Give Basic Needs

Give Basic Needs Weโ€™re on a mission to maximize happiness and reduce suffering by randomly giving basic needs to people worldwide. Small Acts. Big Happy.

Many in our communities go without basic need items such as food, shelter and medical services. We created this project in order to reduce the suffering people endure, while recognizing the need for more happiness in the world. This understanding led us to form an organization where we randomly give essential resources to those in need. Our Mission

Give Basic Needs is an international nonprofit that works with Private Operating Foundations to provide charitable services, such as shelter, food, and medical services that benefit economically-disadvantaged individuals and families. All giving is done randomly to promote community happiness and reduce suffering, only asking the recipient to "Pay It Forward!"

Our Vision

Give Basic Needs aims to reduce suffering and maximize happiness for all of humanity.

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌFrom ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, the Give Basic Needs office in Tamale w...
08/22/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

From ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, the Give Basic Needs office in Tamale welcomed batches of contractors for a series of ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž-๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ designed to prepare our teams for upcoming ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.

The sessions were practical, engaging and highly interactive. Beyond introducing contractors to our event operations, the training created an opportunity to discuss how our different roles connect and how we can work together to deliver an efficient, coordinated and patient-centered experience.

A major focus was the ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ, which plays an important role in how we manage and record patient data during our medical events. Contractors received hands-on guidance on using the app within their assigned roles and discussed the importance of accurate data entry, proper patient flow and accountability throughout the process.

We also moved beyond theory. Through ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, contractors took on their assigned roles and worked through the patient journey together, giving everyone an opportunity to experience how their individual responsibilities contribute to the larger clinic workflow.

One of the most valuable parts of the three days was the discussion itself. Contractors raised insightful questions, observations and ideas about our operations, creating meaningful conversations around how we can continue improving our processes going forward.

As our Northern Health Shield operations grow, training like this helps ensure that the people behind every event understand not just what their role is, but how their role connects with everyone else's to create a productive, organized and dignified experience for the communities we serve.

A big thank you to all our contractors who participated, asked questions, shared ideas and took part in the practical sessions.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ขWe would like to share an important up...
08/20/2026

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข

We would like to share an important update regarding our upcoming ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, originally scheduled for 22 August 2026 in Nabule, Gushegu Municipality.

Due to the continuous rainfall experienced across Northern Ghana in recent days, sections of the road from Katani to Nabule have accumulated significant volumes of water. With ongoing construction works along the route, current conditions have made access to Nabule difficult for the vehicles needed to transport our team, contractors, medical supplies and equipment.

After assessing the situation, we have made the difficult decision to ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ to ensure safe access and allow sufficient time to reorganize our operations.

๐Ÿ“… ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž: ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข, ๐†๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Katani is a major community located along the Eastern Corridor highway, providing better accessibility under the current conditions.

While the date and location have changed, the purpose of the ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž. The event will combine medical and WASH interventions, with free Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV screenings, Hepatitis B vaccination, health education, deworming medication and the distribution of essential hygiene and preventive health supplies.

Changing plans at this stage was not a decision we took lightly, but adapting to conditions on the ground is necessary to protect our team and ensure we can deliver the event successfully.

We appreciate the understanding of our contractors, community members and supporters. ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ so those who were expecting the event in Nabule are aware of the new date and location.

๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž!On ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, Give Basic Needs will travel to ๐๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š...
08/16/2026

๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž!

On ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, Give Basic Needs will travel to ๐๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ for another Northern Health Shield Giving Event, bringing ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐€๐’๐‡ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ together to address both immediate health needs and some of the underlying conditions that affect community health.

The journey from Tamale to Nabule is approximately 165 kilometres, but the distance is worth the impact. This project is expected to benefit approximately ๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ individuals through free healthcare services and improved access to safe water.

The event will provide free ๐‡๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐, ๐‡๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ˆ๐• ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐‡๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐›๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐š๐ฉ. Alongside the medical intervention, the project includes a borehole initiative, reinforcing our belief that improving community health requires more than medical care alone. Access to safe water and better WASH conditions can play an important role in building healthier communities.

๐Ÿ“ ๐๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐†๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ, ๐†๐ก๐š๐ง๐š
๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
โฐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: All contractors participating in the event should be at the ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ for takeoff. Please arrive on time and come fully prepared for the day.

