Some FAME partners are brand new in 2024 as your impact grows and increases around the globe. But other FAME partners have been connected for decades, and their influence is astonishing!

One such partner has established many clinics across their country. Each location is remote, requiring half a day to a full day to travel between them, not only because of the distance but also due to the poor road conditions—if you can even call them roads. These clinics serve as true outposts of the gospel in predominantly Muslim communities. On a recent visit by one of our FAME staff members, they observed that every church building connected to most of the clinics (either on the property or adjacent) was solidified or built after the establishment of the clinic. Each building, a hut-like structure, currently holds around 100 people for services. However, at more than one of these sites, construction is underway for simple but larger church buildings that will accommodate 500+ people for a service!

Each clinic has a chaplain who is the pastor of the church or a pastor in the church! The founder of this mission – whom I will name and identify next week in “Part Two” said the quote above on the subject line. It is from the middle of this sentence, Why do we partner with FAME? Because Medical Evangelism…it works! For sharing the gospel and church planting.

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!

Typhoon Odette hit the Philippines in December of 2021 destroying the homes of 12 million people and becoming the second costliest typhoon in Philippine History. Obviously, homes were only part of the destruction, as community services, structures, and infrastructure were also destroyed.

On the island of Bohol, the Village of Hope Orphanage had begun construction on a clinic prior to Typhoon Odette. While this remote area did have a government health center, the orphanage saw an opportunity not only to provide healthcare for their children but also to share the good news of Jesus with the community.

Both the government Barangay Health Center and the construction of the Village of Hope clinic were damaged in the typhoon. As a result, the orphanage and the community were left without access to healthcare, except for a two to three-hour trip, depending on road conditions and mountainous terrain!

Edlyn, the brother of an orphanage volunteer, had suffered a life-threatening injury and was unconscious, rapidly losing blood. It was very late at night when a friend threw Edlyn over the back of his motorcycle, successfully taking him to the hospital three hours away.

Unknown to the friend driving the motorcycle, unconscious Edlyn’s bare feet were dragging the ground for the full three-hour drive, and upon arrival at the Emergency room the situation was even more serious than before.

THIS LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE is exactly why you are such an important partner to FAME. No one should be so far from care that the journey is worse than the initial injury.

The Village of Hope Clinic is going to be rebuilt in a couple of phases! The need is even greater than before the Typhoon because the government has no plans to rebuild the Health Center. This clinic will become a beacon of hope for the orphans and will remain sustainable by providing essential services to the community. The FAME “Yes!” Fund will be sending funds for Phase One soon, which will grant access to treatment and THE cure!

You will be glad to know that even though Edlyn did lose some toes, he didn’t lose his life. Your FAME partner reports:
Our staff was able to join the volunteer in visiting Edlyn (her brother) in the hospital. The incident opened the door to several important spiritual conversations. Edlyn still struggles with the idea of forgiveness and grace, but several good conversations have since happened. He seems several steps closer to the cross than he was before. His children, however, have since fallen in love with Jesus.

You can see how important your partnership is to people like Edlyn.

You can see how important FAME’s partnerships with our global partners is to people like Edlyn and his children!

I am so thankful for you and for the way the “Yes! Fund” is continually being funded to meet needs and requests like the Village of Hope Clinic.

Thank you for your partnership!