by Lissie | Jan 26, 2013 | Blog |
We’ve been revisiting AWF’s first project in Ghana. Here are some quote from members of the villages served!
”Africare ni African Well Fund, Nsio ye de ma boye paa”. – Boeaten, a Jaman cocoa farmerTranslated from the Akan, this means:...
by Lissie | Jan 17, 2013 | Blog |
In 2009, the African Well Fund visited Ghana. Photos in this post are from that trip, taken in the village of Takyikrom.For the first of what would eventually be three projects in Ghana, African Well Fund, along with Mars Incorporated, partnered with Africare to...
by Lissie | Dec 2, 2012 | Blog |
Hard as it is to believe, but we’re rolling right through December and into 2013. Maybe you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, or Bodhi, or maybe you just pride yourself on your amazing New Year’s parties- whatever the case, would you...
by Lissie | Nov 21, 2012 | Blog |
Welcome to Ghana!Occupied since the Bronze Age, most of Ghanaian territory was until the beginning of the 20th century part of the powerful Empire of Ashanti. After a period of British rule, they were the first sub-Saharan nation to achieve independence from European...
by Lissie | Oct 15, 2012 | Blog |
When possible, we love to include personal stories from members of the communities affected by African Well Fund Projects. Here are a couple from the AWF’s first project in Burkina Faso:Binta Kabore, pictured carrying the basin in the photo below lives in...
by Lissie | Oct 14, 2012 | Blog |
The land of the upright people. Burkina Faso. Like so many of its West African neighbors, this land-locked country must constantly negotiate the needs of the agricultural activity which occupies nearly 80 percent of the population with a climate which provides...
