Mgev Projekt Report 2019 2020 EN

Project Report 2019

We would like to thank all the people that have been a part of the Madamfo Ghana projects. Thank you for joining us, and thank you for supporting our ambitious vision of creating a better world - ‘A world without poverty, where everyone can satisfy their basic needs.‘

We are delighted to see that we make a difference in this world - year for year, project for project, together with our partners, sponsors, patrons and supporters. Our sustainable projects provide access to health care, water, sanitary facilities, education, food and other basic needs for thousands of people.

But, there is still a lot of work to be done. The results, which are summarized in this report, are a testimony to our work. But, they are also a reflection of you and they honor you. All of you, who have continuously contributed your knowledge, effort and your donations to make a positive change in this world.

Bettina Landgrafe Victor Kwaku Manu 1st chairwoman and Managing Director CEO Madamfo Ghana e.V. Madamfo Ghana Foundation 2 Who are we?

Madamfo Ghana e.V is a registered non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Hagen, Germany; and it is a registered non-profit organisation named Madamfo Ghana Foundation based in Kumasi, Ghana.

The association was founded by Bettina Landgrafe in 2007. Jointly with her local team - in the person of Mr. Victor Kwaku Manu, CEO and the late Mr. Emmanuel S. K. Kumadey, former CEO - Madamfo Ghana carried out projects to improve the livelihoods of the Ghanaian people, to enable them to lead an independent life.

Our goal is to reduce poverty and to establish lasting changes in the lives of the most vulnerable people in Ghana. This is achieved by focussing our support on various areas, such as education, health care, hygiene, water supply, livelihoods and awareness campaigns.

To date, we have already implemented more than 90 projects, reached almost one million people with our campaigns, trained 500 young people or sent them to university, and enabled countless people to undergo surgeries or medical treatments.

3 Vision: A world without poverty, where everyone can satisfy their basic needs. Mission: Helping people to help themselves is the guiding principle of Madamfo Ghana. This is why we realise projects hand in hand with the beneficiaries. We work to alleviate suffering by committing to ensure the sustainability of every project, once it is completed, and its longterm impact on the livelihoods of the beneficiaries. Motto: Do the right thing at the right time.

Our contribution to the UN Millennium Development Goals:

4 4 1. About Madamfo Ghana e.V. Ø Introductory remarks by the management (p. 2) Ø Who are we? (p. 3 - 4)

2. Our most important projects of 2019 Ø Education (p. 7 - 10) Ø Human Rights (p. 11 - 13) Ø Health (p. 14 - 20) Ø WaSH: Water, sanitation and hygiene (p. 21 - 26) Ø Food and Nutrition (feeding programs) (p. 27 - 29) 3. Outlook 2020 (p. 30 - 37) 4. Our team, our supporters and our partners (p. 38-39) 5. Our bank details (p. 40) 6. Imprint (p. 41) 5 Overview of the year 2019

In 2019, we have managed to further establish and expand our projects to improve the livelihoods and living conditions of the most deprived and vulnerable people. With the opening of a social center in Yamah, a library in Duadaso, a health care center in Kyekyewere and 4 hospitals in the Tain District, we have taken an important step towards health for all. In the field of education, several schools and kindergartens have been built, our scholarship program gives deprived children access to primary, secondary, vocational and higher education.

Thanks to our school feeding program, more than 1,100 children can go to school and get warm meals every day. In order to support and supply this program, we have successfully implemented the construction of an agricultural farm and a poultry farm.

With regard to maternal and child health, our experts will continue with their awareness campaigns in remote areas, to provide more relevant information on pregnancy, maternity, children’s health and family planning. And, eventually, thanks to our partner foundation TULISA, we were able to provide medical treatments and surgeries for children with severe health conditions.

6 Project Highlights - Education

Education is the key to an independent and self- determined life. It goes without saying that our children attend school and receive an education. Banda Ahenkro For families in Ghana, sending children to school is a Kindergarten major financial effort. Most families cannot afford to send their children to school. They cannot afford the school fee, the books, or the school uniforms, which are mandatory in Ghana. Kabile Kindergarten

That is why many children turn to us and as for our help. In this case, Madamfo Ghana provides help for self-help, because a solid education is the basis for any professional career.

