An update from Ashanti Development, Ghana
Ashanti Development was established in 2005 when London-based Ghanaians asked their friends and neighbours to raise funds to help improve the quality of life of people in their home villages, Since then they have provided clean water and sanitation for 16,000 people, built schools and clinics, established a hardship fund for disabled adults, and helped set up micro-credit schemes in 14 villages. Ashanti Development requested funding to replace the leaking roof and supporting timbers of a primary school at Nkwanta, part of which was blown away in a storm. The school was built in 1996 and has six classrooms. There…