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

Poulation: 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

Build Progress - Phase 1

School 1: 25% complete	Well 1: 0% complete
Well 2: not started

Community Impact	Target ($)	Total Committed ($)	Total Received ($)	# Donors
General	0	380	340	5
cleanWATER	88,500	60	40	2
schoolPROMISE	80,000	0	0	0
foodWORKS	243,500	0	0	0
infrastructureWORKS	7,400,000	0	0	0
Total	7,812,000	440	380	7

Approach

We are committed to building this sustainable Next Generation Village in 3 years:

Year 1

In year 1, we're building the following NGV items in this village:

cleanWATER: 10 cleanWater Wells (@ $8850 / well) donate now!
schoolPromise: 1 educationPromise School ($85000) donate now!
foodWorks: 1 foodWorks Farms ($243k total). To continue in Year 2&3 donate now!
infrastructureWorks: 1 infrastructureWorks Roads ($7.4M) donate now!

Communitywide access to uncontaminated water... Learn more!

Schools, libraries, scholarships for youth... Learn more!

Sustainable farms and food pantries... Learn more!

Roads and other infrastructure... Learn more!

Year 2

In year 2, we'll continue building those items from above. We'll also build the following NGV items in this village:

healthWorks: 1 healthWorks Clinic, including medical equipment
familyWorks: 10 clay familyWorks Houses and 10 clay-cement familyWorks Houses
marketWorks: 1 marketWorks Businesses. To continue in Year 3.