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Submitted by Douglas Newsom on 19 April 2021

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Voices of Courage with Ken D. Foster

S2EP25 The Courage to Transform Communities with Alphonse Bassene

Today Ken interviews Alphonse Bassene one of the co-founders and President of CHSI Casamance HealthCare System) whose mission is to provide the hospital facilities in Casamance with life saving health care equipment through partnerships in the US and to build Future Clinics.

From August 2020 to November 2023, Alphonse served as Director of Operations for Casamance Healthcare Systems, Inc. (CHSI), overseeing all day-to-day operations from the organization’s inception in North America to its realization in Africa. In November 2013, Alphonse was promoted to the role of President/CEO by his peers in the General Assembly. Alphonse served for two terms (2013-2017) as the Chairman of the Union des Casamançais et Sympathisants de Washington (UCSW), based in Washington, DC, and also as the General Secretary of the Senegalese Catholic Association of America (SCAA). Today, Alphonse sits as a member of the Board of Directors of FONGAD INVEST.
Breaking the Silence With Host Dr. Gregory Williams

With Guest Trina Roffino Founder of Project Unbroken a Suicide Survivor Support Program

On this episode of Breaking the Silence we are joined by guest, Trina Roffino. Trina lost her husband to suicide in 2018, through this life-shattering event she was sent into a spiral of desperation and grief. Through her pain Trina discovered that over 30,000 American children lose a parent to suicide annually, and tragically they are 3 times more likely to die by suicide themselves. Trina has founded Project Unbroken to help support survivors of suicide. Join us for this inspirational program!