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The Graft foundation
GRAFT FOUNDATION which is an acronym for Ghana Reconstruction of Anomaly and Trauma Fund is the charity wing of Graft Hospital Graft Foundation was founded by the Chairman, Dr. Kwame Abrokwaa-Yankyera, Head of the Plastic Surgery and Burns department of the 37 Military Hospital and CEO of Graft Hospital to seek the welfare of individuals with health abnormalities which would need plastic surgery. With a capable team, GRAFT FOUNDATION is keenly bent on giving free medical services to the poor and the underprivileged in our societies to make their lives better. GRAFT is also dedicated to training of Plastic Surgeons. In Ghana, out of the seven plastic surgeons, only two are below the age of 50, the rest shall soon retire. Secondly, only four countries in West Africa have plastic surgeons and several African countries lack such professionals. International charity therefore sends volunteers to countries to do such Surgeries. It is based on this fact that the foundation was formed to help Ghanaians and Africans who need these services and not to wait for foreign volunteers to come before they can be helped. Plastic Surgery is quite new to our nation (Ghana) and some health conditions and anomalies which can be resolved by this procedure are not attended to especially in the rural areas. The costs of reconstructive surgeries for these anomalies are overwhelmingly expensive and most patients live their lives in obscurity because they can’t pay for repairs and others have no idea that these anomalies can be corrected. In certain parts of the country, children born with defects are neglected, left unattended to, mostly starved and malnourished with the excuse that they are evil or carry bad luck. Some are even killed by stoning. In the 50’s and 60’s, there was a common parlance “...See the baby off…” this referred to babies born with defects who were disposed off in the forest or sea to die as such babies were considered as bad omen and evil spirits. This practice still exists in certain parts of the country as reported by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremyaw Anas in his investigations: Ritual Killing of disable Ghanaian children on the 9th January, 2013. (news1.ghananation.com).

Graft Hope Project organized by Graft Foundation in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) seeks to change the lives of 100 people in the three Northern regions (Upper East, Upper West and Northern) by repairing and correcting conditions including: Cleft Lip and Palate, Contractures, Syndactyly, Mammary Hyperplasia (Giant Breast) reduction, Breast Reconstruction for Mastectomy (patient of Breast Cancer Amputation) and Genital Filariasis (Abnormal Swelling of the Scrotum) from the 3rd to 8th June, 2013 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

Our Mission Big text


 * Support the medical needs of victims of trauma from disasters, burns and road accidents.
 * Support treatment of children born with birth defects correctable by plastic surgery.
 * Support Reconstruction for Breast Cancer Patients
 * Offer Surgical Reconstruction
 * Graft Hospital Development.
 * Medical education and research.
 * Investments to support delivery and promotion of health

Our Team & Volunteers

Graft foundation works with a team of dedicated staff who oversees the smooth implementation of all our projects and programs. The secretariat is located in North Legon and is headed by the Chairman who is responsible for the day to day running of the organization with the support of other staff and volunteers. Volunteers are persons who freely enlist for a service. Their work can be full time or part time. The Graft Foundation Volunteer is as important to the Organization as any other team member, paid or unpaid. We rely on volunteers to accomplish our mission and objectives in areas such as data collection, public education and advocacy, as well as the provision of special services. The Graft Foundation Volunteer, with expertise, provides an avenue to accomplish tasks while reducing cost of operation. This is important especially because of Graft Foundation not-for-profit orientation. Graft Foundation accepts and encourages the involvement of volunteers at all levels of the Organization and within all appropriate programs and activities.

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