Community based permaculture in Volta Ghana

EarthCare Permaculture Foundation Ghana

(PROPOSAL)

PROJECT NAME:EarthCare Youth Empowerment Project
PROJECT LOCATION: Adzokoe-Peki
DISTRICT:South Dayi
COUNTRY: Ghana

INTRODUCTION
EARTHCARE Permaculture foundation Ghana

(EarthCare Permaculture Foundation Ghana) is a community
group that is ready to assist the youths in our communities to obtain knowledge concerning
permaculture/agriculture and other related skills to enrich their lives. Most youths rely on the
government for employment without initiating anything towards becoming independent and self-
sustained. Our group consist of young people and entrepreneurs with the passion for farming, we
seek to make agriculture and permaculture very attractive and lucrative as a way to train and to create
jobs for the women and youths in our local communities to better their lives and also live sustainably.
Permaculture is a specifically designed system that is world sustainable wherever humankind
lives, and in harmony with nature. Permaculture systems are designed which utilities using the
available natural resources most favorable on any site and is relevant in all types of climate.

Poverty is the greatest challenge most people face in our community and Volta Region at large and about Seventy
percent (70%) of the people here are living below the poverty line. Many youths
are unemployed; women suffering and struggling to care for their children, and are fast losing
hope of getting out of the grips of poverty.

This situation is very critical and needs urgent assistance in the form of capacity building and
creating/training the youths and women to be sufficient/self-employed.
Poverty
also drives people in the communities to use chemicals that destroy systems as they lack
the access and means to other knowledge concerning the proper care of the land in their
environment.The three ethnics of permaculture says we must care for the earth, care for people and share our resources
With EARTHCARE Permaculture Foundation Ghana we will give training in all aspects of
permaculture principles and its related courses.

The founder,
INNOCENT KELVIN COFFIE is
the managing director of the organization, Earthcare Permaculture foundation Ghana is a non-profit
organization that uses permaculture ethics and principles to promote community development.
Mr. INNOCENT helps communities throughout Adzokoe-Peki in the Volta region and it’s
environs organizing tree planting, vegetable garden for schools and donating trees to schools for
plant sustainability. It is said that when the last tree dies the last man dies, so we are encouraging
more tree planting in the communities.
Innocent travelled to Upper West region in a community called LONGBORIZU to establish a
school garden and train the women and school children on maintaining the garden.

Our goal is for students attending our basic schools in various Volta communities will also
establish a sustainable organic garden. Through this project Mr. INNOCENT and his team will
teach and train students how to grow their own food, build water harvesting systems and build
fencing to protect their crops from being destroyed by animals.While the majority of the
produce from the school garden will be used to feed the school children, a small amount of
surplus will be sold to provide financial support for students hoping and willing to pursue higher
education.

OUR VISIONS AND AIMS
We are an undivided whole of this earth; healing mother earth and feeding our people is our
concern and our responsibility to the community. Our goal is to continue expanding the positive
actions of earth restoration and care for the people of our communities. Our aim is to afford land
and establish permaculture training centers, provide training for the youth to become self-
sufficient, self-employed citizens in our various communities and the country at large.

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF SOUTH DAYI
The climate is tropical and is influenced largely by the southwest monsoons from across the
South Atlantic ocean which bring in the rain and the North Easterly trade winds blowing in the
dry harmattan across the Sahara desert. The high season is between mid April and early July
while the minor season is from September to November. The harmattan or dry season is between
November and March. There are two types of vegetation.2 The guinea Savannah woodlands
covers the Dayi basin and consists of scattered trees including acacia, bamboos, and baobabs. In
the region of State, Dzemeni are semi forest are found on the slopes of the Akwapim Togo- Atakora hills.
EarthCare Youth Empowerment Program Train in the following areas:
1. Moringa school garden (Vegetable growing)
2. Mushroom farming
3. Tree planting
4. Moringa products preparation
5. Bee keeping
6. I.C.T. (is I.C.T. = Information and Computer Training)
7. Permaculture Design Course
8. Internship program (students from abroad and locally)
9. Rain water harvesting systems

SKILLS TRAINING:
Local herbal tea preparation
(Sobolo mixture) - Sobolo is the Ghanaian name for a drink made out of leaves of the Roselle, and is generally referred to as Bissap

Yogurt preparation
Cheese etc

EarthCare Permaculture Ghana is lucky to inherit 4 acre plot of land from the family but we still need land to expand our projects to another community to get more youth involved in permaculture and others.

