Asabiem, Ghana

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Overview

Poverty rate: below GHC 10.00 annually (USA $10.00 or $0.03 a day)
Malaria: 58%
Diarrhea: 36%

"Asabiem is a very remote village in the Central Region of Ghana, West Africa. Upon our first visitation we found children who were dying from curable diseases (Typhoid, Malaria), drinking contaminated water and desiring an education but the structure made out of Bamboo and leaves had collapsed. The genuineness of their hearts and the reality that because of the remoteness of the location, if we did not commit to them the chances of someone coming to partner with them to improve their lives was extremely slim. We simply could not leave without committing our lives to improving their lives. Having adopted two babies from Ghana and sponsoring five additional students and sending them to a local boarding school, I know personally the impact of partnership upon their lives." --Dr. Alexis Fielder, Chief Delivery Officer

General Demographics

Population: 450
Total number of housing units: 85
Total number of kids:
- Under 5 years of age: 90
- From age 6 -10: 68
- From age 11-15: 23
- From age 16-20: 18

Issue Area Statistics

Poverty rate: below GHC 10.00 annually (USA $10.00 or $0.03 a day)
Major Diseases (incidence per 1000):
- Malaria: 58%
- Diarrhea: 36%
- Tuberculosis: 0.8%
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI): 23%
Incidence of each major disease among the youth population: N/A
Incidence of malnourishment: 23%
Total Number of orphans/AIDS orphans: 2%
Total number of homeless residents: 18%
Statistics on water conditions*: 35%
Illiteracy rate: 95%

*coverage comprising dug-out and hand-pump wells.

Current Progress

FUND

BUILD

School 1: 100% complete

Community Impact	Target ($)	Total Committed ($)	Total Received ($)	Total Remaining ($)	Donated This Month ($)	# Donors	# Individual Campaigns
General	0	11,412	7,692	0	750	58	8
schoolPROMISE	142,600	655	655	141,945	100	7	8
marketWORKS	75,000	0	0	75,000	0	0	2
cleanWATER	88,500	11,780	11,780	76,720	0	17	5
infrastructureWORKS	110,000	0	0	110,000	0	0	0
familyWORKS	250,000	40	40	249,960	0	1	1
foodWORKS	500,000	0	0	500,000	0	0	4
healthWORKS	2,300,000	40	20	2,299,980	0	2	0
youthHAVEN	100,000	0	0	100,000	0	0	0
Total	3,566,100	23,927	20,187	3,545,913	850	85	28

Approach

We are committed to building this self-sufficient village through the following projects:

schoolPromise: building a Teacher housing expansion (~$82,600) and Secondary School (~$60,000) donate now!
marketWorks: building a Business Center / Building (~$75,000) donate now!
cleanWATER: building cleanWater Wells (@ $8850 / well) donate now!
infrastructureWorks: building a Storage Facility (~$10,000) and supplying Appliances and Equipment (~$100,000) donate now!
familyWorks: building Clay Houses for Families(~$5,000-10,000 each) donate now!
foodWorks: creating Grass Cutter Farms (~$4100 each), Fish Farms (~$36,000 each), 100 One-Acre Farms ($250 each), and School Farms (~$1000 each) donate now!
healthWorks: creating clinics, hospitals and healthcare services donate now!
youthHaven: Building family-based care and orphanages donate now!