Ever seen the African poverty? Go to Kwakukrom



I have just come back from my first trip to Togo and Ghana, and my eyes are still full of the poverty I saw there.

Imagine how life is without running water, food, electricity, medical care. Some pictures are shown below, two websites have been set up to describe the conditions of two communities of farmers

  • www.kwakukrom.org
  • www.bedomaseMethodistSchool.org

    Those websites will gradually be managed by local people, my part is giving my friends a way to express themselves and a reference to others.

    I don't know what to say; a vague statement would be that these communities lack of everything that is considered essential in the West. My mind dangles considering how many Swiss francs would be needed to change things a bit.

    Maybe you can think of some kind of intervention, or can think of somebody who would like to commit himself/herself to these communities. Good and effective ideas are needed.

    Children in need

    What struck me in Kwakukrom was how thin and undernourished people and, particularly, children looked. I now wonder how often, how much and what they eat.

    They definetely looked smaller than the average in Ghana and I wished I could share with them part of my fat.

    Lack of food is the root cause of every kind of illness and unhappiness
    Children in need
    Does anybody want to join me in setting up some catering for these children and schoolboys and girls? Providing chicken and rice once a week, once a month? Or maybe starting a small chicken farm in the village that also delivers some meat to the schools?
    School and schoolboys

    I could cynically say that the quality of a school does not depend on its walls or floor, but I sincerely wonder what happens during the wet season in Ghana.

    Do these children have books and pens? I really don't know.
    School and schoolboys in Africa
    school and schoolboys school and schoolboys
    This is what the Junior High School looks like. Junior High School
    Another picture of the Junior High School Junior High School
    Children in the classroom

    Could we buy pens, pencils, books, exercise books for one year?
    Children in the classroom
    Students.

    No need of computers, as there is no electricity in the village.

    Could we think of donating solar pannels and attach a laptop?
    The only toilet for women in the village toilet for women in Africa
    The only toilet for men in the village. Can you guess how it works? toilet for men in Africa
    One of the houses. Don't be mistaken, people do live in houses like this
    Another building Building in Kwakukrom
    A view of Kwakukrom View of Kwakukrom
    This picture conveys a deep sense of despair; only a small goat on the far right gave some hope.

    Can we donate two hundred goats for milk, cheese and meat?
    The road to Kwekukrom

    Reaching the village was an adventure in the adventure; it is frankly inexplicable how the car didn't break down, it was a bump and a scratching one after the other.

    Can we think of some form of microcapitalism and promote small business amid this poverty?



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