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Banda Ahenkro Banda, Banda, Bono 2 classrooms and staff rooms 75 23 August - 20 28,000 Kindergarten Region December 2019

Kabile Kindergarten Kabile, Jaman North, 3 classrooms, staff rooms, equipment 131 20 May - 12 25,000 and School Brong Ahafo Region September 2019

7 Project Highlights - Education

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

School furniture Jankufa Jankufa, Jaman North, 80 two-in-one school desks 150 20 May - 12 September 2019 2,000 RC Primary and Brong Ahafo Kindergarten Library Duadaso No. 2 Duadaso No. 2, Jaman Library furniture and stock; 10,000 3,000 15 February - 20 June 2019 6,363.64 North, Brong Ahafo books

School furniture Buabin Upper Denkyira Minicipal, 40 two-in-one school desks and 2 245 08 June - 17 July 2020 800 Camp School Central Region teacher’s desks

School furniture Nsawkaw Tain, Bono Region 160 two-in-one school desks 320 21 May - 22 July 2020 4,500 Methodist School

Marking of the school desks Duadaso Library School desks for Buabin School

8 Project Highlights - Education

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Reconstruction of the Brodi Brodi, Tain, Bono Region Reconstruction of the school building 125 15 November - 21 28,500 Primary School with 3 classrooms and 1 staff room February 2020

Tichelli School, construction of an Tichelli, Tamale Metropolitan, Construction of an additional school 227 01 May 2018 - 15 January 2,011.76 additional classroom block Northern Region building with several classrooms 2019

New school building in Tichelli

Brodi: collapsed school block and the new school building 9 Project Highlights - Education (Sponsorship)

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget € Scholarship Ghana School fees, stationary, books, educational 128 2019 86,379.66 programme material, school uniforms, food

Through our scholarship programme, we were able to enable 128 student and pupils to attend school, university or vocational training in 2019.

Trainee in a tailor shop Pupils doing their homework together 10 Project Highlights - Human Rights

At Lake Volta, in Eastern Ghana, children are abused as cheap labor for fishing from early childhood. Under inhuman circumstances, they are enslaved as fishermen and thus have no chance to receive an adequate school education. The physical and emotional hardship the children have to suffer is shocking to see. If the children disobey, they are punished with beatings.

The reasons for families to sell their children are mainly poverty and too many children, that cannot be provided for. These problems have to be adressed jointly with the parents and the buyers of the children, the fishermen, who are looking for cheap labour. This is why we have launched the initiative against child trafficking in 2009.

11 Project Highlights - Human Rights (Child trafficking, Children’s Shelter in Ho)

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Child trafficking and Ho, Volta Region Combating child trafficking, rescue of 101 2019 29,839.15 (and additional children’s home in Ho enslaved children 50,101.63 € for school fees)

The year 2019 was an eventful year for our children’s home, which was characterized by various activities. The partnership with the International Justice Mission (IJM) has been very successful. Both organizations work hand in hand for the well-being of the children. Child slaves that have been rescued by IJM are taken care of by Madamfo Ghana in the children’s shelter in Ho.

In 2019, all children cared for by IJM continued their schooling and education. Some of the children in the children’s home completed their secondary education and were accepted at various colleges, universities and technical colleges.

12 Project Highlights - Human Rights (Social Center in Yamah)

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Social center in Yamah Yamah, Mamprusi, Equipment with furniture 60 26 November 2018 - 26 4.491,67 Northern Region March 2019

Madamfo Ghana is active in Yamah, in the Northern Region, since 2012. In 2019, we were able to supply the community of Yamah with additional clean drinking water, which is produced by solar mechanization, and to complete the construction of a social center. With this building, we have now provided a safe haven for 24 orphans and continue to support the most needy children with food, medical care, and education. The children’s school performance has improved and they are physically healthy, committed, and they feel safe.

