Kintampo Project recruits eight new members

We are very pleased to introduce everyone to our latest team members who joined The Kintampo Project at the end of December 2010. 

The new volunteers will help develop the field sites throughout Ghana, where the students will visit on placements, during their training.

Click below to read more about the new volunteers and find out how you can join them.

Congratulations to the new volunteers and welcome aboard! 

The new Kintampo Project members are:

Akinade Adebowale, Specialist Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry

Working in a project like this is life time opportunity for me as it will not only help in development of mental health services in Ghana but also improve these services in other West Africa countries.  This is because almost all West African countries face similar challenges and thus improvement of such health services in Ghana will be serving as a template for others to follow.

 Seth Adjare, Staff Nurse

Seth has been involved in building a hospital in the northern part of Ghana with a group of young people of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.  Seth has a background in the field of pastoral care and Counselling and he has a certificate in person centred counseling.

Sam Afari, Community Practitioner

My passion for the Kintampo Project began when I first heard about it in 2007, and since then I have been involved in attending periodic meeting which I find inviting and inspirational. As someone born, bred and received some of my education in Ghana, I find it very rewarding giving something back to my country of birth.

Marian Ansa-Otu, Mental Health Practitioner

I have always been fascinated by the whole Kintampo Project and the input from Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust staff who are involved. [This is a] good opportunity for me to contribute in my own small way to the project using my expertise and experience gained and personally because I originate from Ghana as well. 

Steve Brown, Consultant Psychiatrist

Steve has nearly 30 years experience as doctor, mostly as psychiatrist but also experience in general practice and hospital specialities including obstetric, paediatrics, accident and emergency, general medicine (a long time ago!).  Steve has a strong interest in teaching – he currently teaches 3^rd/5^th year medical students, MRCPsych course, supervises 4^th year project. Steve has previous overseas experience in South India and also Australia.

Paul Harvey, Advanced Mental Health Practitioner

Paul has been a mental health nurse for 10 years. He has frequently acted as a mentor and has been involved in the training of medics, nurses, social workers and mental health practitioner trainees within the team. Paul has a long-term interest in training and education. He has worked as a Special School Assistant for 1 year and has been a leader and instructor in the Scout Movement for 19 years, leading individual training and development especially around leadership and personal development. He has travelled extensively including preparing and leading a group of 40 teenagers to go on Scout Expedition to Chile and Argentina.

Moira Ledger, Consultant in Rehabilitation and Deputy third-year medical student Coordinator

I was initially attracted by the opportunity to travel matched with the chance to extend my teaching/mentoring skills. I enjoy encouraging others to experiment to find the [teaching] style which suits them best.  I have been very impressed with the care which has been taken to ensure this is a project with long term gains and sustainability goals right from the start.

 Jo Overton, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and CBT therapist in the Community Mental Health Team, Romsey

My involvement with the project is driven by a love of travel particularly in Africa and an interest in different understandings of, and approaches to, psychological challenges that people face. I am looking forward to undertaking one of the clinical educator roles in 2011. I live in a rural setting near Portsmouth with my husband and dog and already have some West African connections working as part of a twinned relationship with projects in Cameroon. We are planning to trek between remote rural health centres to raise some funds for them this February.

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