From Tamale to Nabule, we are taking the Northern Health Shield further; combining healthcare, prevention and safe water to create lasting impact.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐กOver the past few weeks, ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง...
08/14/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก

Over the past few weeks, ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ to strengthen the teams supporting our Northern Health Shield medical events.

As we prepare for our upcoming outreach, contractors who have successfully registered for the event and secured an assigned role will take part in mandatory pre-event training at our Tamale office.

The training will cover our ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

With many moving parts during a medical outreach, preparation is essential. Every contractor needs to understand not only their individual responsibility, but also how their role connects with the rest of the team. This helps us reduce bottlenecks, maintain accurate patient records, coordinate care effectively, and ultimately provide a safer and better experience for the communities we serve.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž.

Weโ€™re excited to bring the team together, learn, practice, ask questions, and make sure everyone is ready before we head into the field.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

08/07/2026

Join us in ๐๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข as the community and our team work together to install the Afridev hand pump, and stay for the special moment when the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ.

From installation to commissioning, this is what our ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ WASH intervention looks like on the ground.

Watch the journey and celebrate this moment with the people of Bamboli.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

On 28th July, our team returned to ๐๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข to witness another important milestone; the installation of the Afridev hand ...
08/01/2026

On 28th July, our team returned to ๐๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข to witness another important milestone; the installation of the Afridev hand pump and the official ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž, bringing safe, clean water within reach of every household.

This marks the fulfillment of our ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ approach, where we integrate medical care with ๐–๐€๐’๐‡ (๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ž) interventions to improve long-term community health. While screenings, vaccinations, and health education address immediate health needs, access to safe, clean water helps prevent many illnesses before they begin.

The installation and commissioning was truly a community effort. Men from Bamboli came together to support the installation process, while others working on nearby farms joined in to lend a hand and witness the progress. Their willingness to volunteer their time reflected the excitement and hope this new water source brings to the community.

Even before the work was completed, news had spread across the village. Women began arriving with containers, eager to fetch clean water for their families. Seeing the first buckets of safe water being drawn from the newly commissioned borehole was a special moment for our entire team.

Moments like these remind us that community health goes beyond medicine. Clean water is one of the most powerful tools for preventing disease, improving hygiene, and creating healthier futures.

We're grateful to everyone who helped make this project possible, our donors, volunteers, collaborators, and the people of Bamboli. Together, we're building healthier, stronger, and more resilient communities across Northern Ghana.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

Tim and Jodi Eberly have dedicated their entire lives to caring for others, working as pharmacists for over 40 years bef...
07/27/2026

Tim and Jodi Eberly have dedicated their entire lives to caring for others, working as pharmacists for over 40 years before retiring to the beautiful mountains of Bend, Oregon. Their deep love for the African continent blossomed during their extensive travels to more than ten African countries.

But it was a profound, humanizing encounter in a South African township that truly opened their eyes and captured their hearts.

While visiting a local community, they met a resilient woman named Charlotte. She proudly welcomed them into her modest home, which had dirt floors and relied on a shared community bathroom. Despite her lack of material wealth, Charlotte was overflowing with joy, expressing that she had everything she needed in life because she was surrounded by her beloved friends and family.

During that same journey, Tim and Jodi witnessed children eagerly learning complex anatomy and chemistry in a dirt-floor classroom. It was a powerful reminder that these communities are filled with brilliant, hardworking individuals who simply lack systemic resources.

"๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ... ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ," Tim reflects.
This realization sparked a lifelong mission for the couple. "๐–๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐, ๐ˆ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š," Jodi shares.

To answer that beautiful calling, Tim and Jodi have made a breathtaking donation to ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (Projects 006 and 007). Because of their boundless empathy, over 2,000 resilient people in Northern Ghana will receive the clean water and healthcare they so deeply deserve.

Their generosity brings our entire Impact Funnel to life on the ground:
โ— ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซ: Drilling deep, mechanized wells to provide the foundational, life-saving gift of safe, clean drinking water for the entire village.
โ— ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ & ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐: Delivering crucial health screenings for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV, followed immediately by Hepatitis B vaccinations to create an instant immunological defense against disease.
โ— ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ญ: Wrapping these communities in care through mass deworming medications, which eradicate parasites and restore vital nutritional absorption for growing children.
โ— ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐: Distributing sanitary pads to protect the dignity of young women and keep them in the classroom, alongside condoms to halt disease transmission.

