Following is an update article on the work of Medicine on the Move with the Zenith STOL in western Africa.  We've been proud to support Jonathan Porter and his amazing team in Africa, and I hope some of you take an interest in this innovative organization that's "changing lives one flight at the time."

Their educational "bag drops" (pictured below) allow them to disseminate potentially life-saving health information to remote communities that are unreachable by other means.  You can sponsor a drop starting at $50. 

Ghana, Africa  -  Dropping articles from an aircraft is a special privilege, granted to few outside of government forces of any country. Medicine on the Move, in collaboration with WAASPS, is perhaps the latest organisation to gain such an approval and put it to work.  

After two years of experimenting with innovative, low cost, repeatable and safe delivery methods, they were granted permission to commence a health education campaign by air in Ghana.  Using the Rotax powered Zenith STOL CH 701 the Ghanaian team, who also build and maintain the aircraft, set out to take health education solutions to some of the more challenging locations in the West African bush.  

Later, the Health Session, led by Michaela Hayes (who grew up in Ghana), was assisted by three student pilots from rural Ghana (Lydia, Emmanuella and Juliet) with a SODIS  (SOlar DISinfection of water) demonstration.  Water and Sanitation are massive issues - but without communication, training and ongoing encouragement, many of these communities are finding hard to obtain socio-economic growth and sustainability.