You have heard FAME say over and over, “Lack of Access to Healthcare, Lack of Access to the Gospel” because of the remote areas where FAME partners serve.
Recently one worker at one of those remote clinics was recognized nationally in all of Ghana.
Ruth was serving in her own small way at the FAME Clinic at Tatindo, Ghana; little did she know that her efforts would be recognized nationwide.
Ruth Ampomah is a passionate and hardworking Midwifery Officer with 7 years of working experience serving deprived and hard-to-reach communities.
Ruth received an award at the 3rd annual Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Ceremony. This award is no mere feat and is a testament of hard work, diligence and dedication to service.
Ruth Ampomah has achieved a lot in terms of maternal healthcare delivery but the most impactful ones include reducing unsafe home deliveries from over 80% to almost 10% in 2022!
This is significant because there was a crisis: The Maternal Mortality Rate dropped in Ghana from an average of 240-337 per 100K people in 2010 – 2020 to 0 (zero) in 2021 and 2022 in part because of workers like Ruth and others like her at the 9 FAME partner clinics in Ghana.
She relates well with the women and encourages their husbands to provide basic items like baby dresses, sanitary items, and others to their wives at the point of delivery and this motivates every pregnant woman and gives a desire to always want to deliver at the facility. She quickly learned the culture of the people, got associated with them, became a life coach to the young girls and used the opportunity for education and the gospel and reduced teenage pregnancy drastically.
The deprived nature of the communities in most parts of the Northern region is recognized by the government in the title of the award and Ruth has been honored for her work!
These are your FAME partners! When we think of the people you are supporting and encouraging through your partnership – it is
hard-working people like Ruth!
Thank you for your impact and partnership!