New beds for the children home 13 Project Highlights - Health

In Ghana, the system of health is known as the “Cash and Go“ system in which initial payment has to be made for the treatment. If the patient has no money, he or she will not receive any treatment or only insufficient treatment. A situation which is hard for us to imagine, but which is reality here in Ghana. Our team has witnessed several situations in which even severely injured patients, whose life was in danger, did not receive the medical help they needed. Madamfo Ghana ensures that on the one hand, as many people as possible have access to qualified medical treatment. And, on the other hand, we improve the local infrastructure in the health sector by building maternity wards, hospitals and health centers. In targeted education programs, such as our Maternity Training Program, women are trained in antenatal classes and future fathers learn how a child develops in the womb. All this is done by local nursed and midwives who are familiar with the cultural background and the language of the people.

14 Project Highlights – Health (Infrastructure)

Thanks to our partner GTP Schäfer, we were able to build the first part of a new Health Center in Kyekyewere. The 16-bed ward for women and men will help to improve the health situation of the local population. The expansion of this complex, additional beds, and a clinic for reproductive child health, is planned for 2020.

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Kyekyewere Health Kyekyewere, Upper Construction of a 16-bed ward for women and men 15,350 21 January - 15 April 40,000 Center Denkyira East, Central 2019 Region

15 Project Highlights – Health (Infrastructure)

By building four clinics in the villages of Tainso, Tanokrom, Tanoso Njau and Tiadene, we ensure universal access to health care in this region. This year, we have made considerable progress: we were able to connect a mechanized water supply to every clinic. Project Location Details Beneficaries Duration Budget €

Tain Clinics Tainso, Tanokrom, Tanoso Construction of 4 clinics with 12,000 11 July 2018 - ongoing 110,000 Njau, Tiadene in Brong individual water supply Ahafo Region

16 Projects Highlights - Health (Partnership with Tulisa)

Thanks to our partner foundation TULISA and numerous patrons and sponsors, we were able to finance necessary medical treatments or surgeries for various patients. Here are some of the beneficiaries:

Name Age Diagnose Costs € Treatment Godwin 30 years Complete fracture of the lower leg with 2,050 Surgery done pseudoarthrosis Maame 10 years Neurofibromatosis with facial malformation 1,500 First operation successful, waiting for second operation Laurentia 14 years Benign oral tumor 930 Surgery done, patient is now doing well Emmanuella 8 years Severe bilateral SNHL (Sensorineural hearing 744.50 Provision of two hearing aids, still going to speech therapy loss) Dauda 7 years Hypoplastic cerebral cortex with obstructive 2,700 Surgery successful, ongoing treatment and follow-up hydrocephalus

17 Project Highlights - Health (Training for expectant mothers)

Within our consulting program for expectant mothers, our experts executed an awareness campaign in 10 Municipalities of Upper Denkyira East. Those present were informed about family planning, the women were motivated to participate in prenatal care or medical examinations.

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Maternity Outreach Program Upper Denkyira East Information of the population about contraception and 1,200 21 May - 31 2,670 prenatal care May 2019

18 Project Highlights - Health (Vanquisher)

In Ghana, the situation for children with limited mobility is often dramatic, since there are not enough suitable means which enable them to move easily. The mere way to school is not manageable for them. Without suitable means, these children will never get access to public infrastructure or education. Most of the time, the soil is the only place for them to stay.

For many children, a wheelchair is their only chance to participate in public life and to attend school. But, a regular two-wheeled wheelchair is hard to control on the unpaved roads in Ghana - the children would still be limited in their mobility. Our three-wheeled Vanquisher is a solution to this problem. Vanquisher means “the one that overcomes obstacles“, and that is exactly its purpose: to overcome obstacles that limit the mobility of the child.

Other aids with which the children can participate in life again and attend school are special walking aids, for example. But also medical care, proper diet and further therapeutic approaches are part of this project.

