Ashanti Development was set up in 2005 when London-based Ghanaians asked their friends and neighbours for help improve the lives of people in their villages back home.
They are a 100% volunteers’ charity and pay no salaries or wages for work done in the UK, although they employ staff in Ashanti, Ghana. Volunteers fundraise for their projects and cover their own expenses. Every penny donated is spent on their work in Ashanti.
Their mission is to relieve poverty and promote health and development in and around the Ashanti Region by many means, including the provision of safe and accessible water.
They work among rural villages, which have been hit hard by climate change, and give them clean water and sanitation, healthcare, education and income-generating activities.
For every project the charity gets involved with, they ensure the local villagers contribute, such as by giving their labour free of charge. The charity also always consults their staff in Ghana and the local villagers, and takes into account their views at a formative planning stage.
Here are a couple of quotes from villagers whose lives have been transformed by the generosity and work of Ashanti Development:
Talking about the increase in crops harvested due to having access to sustainable water, one villager said: “After a year of agricultural training, my crop was three times bigger. After four years, I cannot count how many times bigger it was – many, many times.”
Another villager, speaking of the impact of gaining access to safe clean water, said: “Before we had clean water, I had diarrhoea five days a week, and very badly three times a year. Many babies died in infancy. Now I never have diarrhoea, and babies hardly ever die.”
In 2022 the Randal Charitable Foundation provided grant funding to purchase 3 incubators, 1 radiant baby warmer and funding towards the management fees of the Mothers and Babies’ Unit at Mampong Hospital, Ashanti Region, in Ghana.
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