Tim and Jodi's compassion doesn't stop with these two events. They have deeply committed to leaving a portion of their estate to the Colussi Family Foundation (a U.S. 501(c)(3) Nonprofit) to ensure their legacy of love continues to reduce suffering in the region for generations to come.

When we come together as a global community, we have the power to break down the walls that hold people back. You don't have to fund an entire medical event to change a lifeโ€”as we often say, even giving up a single cup of coffee can provide three life-saving vaccinations.

Join Tim and Jodi in our movement of compassion. Please, donate whatever you can today at https://donate.givebasicneeds.org and help us prove that ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ. is more than a motto, it is a promise to humanity.

๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ & ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ (๐๐‘๐)Our medical outreaches use a structured, high-efficiency care...
07/24/2026

๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ & ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ (๐๐‘๐)

Our medical outreaches use a structured, high-efficiency care model where medical professionals and operational contractors work together to deliver compassionate, high-quality care. Every contractor is trained to support this coordinated system, enabling us to serve more people efficiently while reducing burnout among our clinical teams.

At ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ, we're expanding our roster of ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ & ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ (๐๐‘๐) to support our community medical outreaches across Northern Ghana. Whether you're a healthcare professional or passionate about event operations, you'll play a vital role in helping us serve more people while ensuring our events run smoothly and our clinical teams can focus on patient care.

We're recruiting for the following roles.

๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž:
- Vitals
- Lab Draw
- Lab Read
- Vaccine Administration
- Clinical Consultation
- Inventory Management
- Float Team

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ:

- App Scribe
- Flow Navigator
- Color Line
- Phone Runner

Applicants for the roles of ๐‹๐š๐› ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ, ๐‹๐š๐› ๐‘๐ž๐š๐, ๐•๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, and ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ must possess a ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž, which will be verified during the interview process.

If you're compassionate, dependable, eager to learn our outreach systems, and ready to be part of a mission-driven team, we'd love to hear from you.

๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Tamale, Ghana
๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž: Independent Contractor (PRN / Event-Based)
๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: 500 GHS per completed event

๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
https://smiley.givebasicneeds.org/jobs

Together, let's continue creating ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

About a year ago, on ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, we stood with the people of ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ฆ, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐†๐ก๐š๐ง๐š, to commission a new borehole. Wha...
07/22/2026

About a year ago, on ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, we stood with the people of ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ฆ, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐†๐ก๐š๐ง๐š, to commission a new borehole. What followed was unforgettable.

Within moments, the community gathered with basins, and containers, eager to ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง, ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž. Their excitement reminded us just how long they had been deprived of something so basic, yet so essential.

Before this borehole, families relied on a polluted, hand-dug well contaminated by runoff and surrounding waste, putting over ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ at risk of waterborne diseases every day. The timing made the situation even more urgent as the rainy season was just beginning, rainfall would wash additional waste and contaminants into the already unsafe water source, increasing the risk of disease for the entire community.

Today, that story has changed. This borehole continues to provide free, safe drinking water, restoring health, dignity, and hope to the people of Loam. It stands as a reminder that access to clean water is more than infrastructure, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.

To everyone who supports the work of Give Basic Needs, thank you. Your generosity continues to transform lives and bring hope to communities like Loam. Together, we can continue making a lasting impact every single day

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.

07/18/2026

Take a look inside our recent ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ outreach in ๐๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข, ๐†๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, where healthcare professionals, volunteers, and community members came together to make preventive healthcare more accessible.

Throughout the day, hundreds of beneficiaries received ๐‡๐ˆ๐•, ๐‡๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‡๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ designed to promote healthier lives and stronger communities.

This outreach also marked the first ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ, enabling real-time data collection to help us better understand community health trends and improve future medical outreaches.

Every screening, every vaccination, every conversation, and every act of kindness brings us one step closer to reducing suffering and amplifying happiness across Northern Ghana.

๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ:
https://givebasicneeds.org/p2026-0004/

๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ:
https://givebasicneeds.org/donate

Together, we're building healthier communities, one outreach at a time.

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