Archive

30 Jun

Teak Tree Planting Project

Nicholas runs a very successful tree-planting project in Ashanti. Each child who is within three years of school leaving age is given a seedling to look after. The seedlings need […]

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16 Jun

Gyetiase Village Says Thank You

Here’s the text of a very grateful thank-you letter sent from Gyetiase village to the donors who funded the village’s water connection to the new borehole at Tadiesa. Dear Sir/Madam,LETTER […]

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13 Jun

Pay As You Pump

Over the past two weeks, Nicholas has visited about twenty villages, and the good news is that almost all have now agreed to pay for water in order to get […]

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11 Jun

Kathy and Dave talk about Developing A Village

Here’s the link to a podcast of a radio interview carried out recently by Kathy and Dave Rees – it’s about 15 minutes in. http://cambridge105.fm/podcasts/105-drive-07-06-2013 Kathy and Dave sponsored the […]

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6 Jun

Congratulations to Ashanti Development Italia and Adutwam

Adutwam Village’s new clinic has just been commissioned. It was funded by Ashanti Development Italia, and here’s what Antonella, who runs ADI, says about the ceremony. “What a wonderful day […]

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30 May

Latrines And Drums

Pentem and Ongwase village are on the brink of starting work on their household latrines.  The chief has offered them a room in his palace to store cement, stones and […]

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28 May

Microcredit Loans for Adutwam Village

There’s work going on in the village of Adutwam. The community is very stable and well-run, and we’ve lent them £3,666 to buy a cornmill on microcredit terms. In our […]

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24 May

Please Vote for Our Idea

We would be extremely grateful for two minutes of your time to vote for Ashanti Development’s idea, as explained below. We hope you don’t mind us asking. Request Please could […]

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