19 Project Highlights - Health (Vanquisher)

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Vanquisher Children’s Tricycle Ghana Enable mobility, reduce social stigma, enable access to 1. Phase 10, 2. Phase 20 2019 - ongoing 3,058.62 education

20 Project Highlights - WaSH

Access to safe and sufficient drinking water is quite a challenge in many places. Since there is no clean and safe drinking water in the Municipalities, the people are forced to rely on the water supply of rivers and lakes - which lead to water born diseases. Due to our WaSH-Projects, the beneficiaries have access to sufficient water over the entire year for drinking, cooking, and for personal and domestic use. These projects are of great benefit, especially for women and children, because in Ghana, fetching water is considered their responsibility. In 2019, we enabled almost 40,000 people to gain access to clean drinking water.

Children while fetching water from polluted streams or water holes.

21 Project Highlights - WaSH

Project Location Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Abono Basic School Abono, Bosomtwe, Ashanti Region 252 pupils, 30 teachers and staff members 16 March - 25 July 15,000 WaSH Projekt 2020 The community of Abono has a school with a total of 252 pupils. The children had no access to sanitary facilities, such as toilets and wash basins. As a toilet, they used a hole in the ground which was covered with metal sheets. The heat and the heat and the terrible smell of this pit were unbearable. But the situation was even worse for the girls. Since these pits did not offer enough privacy they could not attend school during their This latrine was used as toilet. menstruation. Now, there are clean toilets for all pupils and teachers.

The main goal of the project was to build a school toilet and to mechanization of a well. It also aimed to improve the health and the hygiene of the children and the inhabitants of Abono, by raising the awareness about proper hand- washing, personal hygiene, and a clean environment. On the right: the new toilet block Project Highlights - WaSH

Borehole drilling and mechanized water supply Project Location Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Dominase borehole- Dominase, Bekwai, Ashanti Region 7,000 10 July - 20 August 15,000 mechanization 2020

Atobiase borehole- Atobiase, Bosome Freho, Ashanti Region 500 29 January - 10 5,000 mechanization February 2020 Nweneso No. 3 borehole- Nweneso No.3, Atwima Kwanwoma, Ashanti Region 2,000 10 May - 27 July 12,000 mechanization 2019

Dominase

Nweneso No.3

Atobiase 23 Project Highlights - WaSH

Borehole drilling and mechanized water supply Project Location Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Korkyikrom well- Korkyikrom, Bosome Freho, Ashanti Region 1,500 27 December 2018 - 12,000 mechanization 15 June 2019 Tain Clinics well- Tainso, Tanokrom, Tanoso Njau and Tiadene in Tain, Bono Region 11,600 23 May - 28 38,500 mechanization December 2019 Atebubu well Atebubu-Amantin, Bono Region 10,000 15 December 2019 - 50,000 mechanization 15 August 2020

Atebubu: Before, the people had to drive very far to fetch water from a river, for a fee. So much joy over the new Today, they have access to sufficient clean drinking water right in the village. watersupply in Korkyikrom.

24 Project Highlights - WaSH

Well drilling and mechanized water supply Project Location Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Fabewoso water project Fabewoso, Tain, Bono region 560 15 July - 1 September 2019 7,253

Kwasinten water project Banda, Bono region 650 20 May - 30 July 2019 5,270

Nyinpengya water project Tain, Bono region 500 5 December 2018 - 9 January 5,000 2019 Nosah water project Tain, Bono region 965 15 December - 02 February 5,196.48 2020 Debibi water project Tain, Bono region 2,000 15 December - 04 February 6,000 2020

Debibi The drilling of a borehole is an exciting event for the children. 25 Project Highlights - WaSH

In 2019, we enabled almost 40,000 people to gain access to clean drinking water. 26 Project Highlights - Feeding Programs (School feeding)

Chronic malnutrition, which causes many diseases, is a significant problem in Ghana. The children are weakened. For them - diseases from which a healthy child could recover easily - are fatal. Madamfo Ghana has started a feeding program for nursery schools and primary schools in the Bosome Freso District and in the Tain District. The school feeding program has improved a lot for the pupils, the parents, and the schools:

• Improvement of the performance at school: the feeding program has helped the pupils to concentrate, which has had a positive influence on their performance.

• Improvement of school attendance: the feeding program has greatly reduced the rate of absenteeism in class. Thanks to the program, the number of pupils at Lake Bosomtwi has increased from 274 to 582.

