Ashanti Development
With its thriving gold mining and cocoa industries, Ashanti is the largest and statistically richest region in Ghana. But few local people benefit from these natural resources, and those that we work with are among the poorest we have ever seen.
We work directly with the villagers to tailor solutions for their immediate and long-term needs. We know there is no single magic bullet to make all the problems of the area fall away. The villagers know that too and are working with us to make their lives much, much better.
Take Gyetiase, for example. Since 2006 when we started working there we have brought the village clean water, training in health and hygiene, finance for one latrine per household, healthcare, and help with education and economic development.
Our team is a 100% volunteer force with a wide range of expertise. We pay no wages in the UK and every penny we raise goes toward funding our work - and only where necessary. The villagers are integral to the success of these programmes, which are often initiated or modified at their suggestion. They always provide all unskilled manual labour needed free of charge.
You too can play a part and we invite you to join us in helping make a permanent difference to the lives of thousands of people in a much-overlooked part of the world.