Help. Ghana. Foundation

Help Ghana supports projects in the field of education and health care, or income-generating initiatives which help groups become self-supporting. We mainly focus on women's groups, because women in Ghana take care of the children. A project must be supported by the local community. They must also contribute in the form of labour, land and/or raw materials. Help Ghana only supports small projects (up to a maximum of € 2,000) and strives for full feedback on the progress of the project from the local organization. When an application is submitted to Help Ghana, the board checks whether the project meets the criteria. Subsequently, the applicants are sent a questionnaire with questions about the purpose, size, own contribution, co-financiers, references from government agencies, and a detailed budget. For infrastructure, a construction drawing with specified specifications must also be submitted. Our local contact person then visits the project to assess the application. Based on this information, the board decides whether a project can be supported. Our Ghanaian contact person discusses planning and responsibilities with the local organization in advance, after which a cooperation agreement is signed. During the implementation, our contact person keeps in contact with the project leaders to discuss progress and possible bottlenecks. In addition, there is a midterm and final report from both the project leaders and our contact person, which are discussed in the board meeting.

You can find an impression of our completed projects here.

The Help Ghana Foundation (since 1983) supports projects in the field of education and health care and projects that help groups to support themselves. In those 'income generating projects' we mainly focus on women's groups, because women in Ghana are responsible for the children. A project must be supported by the community for which it is intended. That community itself will also have to contribute in the form of labour, land and/or raw materials. Help Ghana only supports small projects and strives for full feedback on the progress of the project from the local organization.

The board meets approximately every six weeks at the home of one of the board members. Because the board members pay for their travel and other costs themselves, it is possible to have 95% of the collected funds go to the projects. We use Ghanaian contacts and advisors including Emmanuel Kwesi Nkrumah, Jackson Oppon-Nimoh in Haarlem, Kingsley Kwame Safo and Kwaku Amoah Maxwell in Accra, whom we have all known for over fifteen years.

ABN AMRO Bank: NL 84 ABNA 050.38.25.778 c/o Help Ghana Foundation in Den Haag

RSIN / Fiscaal nummer: 816170368