Rural Care Network

RUCNET

Rural Care Network (RUCNET) is a grassroots/community-based, non-profit organization that began in Ghana in 1988. It was founded by Dr. Addae Mununkum, a Ghanaian medical practitioner/Cardiothoracic Surgeon who had just returned from Germany after 15 years of study and work, together with a few friends.....read more

Healthcare

Health care infrastructure in Ghana is severely underdeveloped: a population of over 20 million is served by just 1,200 doctors. This ratio is no better with nurses and pharmacists. The problem is even more acute for the rural population, as the distribution of health facilities in Ghana today is heavily skewed in favour of the urban centers. This pattern of distribution of health facilities, however, does not correspond with the distribution of the country's population, since urban Ghana represents just about one quarter of the country's population. For rural dwellers, the nearest medical facility is often prohibitively far away. To help address this great problem and bring sustainable health care to the doorsteps of the rural population, Rural Care Network (RUCNET), a Kumasi-based NGO, has made improving rural health care delivery one of its central missions through its Community-Based Holistic Care Project.....more

Education

With the rising cost of living and fallen incomes in the country, many Ghanaian parents are not able to afford fees charged by schools, neither are they able to afford stationery and uniforms for their children. Indeed many children must often go to school on empty stomach. And many must regularly skip lessons to labour on the streets in order to earn a little money to support them. In the event many are compelled to stop schooling altogether....more

Potable Water Distribution

Water is something we use every day, never stopping to give thought to where it comes from. We are so accustomed to turning on the tap and having clean water come out that we take it for granted and it is therefore hard to imagine not having access to it.... more