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Four primary schools in remote northern Ghana, a thriving shea butter facility creating local livelihoods, and dozens of new and refurbished wells every year.
Four primary schools in remote northern Ghana, a thriving shea butter facility creating local livelihoods, and dozens of new and refurbished wells every year.
From schools in the remote north to a shea butter facility creating jobs for local women, and a Water for Life programme delivering wells year after year, our work in Ghana is built on three pillars: education, livelihoods and clean water.
In Ghana's remote northern region, where access to education would otherwise be out of reach for thousands of children, we built and now run four primary schools teaching around 1,000 students.
For families who would otherwise have nothing nearby, our schools open the door to literacy, numeracy and the lifelong opportunities that come with them.
Now in its third year of operation, our shea butter extraction facility turns one of Ghana's most valuable natural resources into a lasting source of income for the people who harvest it. Local women lead the work, transforming raw shea nuts into a finished product that's already in demand far beyond the region.
An active Water for Life programme delivers around 20 new solar-powered wells and boreholes every year, with another 10 older boreholes refurbished and brought back into service. Rural villages get clean, reliable drinking water without the long daily walk to fetch it.
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