The Ahoto Partnership understands the importance of collaboration with local administrations and community leaders. All of our initiatives are undertaken after extensive, multilateral discussion with the communities affected, our Ghanaian partners, and our network of professionals and supporters in North America. Learn more about our present partners, contact us for more information and help support our projects.

Upcoming Projects

 Agricultural Development Initiative

Since early 2011, Ahoto has been in discussions with communities and various stakeholders in the Central Region to address agricultural business needs. Ahoto will be working with local partners to add increased value to the products and processes of local Ghanaian farmers, as well as improve access to markets for their produce through agricultural cooperatives. 

Additional details will be available as we continue to work on this project.

Past Successes

Stop Malaria Campaign 2 -- Essiam, Wiomuaha and Akotokyir (January 2011)

Following the success of Ahoto's January 2010 Stop Malaria Campaign, we organized resources and planned a second but scaled up sequel to our previous project, dubbed  "Stop Malaria Campaing II" in January of 2011. The Ahoto team led by Timothy Kotin and Mureji Fatunde, traveled to the Central Region of Ghana to carry out the project, with significant support from GlobalGiving.org.

 

During this month-long project, the Ahoto team and our local friends from Free Foundation Ghana, our sister organization, registered over 400 invididuals, comprised mostly of pregnant mothers and children under five for Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme in Essiam and Wiomuah. Our efforts were primarily intended to complement the government's effort to assuage the burden of malaria through an improved bed net distribution campaign.

Our team also conducted pre-distribution general health and malaria awareness surveys in the communities, as well as extensive impact surveys for our Stop Malaria Campaign from January 2010. Preliminary results from our ongoing surveys indicate declines in malaria incidence among beneficiaries of our previous initiatives, as well as increased use of treated bednets among families and increased voluntary re-registration for National Health Insurance service.  

Additional details and updates about this project can be found on the Global Giving website: http://www.globalgiving.org/6116/

 

 Koforidua Health Camp (July 2010)

Replicating the success of our 2009 Health Camp in Akotokyir, the Ahoto Partnership teamed up with volunteers from Free Foundation Ghana and local health officials to conduct a Health Camp in the small semi-rural community of Koforidua, north of Cape Coast, on the first weekend of July 2010.

The Koforidua Health Camp encouraged residents to seek formal healthcare for common ailments, promoted awareness of medical resources already available in Ghana, and surveyed local needs to inform our future projects. By working in tandem with community leaders and local authorities, the Ahoto Partnership familiarized residents with our mission and continued to develop our local presence.

Please visit our Gallery section for photographs from the Koforidua Health Camp.

 Stop Malaria Campaign--Akotokyir, Wiomuah and Efutu (January 2010)

In our biggest success till date, the Ahoto Partnership distributed 400 mosquito nets across three communities, registered over 200 young children and their mothers for government-run health insurance, and teamed up with local primary schools, health officials, students and volunteers to run a sustained Malaria awareness drive in January 2010.

Malaria is one of Ghana’s most urgent public health concerns--the disease is a leading killer of children under five and accounts for lost productivity. Mosquito nets offer a simple way of avoiding Malaria, and health insurance for children encourages parents to seek treatment for their sons and daughters when they show symptoms of the disease. Yet, our 2008 survey showed that less than a third of the population in Akotokyir--an underserved community near Cape Coast--owned mosquito nets. An even smaller percentage was registered for Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme.

In January 2010, the Ahoto Partnership worked with our partners to survey Akotokyir as well as Efutu and Wiomuah, two smaller communities nearby. On the basis of our assessments, we distributed 400 mosquito nets across the three communities. In addition, we registered 210 people (168 children under five, and their mothers) in Akotokyir for the National Health Insurance Scheme. We also led a comprehensive Malaria awareness campaign in these communities with the help of local health officials. Finally, the Ahoto Partnership created a Malaria awareness guide, which was distributed to teachers and local primary schools to educate children about Malaria.

Special thanks to TamTam Africa, World Vision Ghana, Swissnex, DoSomething.org, the dedicated volunteers of the Free Foundation, and many others in Cape Coast, Ghana, for this success.

To learn more, please read our report here or visit our January 2010 blog! Please visit our Gallery section for photographs from the Stop Malaria Campaign, or click here for the video of Cape Coast’s Atlantic FM radio station interviewing the Ahoto Partnership and Free Foundation Ghana on the day of our mosquito net distribution in Akotokyir.


 Akotokyir Health Camp (July 2009)

From July 9th, 2009 to July 11th, 2009, the Ahoto Partnership coordinated a Health Camp for the residents of Akotokyir. Operated by volunteers from the University of Cape Coast’s Medical school and local health workers, this Health Camp encouraged residents to seek formal healthcare for common ailments, promoted awareness of medical resources already available in Ghana, and surveyed local needs to inform our future projects. By working in tandem with community leaders and local authorities, the Ahoto Partnership familiarized residents with our mission and continued to develop our local presence.

Please visit our Gallery section for photographs from the Akotokyir Health Camp.

 Educational Campaign and Surveys (2008 and 2009)

In the summer of 2008, the Ahoto Partnership and the Free Foundation conducted a comprehensive Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices survey in Akotokyir. This survey outlined the major health concerns in the village and informed our future projects. In July 2009, the Ahoto Partnership and the Free Foundation followed up our original survey with a second survey of over a hundred people in Akotokyir to update our information about the community's health needs. We found that registering for health insurance and preventing malaria are among the top health priorities for the people of Akotokyir.

Please visit our Gallery section for photographs of Akotokyir from 2008 and 2009.