On Monday, June 18, 2018, we broke ground for the I-Care Health Medical Clinic that contains 16 rooms in Yarsonnoh, my home town where I was born and raised.  

Our Story: Roosevelt Dahn was born and raised in Yarsonnoh, Liberia. He saw first-hand the devastating effects of two Liberian civil wars, which burned his home village, Yarsonnoh, completely to the ground and killed more than 100 people. These wars, the first occurring from 1989 to 1996 and the second from 1999 to 2003, decimated the country. Nearly half a million people were killed and the country was plunged into deep poverty. Roosevelt was able to secure a visa to the US through the lottery system. He immigrated to the US in 2010, worked very hard, and was able to bring his wife, Patricia, and children to join him in Wisconsin, He and his family are doing well and are deeply grateful for their blessings. This gratitude compels him and Patricia to give back to their village and country. They recognize the urgent need for healthcare in Yarsonnoh and the neighboring villages and have decided that building a clinic there will be one of the best ways they can help their family, friends, and community in Liberia.

Karolyn Broehm first met Roosevelt 6 years ago, during parent-teacher conferences.

Roosevelt and Patricia’s daughter was in one of the classes that Karolyn taught at O'Keeffe Middle School in Madison. Shortly after this, she discovered that Roosevelt was a residential support staff person at her son's home. These connections helped create a mutual sense of trust and respect, and eventually led Roosevelt to share his vision of the clinic with Karolyn, and ask her to join him and Patricia in its creation. Karolyn was honored to join them.

Current status of clinic project.

Land in Yarsonnoh, purchased by Roosevelt and Patricia, has been cleared, a foundation dug, and clinic walls are completed and the entire project is almost  completed. Much progress has been made in the last year, in large part due to the enthusiasm and hard work of the residents of Yarsonnoh as well as neighboring villages.