Healthcare that travels where it's needed, not just where it's easy.
Sancare Initiative CIC connects diaspora knowledge and resources with rural communities in Ghana — starting with the Bonakye Rural Health Development Initiative in the Oti Region.
Reducing healthcare inequalities through community-led action
We work to improve community wellbeing through accessible health education, outreach, emergency healthcare strengthening, and sustainable development — designed and delivered with the communities we serve, not for them.
Our Mission
To improve community wellbeing and reduce healthcare inequalities through accessible health education, emergency healthcare strengthening, and sustainable development programmes.
Our Vision
Healthier, empowered, and resilient rural communities where every individual has access to healthcare services, knowledge, and emergency support systems.
How We Work
Partnership-led delivery, volunteer-supported programmes, and evidence-based interventions — built on trust earned through direct experience on the ground.
Flagship Project
Bonakye Rural Health Development Initiative
Strengthening healthcare delivery, emergency response, and diagnostic services at Bonakye Health Centre in Ghana's Oti Region — where our founder once led the laboratory team himself.
Only one tricycle ambulance currently serves the area
No chemistry analyser available on site
Roads become difficult during rainy seasons
Limited maternal & child health infrastructure
Bonakye Health Centre & community
Photo documentation from the field is being added as it's collected. This space will hold real imagery from Bonakye Health Centre, the surrounding community, and our team visits.
A phased, accountable rollout
BRHDI is delivered in three phases over 24 months, each building the evidence and infrastructure for the next.
Foundation
- Funding mobilisation
- Procurement planning
- Partnership engagement
- Baseline assessment
Deployment
- Equipment acquisition
- Ambulance deployment
- Outreach implementation
- Training activities
Growth
- Monitoring & evaluation
- Programme expansion
- Impact assessment
- Sustainability planning
Phase One funding requirement
Procurement is supported by supplier quotations and phased planning to ensure transparency and accountability to funding partners. Equipment donations are also welcomed in place of funds.
| Budget item | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Life Support Ambulance | Procurement, shipping, registration, driver training | £65,000 |
| Laboratory & Diagnostics | Chemistry analyser, FBC analyser, consumables, installation | £45,000 |
| Logistics & Transport | Vehicle hire, fuel, equipment & personnel transport | £25,000 |
| Project Delivery & Coordination | Management, stakeholder engagement, reporting | £25,000 |
| Monitoring & Evaluation | Baseline assessments, data collection, impact measurement | £10,000 |
| Administration & Governance | Regulatory compliance, insurance, organisational management | £10,000 |
| Contingency Reserve | Unforeseen operational costs and price fluctuations | £20,000 |
| Total Phase One Request | Estimated project funding requirement | £200,000 |
Following my relocation to the UK, laboratory services at Bonakye became significantly constrained — it showed me how fragile essential healthcare is in communities where skilled personnel are limited.
Sanford currently serves in the British Army and previously worked as a Medical Laboratory Technologist and Officer-in-Charge of the Laboratory at Bonakye Health Centre, where he lived for approximately two years. He spent more than three years working across the wider Oti Region and continues to maintain direct relationships with healthcare staff at Bonakye Health Centre and Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital — relationships that ground BRHDI in genuine local trust and knowledge.
A lean, distributed delivery team
As an emerging organisation, Sancare Initiative CIC operates through a project-based model of volunteers and advisors spanning the UK, Ghana, and the United States.
Mohammed Issaka
Francis Briamah
Irene Tuffour
Gideon Opoku Duah
Clement Owusu Ansah
Three ways to support BRHDI
We're an emerging organisation seeking funding, equipment, and strategic partnerships to deliver Phase One.
Grants & Sponsorship
Support Phase One directly through grant funding, corporate sponsorship, or philanthropic donation toward the £200,000 funding requirement.
Get in touchEquipment & Expertise
Donate chemistry analysers, laboratory equipment, hospital beds, or oxygen concentrators — or contribute technical and advisory expertise.
Offer supportStrategic Partnership
NGOs, universities, healthcare institutions, and development agencies — let's explore how we can collaborate on rural health delivery.
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