Help Ghanaian farmers buy a tractor

Hello! As many of you know, I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana, West Africa. I spent part of my time in a very poor, rural, farming community in the Upper West region of Ghana. Most farmers there make about one USD a day-- if it is a good farming season that year. I arrived to my community, Wulling, in the last few weeks of “hunger season” as locals dipped into their last rations before the rainy season came, if locals were lucky enough to have any rations left. After months without rain, the ground is rock hard and incredibly difficult to farm. No matter how little the people in my community had, they always found a way to provide food and goods to me without me asking. I cannot tell you just how generous of them this was. While there, I became very close to Dooh Edward, who I call N Naa, and his family who took me under their wings like I was one of them. Their children became my siblings and I spent most nights playing board games with them. I spent most days working in our garden, taking Degaare lessons from Irene, and meeting with community members to develop a plan for sustainable, locally-driven aid. I also witnessed the often negative effects of unsustainable aid whose bones still reside in the community as dried up wells, empty bags of soap-making materials, and dispersed women’s groups. Through my experience, I can assure you that helping Dooh Edward’s family buy a tractor will result in a huge, sustainable, economic boost for the family and the community at large for generations. Additionally, a tractor will make many individual’s quality of life better by reducing the need for as much manual labor to farm. If you want to help good, hard working people, please give to this cause. 100% of all money raised goes directly to Dooh Edward’s family tractor, accessories, and upkeep. Below is Dooh Edward’s own words on why this tractor is so needed. 



My name is Dooh Edward and my wife’s name is Lieru Irene. We are both elementary school teachers. We live with our family of seven in Wulling, a suburb of Jirapa in the Upper West region of Ghana, West Africa. My family has lived here for generations. We both work full time and must also farm in order to make enough money to live. Our family farms 15-20 acres a season. During the farming season, we only use our own manual labor, making it difficult to farm the way we want to. 

We therefore need help to enable us to purchase a tractor and accessories that will plough for us. We also plan to loan out the tractor for a low cost to other farmers in our community, making the tractor not just a tool for us, but a small, sustainable business that will help the community for years to come. Please consider us and thank you for taking the time to learn about our family.