• Good health and well-being: this program has had a positive impact on the general health and the well-being of the children. The well-balanced diet provided by schools acts as preventive measure against diet-related diseases such as malnutrition and anemia.

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

School feeding Ashanti Region and A warm meal per day for 1,100 2012 - ongoing 17,152.40 program Brong Ahafo Region the pupils

27 Project Highlights - Feeding Programs (Chicken farm)

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Chicken Farm Project Brong Ahafo Region Self-supply with eggs and 2019 - ongoing 23,931 chicken meat Helping people to help themselves - this is where our project “Chicken Farm in Brodi“ comes into play. We were able to buy hens and cocks and establish a fenced area. We are now able to produce eggs at lower costs and, at the same time, realize a self-help project in the village.

This engagement shall ensure the self-supply with eggs and occasionally with chicken meat. This approach is also very beneficial from a nutritional point of view.

28 Project Highlights - Feeding Programs (Farm project)

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Farm Project Pekyi Ashanti Region Cultivation of maize, manioc and beans etc. 1,200 2019 - ongoing 14,051.81 as additional supply to support the feeding of the children in our programs. To make the children in Ghana less dependent on food donations, we have founded an agricultural project. In the Ashanti Region, we have about 6,000 square meters of fertile farmland at our disposal. We grow maize, manioc, plantains and beans, for example, and we use the harvest to support our various programs.

The first growing season began in April 2019. In September 2019, we were already able to harvest 75kg of beans, and 450kg of maize. And from the second season, we had a harvest yield of 330 kg of maize, in February 2020.

All this food is used to support our school feeding programs and shelters in the different regions of Ghana.

29 Outlook for 2020

Our reach and impact on communities has increased as we have grown. At the same time, the organization has remained small and intends to remain small, in order to maintain the personal engagement in the communities - which has become the hallmark of Madamfo Ghana. In 2020, we will celebrate our 20th anniversary.

We have planned many projects for 2020, and we hope that you will accompany and support us on our way towards their realization. You will find some examples on the following pages.

30 Sowing seeds for the future

A point of emphasis is the reforestation of the northern savanna of Ghana. With a manageable budget, this plan can help to stop desertification and rural exodus. It will improve livelihoods, implement education and health related services, and improve local environmental conditions. For that purpose, our Christmas 2019 fundraising campaign has focused on reforestation, with the goal of planting more than 50,000 trees.

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Sowing seeds for the future Northern Region Reforestation 2019 - ongoing 43,103.45

31 32 Emergency aid for the porter women in Kumasi “Kayayei“

Another point of emphasis is the improvement of the precarious, dangerous and inhuman situation of the most vulnerable Kayayei in Kumasi. These young girls are exploited as porters and live under the most degrading conditions in the slums of the city. Our project includes measures to improve their access to basic medical care, to contraception of unwanted pregnancies as a result of prostitution or rape; measures to create alternatives such as vocational training, counseling, affordable housing, search for family members and supported family reunifications.

33 Emergency aid for the porter women in Kumasi “Kayayei“

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Kayayei Emergency Aid Project Northern Ghana – Ashanti Emergency care for 2019 - ongoing 10,161.34 Region the Kayayei

34 Odumkrom - a pedestrian bridge secures the future

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

A pedestrian bridge for the Central Region Construction of a 63m-long bridge over ca. 3,000 2020 - ongoing 81,279.31 future the river. Odumkrom is located in the Central Region of Ghana. There are several settlements with a total of ca. 3,000 inhabitants in the catchment area. However, Odumkrom is cut off by a river from Ochiso, the main village with all the important public offices, markets, clinics, and schools. There is no bridge to cross the river, which is why the locals habe to use canoes. But that is very dangerous because of strong currents and the unsafe boats - moreover, most people cannot swim. Regularly, people die trying to cross it - both, adults and children. Many families do not send their children to school at all, because of the danger. Especially in the rainy season, many children stay away from school. As a result, they do not only lack of access to important infrastructure, but also educational opportunities and health care.

