Answering a devastating cry for relief...
According to the World Health Organization, the global healthcare worker shortage is over 4.3 million.
In 57 countries, 36 of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa, chronic shortages combined with nursing emigration turnover profoundly undermine efforts to improve maternal health, decrease child mortality rates, and fight the advance of diseases like HIV.
The Gretta Foundation
Our mission is to increase the global “Nurseforce” by providing full nursing scholarships to impoverished persons living in disease-burdened nations.
Nursing scholarship recipients, or Gretta Scholars, attend in-country nursing programs. In repayment for the scholarship assvistance, graduating scholars serve for a predetermined period of time in their country’s clinics and hospitals.
about us
The Gretta Foundation (TGF) is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization founded in 2007 in memory of the beloved nursing leader, Gretta Styles (see video).
TGF is the first organization of its kind designed to function globally and address the migration of nursing.
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our work
The Gretta Foundation provides unique avenues to prevent and mitigate the HIV epidemic and address the underlying social causes, such as poverty, gender inequality, and lack education.
TGF currently supports Gretta Scholars in Malawi and Uganda.
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latest updates
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- June 3, 2009 -
TGF Is Attending The 24th Annual ICN Quadrennial Congress in South Africa!
The conference will be held in Durban, South Africa, with the theme Leading Change: Building Healthier Nations. TGF president and founder Meg Styles, Gretta's daughter, will be attending the conference on June 27 – July 4.
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get involved
Your support will empower impoverished persons by providing the tools to enter into an indispensable profession.
For a sum modest by most economic standards, donations to this requisite work can have an exponential impact.
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