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Microcredit was the subject of a meeting between our Microcredit Manager, Mavis Bobie, and the women of Timber Nkwanta. With her baby on her back, Mavis went to tell them about Ashanti Development’s microcredit project and ask if they’d like to take part. In case you haven’t come across microcredit, we start by helping each […]

Our wonderful sponsors, IT company Softwire, have offered to fund a Mothers and Babies Unit at Mampong Maternity Hospital in Ashanti. The Maternity Hospital caters for 2,000 deliveries a year and is the principal point of referral for seven large clinics and many other, smaller ones. The new unit will cut out the need to […]

We’re trying to persuade Mosi-Kura to dig pits for household latrines, but they’re not keen. The village just doesn’t believe that latrines and hygiene training will radically improve their health, that they’ll stop suffering from constant diarrhoea and regain lost energy. If I were in their shoes I’m not sure I’d believe it either.   […]

Do you remember that geophysics couldn’t find water anywhere in Mosi-Kura, so we had to abandon the idea of giving the village a borehole?   Then we came across an old abandoned borehole in the village and wondered if it would be possible to repair it as an alternative. The news is great.  The borehole has […]

For some time now we’ve been encouraging local people to use tippy taps, a hands-free way to wash your hands when you don’t have a basin or ordinary taps.  Here’s a picture.     We’ve never had much success in Ashanti, partly because the village children always knock the tap over within a a few […]

Lots going on in Ashanti, not least the extension of our microcredit scheme which gives women business training and access to small loans for trading purposes.  It’s wildly popular, and we often get lobbied by women asking for it to be extended to their villages.   When the loans are repaid they can be lent on […]

A few months ago one of our donors was kind enough to fund a mechanised borehole for the village of Saviour Benin. Just a few years ago this was a very deprived village, but with the help of clean water, latrines and hygiene training they’re beginning to get on their feet. The photo shows the […]