35 Odumkrom - a pedestrian bridge secures the future

36 Odumkrom - a pedestrian bridge secures the future

Madamfo Ghana wants to improve the situation for the inhabitants of Odumkrom - especially for the children - and to make the crossing the river safe. For this purpose, we want to build a pedestrian bridge, which connects the villages with the main village.

• Prevention of casualties when crossing the river • Facilitation of school attendance for the children and thus • Less dropouts • Decrease of teenage pregnancies • Prevention of drug abuse amongst young people • Better health care by access to the clinic • Reducing poverty due to improved economic availability • Realisation of the sustainable development of the region.

The construction of the pedestrian bridge will be realized in close cooperation with the local population and the local companies - starting with conceptualisation and planning, until completion and maintenance.

37 Abease - Primary school construction and WaSH-Project

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Primary school and WaSH Bono Region Construction of a primary school with 200 pupils, 10 2020 97,136.06 Abease toilets and water supply teachers The school building of the SDA Basic School in Abease, with currently 200 pupils between the age of 6 and 12, and 10 teachers, is crumbling and in danger of collapsing, so that the lessons usually have to take place outside. Furthermore, in the morning, the children fetch water from a creek which is 3km away.

As a result, they often miss class. Due to the polluted water, severe water born diseases are spreading. There are no hygienic toilet facilites, so that the children have to relieve themselves in the open. This is a problem, especially for the young girls. Since there is no privacy, they stay away from school during their period. These circumstances lead to a high number of dropouts. Often, teenage pregnancies and low living standards are the results.

By constructing a new school building, with 6 fully equipped classrooms, a staff room, an office and a storage room, mechanized water supply and a toilet house, we want to end these untenable conditions, and create an appropriate and decent learning environment for the pupils and the teachers. 38 X Dama Nkwanta - Primary school construction and WaSH-Project

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Primary school and WaSH Bono Region Construction of a primary school with 326 pupils, 8 2020 66,051.33 Dama Nkwanta toilets and water supply teachers

The Dama Nkwanta primary school is run outdoors under an improvised thatched roof. Goats run through the learning area and foul it. Under these circumstances, effective learning is not possible for the 326 students.

There is no well and no toilet. In the morning, the children have to fetch drinking water from the Pru River, which is 3km away. As a result, they usually miss the first hours of class. All of them have to relieve themselves in the open. Due to these circumstances, absenteeism is very high.

By constructing a new school building with 6 classrooms, a school toilet and self-sufficient water supply for the school, we want to reduce water-born diseases and thus absenteeism, and enable all children to attend school regularly and learn under appropriate circumstances.

This temporary outdoor latrine serves as a toilet.

39 Ampaha - Primary school construction and WaSH-Project

Project Location Details Beneficiaries Duration Budget €

Primary school and WaSH Ashanti Region Construction of a primary school with 500 2020 60,000 Ampaha toilets and water supply

In Ampaha, the approximately 500 pupils have to study in a temporary shed. Due to the leaking roof, lessons cannot take place when it rains. There is also no toilet that ensures a little bit of privacy, which is why girls stay away from school during their period.

As a result of the lack of education, teenage pregnancies are increasing dramatically in this region.

The project will start here specifically and lead to a solution of the problem mentioned above: In addition to the construction of a new school building with hygienic toilets and its own water supply, in the future, training courses for mothers and families will also be held here, as part of awareness and information campaigns (malaria prevention, infant and child mortality, maternal mortality , prevention of teenage pregnancies, hygiene). 40 In 2019, we had again the great privilege Our team, of working with many exceptional individuals, organizations, and companies. patrons and We would like to thank all of you for your engagement, your support and your partners solidarity.

You are the foundation of our organization. Without you, our work would not be possible!

Our thanks also go out to our dedicated employees and volunteers who, through their hard work and dedication to Madamfo Ghana, have realized so many projects in the past year.

God bless you!

41 42 Please support us!

We can realize concrete projects and provide emergency aid, for example, with your one-time donation.

We get planning security with your regular donation. This helps us to shape the future and implement sustainable projects.

Meda w’ase paaa! Thank you so much!

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