BBC program, Panorama, aired "Addicted to Aid" on Monday, November 24th. Sorious Samura investigates what happens to the millions of dollars of aid donated to Africa. Despite enormous amounts of aid, many Africans still live in extreme poverty.Sorious visits Global Action...
Witness the adventure that created the historical partnership between two young men who renewed hope for the war-wounded and hungry of Sierra Leone.
Watch Dr. Mohamed Bailor Barrie travel to the remote village...
“I am just a medical student. How can I help people living in extreme poverty?” by John Daniel Kelly- Princeton Chemistry Department Newsletter ’07 submission For the first several weeks of my Global Health Fellowship in Sierra Leone, these thoughts...
Read the letter from Dan Kelly to his Medical College Dean, Dr.Kuperman, for a sense of the reality of extreme poverty in Sierra Leone today."Tonight I boarded a plane at Freetown International Airport. Its partially lit welcome sign reminded me of the game show - wheel of...
John Daniel Kelly interviews the Amputee Regional Chairman in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Dan asks "Have ngos ever come to you and made promises?"
Chairman answers "Well, a lot of them asks, in fact as you are doing me...
Dan Kelly and Dr.Barrie drive through rural Sierra Leone to conduct a National Needs Assessment of 27 Amputee Camps. Dr.Barrie points out that these villages show the extreme poverty of Sierra Leone. Today. The...
At the recent Golden Globes, Design 21 Social Design Network gifted Allumonde rings to celebrities who designated their favorite nonprofit. Mr. DiCaprio selected Global Action Foundation.
John Daniel Kelly,...
XDR TB, extra drug resistant tuberculosis, is a problem in South Africa. Read the reality of providing health care for those with TB and Leprosy at Lakka Chest Hospital in Sierra Leone. What will happen if XDR TB invades the rest of Africa?
Atrocities at Lakka Chest...
Crossing the bridge to Koidu-Sefadu – home to the Sierra Leone blood diamonds – I stared at hundreds of people standing knee-deep in the river. I asked Dr. Barrie, “What are those people doing?” “Mining...
Global Action Foundation was approved by the IRS as a 501 c3 non profit on November 14, 2006. Our EIN is 20-5124890. Our DLN 17053284022006. The contact person at the IRS is Ronald D Bell ID# 31185. Telephone number 877 829 5500.
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Read the letter from Dan Kelly to his Medical College Dean, Dr.Kuperman, for a sense of the reality of extreme poverty in Sierra Leone today.
"Tonight I boarded a plane at Freetown International Airport. Its...