Maternity Ward Operating Theatre Now Open We are delighted to announce that the new Obs & Gynae Operating Theatre, in the new Maternity Building, opened successfully in November 2023. The first c-section took place and the mother and baby are doing well. The mortality rate for newborns is 10 times […]
The King’s Village is providing opportunities for girls and women
The King’s Village is providing opportunities for girls and women In Northern Ghana opportunities for girls and women are limited but improving. Few Grandmothers would have attended school, they typically married early and had seven or more children. I recently spoke to one, who had her first child at 20 […]
A doctor’s experience of visiting The King’s Village
The Kings Village Ghana was an incredible experience that I will never forget. Travelling from Cardiff and working for the Welsh NHS, over what has been a very tough couple of years, I was really looking forward to a refreshing change of scenery and finding out how healthcare systems work […]
Maternity Unit – we’ve nearly reached our goal – November 2022
We are delighted to announce that over £90,000 has been raised as part of our match fund campaign to open the next section of the Maternity Block. Our target of £100,000 will enable us to open a new delivery theatre, a neonatal high-dependency care unit and a purpose built pharmacy. […]
Autumn News!
Here’s the latest news from The King’s Village! In August we celebrated 25 years since Marion’s first visit to Ghana! The management surprised her with cake and gifts! How things have changed in 25 years! We are so grateful for your ongoing support to our village enabling Ben, Marion and […]
New maternity facility build
Our new maternity facility build is still ongoing… help us to raise the funds needed to complete it! Watch our video to find out about our current maternity provision and our dreams for the new facility. (Filmed pre Covid-19) “Sometimes people deliver on the floor – and that’s not good […]
Back to school – January 2021
After almost a year with schools closed due to Covid-19 we have been able to reopen! The pandemic is far from over, but after months of school closures across Ghana we are now able to reopen our two schools. Of course before opening school again we wanted to make sure […]
The Nutrition Centre – Amiina’s Story
Amina is 9 years old and came to us at The Nutrition Centre at the age of 2. For a long time, and after treatment for malnutrition, she was still under weight. She was later diagnosed with a hole in her heart. For over 7 years she could not walk […]
Urgent appeal for 2 year old Zooya
Zooya was born with spina bifida, and hydrocephalus, both requiring medical interventions. We would like to get her seen by a neurosurgeon in the main hospital to give her a better chance of some quality of life. At present Zooya is unable to sit up or crawl. She suffers from […]
The King’s Village and COVID-19
At the moment there are just over 1000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ghana. Here at The King’s Village we are thankful for the lockdown restrictions put in place as without them the virus could spread rapidly in rural areas with little access to clean water. At our health facilities […]