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18 July 2019

Ashanti News 37, July 2019

Ashanti Progress, Ashanti Honey – Terrific on Porridge, Children, Discipline and Rote Learning Ashanti News 37, July 2019

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9 July 2019

Mprim’s Big Day

Mprim is one of the largest villages in our area. It’s already got clean water but has waited for years for a donor to sponsor it for sanitation. The news is that Softwire, a wonderful computer company, has offered to pay for the materials needed for the community to build itself one latrine for each […]

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18 June 2019

Army Worm

We’ve been visited by the agricultural extension officer to check on reported infestations of army worm. Army worms – see the photo – turn into moths, and can destroy whole harvests in no time at all. According to Wikipedia, “the larvae often exhibit marching behaviour when travelling to feeding sites, leading to the common name […]

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21 March 2019

Ashanti News 36, March 2019

Aframano village, Ashanti Maps

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23 January 2019

Two new boreholes

Last week we drilled two new boreholes, which still have to be fitted with pumps. The first was for the village of Saviour Kwamang, sponsored by a Rotary Club. The people have to walk a long long way downhill to get to the nearest stream, and then come back carrying basins of water up a […]

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16 January 2019

How people pass their time

With the country in the grip of Brexit and everyone holding their breath, I wonder why the Home Office decides that now’s the right time to harrass long-standing, legitimate UK immigrants. We’re spending a lot of time helping frightened friends to appeal against deportation. Why now?

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Mampong Maternity Hospital

2 January 2019

An amazing new year gift

Last week we wrote about our new project called ‘Develop A Ward’ in Mampong Maternity Hospital. Room by room, we intend to refurbish the hospital and provide it with modern equipment. And we will keep a close eye to see that our improvements are properly maintained. Imagine our feelings when we were immediately promised two […]

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26 December 2018

Develop a maternity ward

We’re starting a new project called ‘Develop A Ward’ in Mampong Maternity Hospital. The hospital has 55 beds catering annually for 2,000 deliveries and serves 102,300 people in Mampong District. It is also the principal referral point for maternity cases in its own and several neighbouring Districts. We’ve chosen five rooms in different areas of […]

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