Sokode, Ghana

In the summer of 2006, Executive Director Rebecca Conte traveled to the West African country of Ghana to volunteer as a nursing assistant. She was devastated by the conditions of HIV/AIDS patients in the area, and wanted to do something to help. Through her work at the local hospital she met an organization called New Seed, a non-governmental organization in Ho, Ghana working on improving the lives of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

After returning to the USA, Conte started her own non-profit organization and started fundraising for a clinic to provide better care to HIV/AIDS patients. Teaming with another US-based nonprofit organization, plans for an HIV Care Center were underway.

By Fall 2008, the New Seed International Care Center was complete with a clinic, nursery school, vocational training center, and orphanage, and is currently being operated by New Seed Ghana.