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1	The Project Presented by Eric & Shady Vormanns Part 1 of 4: THE PROJECT
2	"AIDS: Africa in Peril" According to an article on CNN.com, “AIDS in Africa: Dying by the numbers”, in coming to grips with AIDS, the worst health calamity since the Middle Ages… nearly 19 million have died from AIDS, 3.8 million of them children under the age of 15. 5.4 million new AIDS infections in 1999, 4 million of them in Africa. 2.8 million dead of AIDS in 1999, 85% of them in Africa. 13.2 million children orphaned by AIDS, 12.1 million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 500,000 babies infected in 1999 by their mothers – most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. “The numbers are staggering but they do not begin to encompass the suffering and the dramas that put faces on the epidemic.”
3	Eric Vormanns Eric Vormanns is the founder of Ghana Resource Center For Human Development (GRCHD). He was born in a tiny village in Ghana, West Africa. It is the local custom, that when a mother is pregnant, the village priest will give an oracle which predicts the unborn child’s destiny. Eric’s mother was told that her baby would have the ‘gift of healing’ and would share his gift with the world. As a young boy, Eric had a dream of setting up a healing center in his homeland. In his teenage years Eric left Ghana to travel the world and teach his healing method to others. In the past 40 years he has trained teachers around the world in the Etheric Healing ‘Vormanns Method’. Now his mission is to establish a healing center in his homeland.
4	GRCHD Vision GRCHD VISION: During Eric’s Vormanns world travels he began to learn about the AIDS epidemic and the devastation it had caused to his homeland. Being a healer, he became burdened with finding a solution to this dilemma. Out of this vision came the birth of GRCHD and the idea of a center in West Africa to help the AIDS/HIV victims.
5	GRCHD Goals and Objectives The GRCHD goals and objectives … To build an orphanage for children of AIDS/HIV. To teach villagers to be self sufficient and to get jobs. To create an educational and computer resource center. To provide a vocational school in sustainable farming. To establish a conference and retreat center with a physical fitness facility.
6	Obtaining The Land THE LAND … 50 acres have been donated to GRCHD by the village of Ho to build an orphanage for children of AIDS. Here the village chief holds community meetings in his nature palace under the tree while the villagers sit on seats of rock. They are having a community meeting about the needs of the project.
7	Clearing The Land CLEARING THE LAND … Villagers donate their time clearing the land for the new project (left). World Federation for Spiritual Healing volunteers donate their time (right).
8	The Building THE BUILDING … Joshua Buatsi, General Secretary of GRCHD stands next to newly made blocks resulting from the $1000 donation made early in 2004 by friends of Rock Foundation, for the first phase of the building project.
9	Governmental Approval GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL … Eric Vormanns and Joshua Buatsi pose next to the sign that designates the entrance of Volta Regional Co-coordinating Council Premises where they receive authorization for the building project.
10	Project Coordinator PROJECT COORDINATOR … Shady Vormanns, GRCHD COORDINATOR, is holding one of the village children from Akoefe Avenui, one of the neighborhoods of Ho, Ghana, in West Africa.