It's a paper world

This aint your daddies paper plane!!!

Pictured left to right: Patricia  David and Lydia

MoM really has touched lives all over the world.  Some time ago Logan in Australia came up with the idea of having a 'paper kit plane' on our website that would provide some interaction with those who wanted to have their own 'MoM aircraft.  He contacted Christoph from Germany, who was living in China, who set about designing the most amazingly complex aircraft made out of paper.  Then, he initiated contact with David in Wisconsin USA to produce a finished paper model to be presented to us at Oshkosh!

The Zenith STOL aircraft model, on amphibious floats, is an amazing representation - including every rivet and fuel caps, seatbelts and instruments.    The model is currently sitting on the desk of the head of the Volta Lake Transport Company, reminding us all daily of the importance and uniqueness of float planes and their ability to reach the many people around the 8000km/5000mile coastline lake that is home to some very wonderful people, lacking infrastructural support. 

Download the plans for the plane and own your own Zenith CH 801 Mission plane on floats.

We hope that one day there will be a float plane such as this in Ghana that can be used for health education and associated services around the lake Volta. We also hope that many young Ghanaians will be trained to fly such aircraft and deliver health care - West Africans helping West Africans. WAASPS, the social-entrepreneurship currently makes it aircraft available to MoM at exceptional rates and carries out many flights hand-in-hand with MoM. Furthermore, WAASPS allows it staff to fly missions and give their time for community health education on a volunteer basis. The AvTech Academy (a not for profit vocational/academic training establishment, operated jointly by WAASPS and MoM) is supported by MoM Ghana for the training of young Ghanaians from the rural areas, so that they can carry the important messages of health care back to their own people. This synergy between these three organizations is part of the essential chemistry that has enables MoM to reach people in the way it has so far and will do more and more through an enlarged partnership network in the coming years. If you would like to support this synergy, knowing that around 50% of the funding of our operations comes from WAASPS, and that we support the AvTech Academy to train our future aviation aware health educators, then please click on the Donate button.

We understand that many people prefer the old model of a simple 'charity' - reliant entirely on donations and more in line with Western models of operations, but MoM is not trying to copy that - we are looking towards a sustainable solution, integrated to social entrepreneurship-ism, operating within the business and community development models required for West Africa. We no longer actively seek donations nor incur the costs of making repeated applications for grants, but prefer to welcome individuals who agree with our concepts, and appreciate our results on the ground that are truly changing lives, one flight at a time, to come forward, volunteer and support - with no strings attached. We prefer folks to come and visit and to see on the ground how we use our resources before they make any major contributions to our efforts.

 In the mean time, enjoy making this plane, knowing that West African girls from rural communities are making the real thing - and making a real difference.

Help MoM make a difference 

We understand that many people prefer the old model of a simple 'charity' - relient entirely on donations and more in line with Western models of operations, but MoM is not trying to copy that - we are looking towards a sustainable solution, integrated to social entrepreneurship-ism, operating within the business and community development models required for West Africa. We no longer actively seek donations nor incur the costs of making repeated applicaitons for grants, but prefer to welcome individuals who agree with our concepts, and appreciate our results on the ground that are truely changing lives, one flight at a time, to come forward, volunteer and support - with no strings attached. We prefer folks to come and visit and to see on the ground how we use our resources before they make any major contributions to our efforts.

However, If you still wish to make a monitary donation please use this link, Donate. Should you wish your donation to be used for a specific purpose, send an e-mail to jp@medicineonthemove.org This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with detail about your desires.

Download the plans: 

Complete plans, instructions and more can me found on the MoM website

From all of us at MoM, Thank You

Logan for the idea and follow up efforts,

Christoph for the many painstaking hours of detailed work and creation - including instructions (see his other designs here http://www.hoxity.de/papercraft )

David for spending the estimated 40 hours build time and taking time out of his schedule as a writer and hand delivering the model to Oshkosh. 

It really took our breath away, and that of many others, as we received such an amazing gift.  This world is full of some very special people, and we welcome them into the MoM family!