Ending Hunger in Ghana
Donate to end hunger in Ghana
In Ghana, one of West Africa’s most developed nations, less than half of all women have received secondary education and 12.7 % of the population lives on less than $1.90 a day*.
The capital city of Ghana, Accra, is one of the wealthiest and most modern cities on the continent and is currently experiencing a period of rapid growth and urbanization. Although the country’s GDP continues to rise with oil production, gold mining and other industries, the majority of this wealth is not distributed among the population due to corruption. As a result, most of Ghana’s poor live in rural areas without basic services such as health care and clean water. Small-scale farmers, who are affected most by rural poverty in Ghana, depend on outdated farming tools and lack access to improved seeds and fertilizers to increase crop yields.
Formerly a British colony, in 1957 Ghana became the first colonial country in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain its independence. After a period of turbulence, with several military coups, a stable democracy was established in the 1990s and remains to this day.
Donate to The Hunger Project’s work in Ghana
Ghana has been a major part of The Hunger Project’s Epicentre Strategy. In Africa, The Hunger Project works to build sustainable community-based programs using the Epicenter Strategy. An epicenter is a dynamic center of community mobilization and action, as well as an actual facility built by community members. Through the Epicenter Strategy, 5,000 – 25,000 people are brought together as a cluster of rural villages, giving villages more influence with local government than a single village is likely to have while also increasing a community’s ability to collectively utilize resources. The epicenter building serves as a focal point where the motivation, energies and leadership of the people converge with the resources of local government and non-governmental organizations. Over an eight-year period, an epicenter addresses hunger and poverty by moving along a path toward sustainable self-reliance. At this point, the epicenter is able to fund its own activities and no longer requires financial investment from The Hunger Project.
Give now to end hunger in Ghana
There are nearly 30 active program areas in Ghana, reaching more than 300 communities and over 200,000 people. The Hunger Project has been working in Ghana since 1995 and is empowering community partners to end their own hunger and poverty. Through its integrated approach to rural development, the Epicenter Strategy, The Hunger Project is working with partners to successfully access the basic services needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and lead lives of self-reliance. By donating to The Hunger Project you will show that you hunger for change and want to do more to bring a sustainable end to poverty in Ghana.