Board of Directors
David Cook is a native of South Carolina and Carmen Cook is a native of Puerto Rico. Married for over 37 years and currently residing in Florida, USA. David is US Federal Government retired, Assistant Fire Chief. Dave is a former Marine and a Vietnam veteran. Carmen, a US Army Reserves Nursing Officer for 22 years, has also recently retired and is now working in the Real Estate industry.
Medical Advisor
Dr. John Koku Awoonor-Williams
District Director of Health Services, Nkwanta, Volta Region
Executive Director, Nkwanta Health Development Centre
Medical Superintendent i/c, Nkwanta District Hospital
June 1988 - Graduated with a medical degree Minsk State Medical
Institute, Minsk, Belarus. July 1988 - April 1990-Internship at St.
Heliers Hospital in the UK and at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,
Accra Ghana: Surgery & Orthopedics.
Presently, he has extensive work Experience, Residency, Research Publications, Public Speaking and further training. Has conducted numerous community based development scaling up innovations projects for the Nkwanta District, Volta Region.
A native of Ghana, Dr. Koku is the most dedicated medical officer we have ever encountered. His dedication to duty is remarkable. He labors with next to nothing in the way of equipment and supplies to meet the needs of his assigned area. He is is the only physician for the Nkwanta District which has an underestimated population of about 180,000.
Dr Awoonor-Williams was a young physician who accepted the challenge to work in a deprived area with no telephone, no proper water system and television and worked under severe constraints but managed to improve services in the district.
It was hectic for him as he started work at 6 a.m. attending to 80 patients before engaging in the supervision of other health facilities. Before the extension of electricity to Nkwanta, Dr Awoonor-Williams became known as "the doctor who operated patients using lanterns", adding that he had drawn inspiration from the goodwill of the people.
The government of Ghana has recognized the work of Dr Awoonor-Williams and awarded him with a special medal for his contribution to healthcare delivery.
Dr. Koku was featured on the front cover of The World Health Report 2006, from among the 65 outstanding physicians honored worldwide by the association, first published in 1995, is WHO's leading publication.
Each year the report combines an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries. You can see more on this report at http://www.who.int/whr/en/