ADRA-UK News Update

Official agreement between ADRA-UK and ADRA Ghana, pictured Dr William Brown, ADRA Ghana Country Director and Bert Smit, ADRA-UK CEO.

How to spend £1.2 million in just 20 months. That is the challenger ADRA-UK has in Ghana.

Working together with its local partner ADRA Ghana, ADRA-UK is implementing a new project in Northern Ghana were the food situation is very precarious. Recent increases in the cost of food combined with extensive drought and reduced rainfall have created an almost desperate situation for tens of thousands of people. This short project will help 10,000 small farmers to receive better seeds, fertilizer and training in improved agriculture and business management.

ADRA Ghana will teach the farmers better business practises including reserving a portion of the produce as seeds for new harvests. This may sound logical but in these areas where people are often experiencing four to six months of hunger each year, living on perhaps just one meal a day. Seeds retained for new planting are thus a very tempting food source. And yet, through the process of reserving and revolving seed, farmers can increase their fields and harvest more in years to come.

Better harvests mean more food and, where possible, surplus to sell on the market. Often farmers will use this extra cash to send their children to school. This is one possible solution to help end poverty in Northern Ghana.

This project, which will benefit over 70,000 people, is made possible by a significant grant from the European Commission. For each pound ADRA-UK raises, the EC gives another £11. This year’s Annual Appeal will help provide the funding for this project.

For more information or to make a donation to this project see our website, adra.org.uk.

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