Anne Matheus and Christina Vertullo joined 12 others from Regina Coeli Church in Hyde Park in a 2014 mission to Ghana and a reverend's hometown, the story said.
Since their mission, students have studied there and faculty have donated computers and textbooks, reported the Poughkeepsie Journal.
The birthing center is slated to open next year.
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