roam about freely without any resistance from the police or the military would deter foreign investors, tourism and hinder private sector job growth as well. Without improvement in public safety, such countries could suffer from terrorist activities, civil wars, and other instabilities. African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc., therefore promotes neighborhood watch security teams who serve as deterrents to prevent crime. The goal is to have these security teams in every town in Ghana, the African continent and eventually around the entire world. This would decrease crime and prevent terrorism around the world so that we can all live in peace.

Neighborhood Security Team Inauguration – 2015. Left to Right: Dr. Andrew K. Ankamah, M.D., President and Co-Founder, African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc. (USA), and Good Samaritan Medical & Rehabilitation Missions (Subsidiary in Ghana), Chief Superintendent Boadu-Ekumah, and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Stephen Ofori Akrasi

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DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT: WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, CRUTCHES

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October 10, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

People with disabilities have no privileges of interacting with their neighborhoods and are, therefore, restricted to home without durable medical equipment (DME) or assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, and others. Lack of rehabilitation services and durable medical equipment (DME) lead to significant disable people in the developing countries with a poor quality of life. In addition, children with cerebral palsy and other congenital diseases lack the necessary assistive devices to help them walk and perform their activities of daily living. Most of these people have never seen a wheelchair, walker, orthotics (braces) or prostheses in the lifetime. Therefore, most of these people have no other means of getting around in their homes or neighborhoods except by crawling on hard gravels surfaces or concrete with their knees, hands, or buttocks.

: Grateful for your donations and support.

: Sylvester with a huge smile just at the site of a wheelchair.

: Hope.

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PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR SAFER ROADS, VEHICLES & DRIVING: ACCIDENTS PREVENTION

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October 7, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

Everyday, someone in Ghana and other developing countries is killed in a car accident. In effect, thousands of people die in motor vehicle accident, car accident, motorcycle; pedestrians struck and killed every year.

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For example in 2015, a pregnant woman returning from her routine hospital check-up, crossing the street while holding her child’s hand, were struck and killed including her unborn child. The rate of accident fatalities is alarming and unacceptable. There are many causes of deadly accidents including drunk driving, over speeding cars and vehicles and some which are not road worthy, drivers who are unqualified, unlicensed or with fake licenses and blind drivers (there is no emphasis on vision check-up, therefore some of these drivers have no idea they are severely vision impaired), disabled vehicles not being towed away all lead to serious accidents. Most of the accidents involve overturned vehicles, public buses, cars, and motorcycles, all resulting in many people prematurely losing their lives. Some of these accidents involve head-on collisions, overturned vehicles, buses, cars and collisions with disabled vehicles abandoned on the roads.

Metro-bus accident with head on collision resulting in multiple fatalities. Ghanaweb/2015

It is the goal of African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc., USA, and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions, a subsidiary in Ghana to educate the public and drivers to drive safely. Some of the initiates that have been taken or in the future include making it mandatory to have annual eye examination for every driver, “if you drive don’t drink and if you drink don’t drive”, ensuring pedestrians have the right of way, decrease speed limits in towns and cities, on the roads and highways. In addition, it should be mandatory vehicle check for road worthiness annually. Below is an article that reiterates the frequency and the unnecessary loss of human lives from car accidents. The yearly number of death for example in Ghana in the article below may be an underestimation, since no accurate tracking of the number of people who die daily or yearly are well documented.

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ACCRA, Ghana — A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck in central Ghana killed dozens of people in the deadliest road accident in recent memory, officials and witnesses said Thursday. There were conflicting reports of the death toll. Bismark Owusu Fosu, medical director at Kintampo hospital, told the Reuters news agency that 71 people were killed. Ghana’s National Road Safety Commission reported that more than 1,600 people were killed in road accidents last year.

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Last Updated Feb 18, 2016 3:06 PM EST

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EDUCATION IS A RIGHT FOR ALL CHILDREN

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October 4, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

EDUCATION IS A RIGHT FOR ALL CHILDREN AND NOT A PRIVILEGE IRRESPECTIVE OF FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.

Education should be a right of every child born into this world and should not be a privilege. Sadly, even in the 21st century, not every child gets to go to school. In most developing countries, it is becoming harder every day to be able to afford basic education for every child. Education is becoming possible only for the rich.

Look at these beautiful children. These are the future doctors, dentists, presidents, lawyers, pastors, evangelists, nurses, teachers, police or military officers, engineers, and Olympians.

The majority of these children, even if they are able to successfully complete elementary school, cannot afford to go to vocational, technical, secondary school or college. Even the well-educated find it hard to get a job. That means, without an education many of these beautiful children who have a bright future would end up on the streets, being victims of human trafficking, the girls forced to marry at a younger age, or either the boys or the girls engage in unacceptable social behaviors. We strongly encourage you to save a child today by sponsoring or “adopting” a child through education. Let’s save every child to make our world a better place to live.

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African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions: Sponsorships For Critical Illnesses and Surgery - Evangelism

EVANGELISM: PREACHING GOD’S WORD TO THE MASSES

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September 19, 2016 by author

African Neighborhoods & Medical Missions Online Team

EVANGELIST DR. ANDREW ANKAMAH, MD ON MISSION FOR GOD.

Dr. Andrew Ankamah, M.D., FABPMR, is a renowned international evangelist who is gifted in the delivery and teaching of God’s word to the people all over the world, with the ultimate goal of saving lives for Jesus. He is the President and Co-Founder of African Neighborhoods and Medical Missions, Inc. (USA) and Good Samaritan Medical and Rehabilitation Missions, Ghana.

Besides his evangelistic duties, Dr. Ankamah is well respected Board Certified, specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, in the USA. His area of expertise includes orthopedic conditions, joint and spine, as well as pain management. He has received numerous prestigious awards including American Top Physician. He is married to his beautiful wife, Mrs. Margaret Ankamah and they are blessed with two wonderful children Andrew Ankamah, Jr., and Abena Mercy Ankamah.

Dr. Ankamah started his evangelistic work in his native country of Ghana in 1986, before immigrating to the U.S. Dr. Andrew and Mrs. Margaret Ankamah and their two children travel on mission trips internationally with their team.