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Volunteers Dawn and Paul are selling Ashanti Development jewellery again this Christmas. It is made by the women of Dadiase, the village they sponsor, and makes a beautiful gift, with all proceeds going back to Ashanti. Necklaces £8;  wrap necklaces £6; string necklaces £5; bracelets £2; earrings £3; and kente cloth pouches to put the […]

  The project to develop Bimma village was led by Rotarian Barrie Coates. He lives in the same street as four young children, Ellie, Gabby, Ella and James, who decided to organise a skateathlon to raise money for the children of Bimma. They succeeded in raising a magnificent £13 which, after discussion with the headteacher, […]

Money to drill and mechanise a borehole at Mpantuase was raised by M. Pierre Petitjean of Switzerland. He switched on the water a few days ago, and it is now available to the community. Mr Petitnean first visited the villages when he was working for a Swiss donor, BasAid, who sent him to inspect the […]

The Rotary Club of Leigh, who sponsor Bimma village, recently gave us £1,000 to spend on mosquito nets. The main beneficiaries were to be the Bimma community, but any nets left over could be given where most needed. First a community meeting was held, to tell people where the nets came from. The meeting also […]

This is to introduce the village of Brofoyedru, which has just been sponsored for sanitation. Nicholas says the community is very excited as for some time now they’ve been watching nearby villages getting sponsors and wishing they could have one too. They don’t look very excited in the photo, but I’m sure they are. And […]

Sekyere Central District recently asked if we would build some latrines for patients at Kwamang Hospital in the south of the District. In similar circumstances in the past we’ve built big, concrete latrines, all very expensive. David decided to see if normal household latrines, built close together, might not do the job at a fraction […]