Earthcare Permaculture foundation Ghana was founded to care for the Earth, care for people, and share resources by implementing permaculture principles and providing an excellent and professional quality of permaculture education and training for all manner of persons across the globe.

The vision/aim of our organization is that every school has a garden maintained by its students/pupils, every community has a garden maintained by its citizens, and everyone thereby will grow a healthy organic food to eat.

THE BUDGET

1.2 Water barrels
Cost: $690

2.SEEDS
Cost: $173

3.SCHOOL GAREDN ESTABLISMENT/TOOLS/FENCING..
Cost: $345


4 LAPTOP/PRINTER/WIFI
Cost: $690


5.WORKERS SALARY FOR 5MONTHS - 10 PEOPLE

Salary per head - $20

Total salary for 10 persons
$2,700



Over_roll Total
$4,598

My name is Innocent Kelvin Coffie,the Director for EarthCare Permaculture Ghana.

EarthCare Permaculture Ghana is a group of people who come together and are supporting the youth and women in Adzokoe Peki community through Permaculture and other skills base training in cream making, cake preparation, and so on,
Most youth rely on the government for employment without initiating anything on their own to survive sustainably. As young people and entrepreneurs with the passion for farming ,we seek to make Permaculture very attractive and lucrative business as a way to train the youth and women so they could better their lives.
Permaculture system is a system in a sustainable world where himans live in harmony with nature.
Poverty is the greatest challenge most people faces here because of lack of jobs as 85% are living below the poverty line.

EarthCare Permaculture Foundation Ghana is a well known registered organization in Ghana with the registration number CG204512018.

MISSION STATEMENT
1.To establish community tree nursery

2.To give employment opportunities to the youth and women in Permaculture and other skills training in cake making,soap preparation and so on

3.Teach and promote Permaculture among schools, churches,individuals and farmer groups

4.To make school garden to feed street children and schools


AIMS/VISIONS
1.To promote Permaculture in different communities in the Volta region

2.To grow medicinal plants

3.To transform the lives of 1000 youth in the Volta region

4.To provide youth with alternative jobs


WHO BENEFITS?
The community ,individuals schools,churches,orphans,and widows ,



EARTHCARE PERMACULTURE GHANA ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR

1.Train Emmanuel and partner from Kumasi in cream and ointment preparation

2.Provision of school garden to the E.P Schools

3.Train 10 women in Permaculture and other skills base training

4.Planted different trees in different communities

5.Have trained some youth in another community in mushroom growing


6.On the 2/03/2019 about ten students from the California state university Came to learn about Permaculture and my community.

OUR GOAL:
our goal is to establish a well Permaculture demonstration center and an Ecovillage where people from all over the world will come and learn together in a diverse way.

WHAT IS NEEDED:
Three structures and an office

Mushroom cultivation centre

Tree nursery

Poly tank to store water

Seeds

Tools

Bee Hives


Labour

Laptop

Digital Camera

Moto Bike




BUDGET
Local building for three rooms and an office (cost:8,000ghs)

Mud house for mushroom growing (cost:1,500ghs)

Tree nursery establishment and things involved: nursey bags,water can,seeds,wheel barrow ,shovel and pic axe(Cost :2,500ghs)

Poly tank for water storage (Cost:2,500ghs)


5 bee hives (cost 1,500ghs)


Digital cemera for taking quality pictures for report writing (Cost:1,500ghs)

Motor bike to travel on to other communities to train,empower and educate other communities about Permaculture (Cost: 3,500ghs)


Labour cost for 10 people
(1000ghs)



Total :

20,000ghs

EarthCare Permaculture Ghana plans to have permaculture training for students and farmers, the aim is to empower them with essential permaculture skills that will help them to help design Permaculture demonstration center ,create their own organic gardens in their homes and introduce permaculture gardens in their schools.Our Mission is to share permaculture knowledge with many people so that we produce more equipped volunteers to implement role models permaculture project systems based on permaculture ethics and principles.We welcome any support to enable us have this important training for earth mother's caretakers,remember care for the earth,care for people and fair share.Thanks to you all