The photo on the left is real. The image on the right is our design.

On the left is a stagnant, blocked waterway in Akyem Old Tafo, in Ghana's Eastern Region. When it rains, runoff from the streets pours in and has nowhere to go. It floods nearby homes every rainy season and breeds the mosquitoes that bring malaria to the families who live beside it. Children walk past it every day.

On the right is GreenPulse Ghana's concept design for the same spot: a flowing stream with stable banks, trees, seating and safe access. Your support turns that design into reality.

WHO WE ARE

I am Henry Ayakwah, founder of GreenPulse Ghana. I grew up in Akyem Old Tafo. I trained as an urban planner at Virginia Tech, worked as a development review planner for Baltimore County, Maryland, and now teach geography and environmental planning at Towson University. GreenPulse Ghana brings that planning knowledge home, working with traditional leaders, the local assembly and the community.

WHAT THE MONEY WILL DO

1. Survey and document the site, and consult with the community and local authorities.

2. Clear the blockage and waste, and reopen the channel so the water flows.

3. Stabilise the banks with stone and native planting to reduce flooding.

4. Plant and GPS-tag trees along the corridor.

5. Hand the restored site back to the community with a maintenance plan, and publish a full record of what was spent and done.

HOW YOUR GIFT HELPS

$25 funds a day of site documentation and community consultation

$50 plants and tracks one geocoded tree on the site

$100 buys materials for one section of bank restoration

$250 funds a week of fieldwork by local workers

$500 restores and landscapes a full section of the waterway

$1,000 or more makes you a founding donor, named on the site restoration record

OUR GOAL

$15,000 covers the full restoration of this waterway. The first $1,300 funds the preliminary phase: land survey, design, approval from community leadership, and public education in Tafo. Clearing and restoration follow once the plan is approved. We will post photo updates at every stage, and publish receipts and a final report at greenpulseghana.org.

Please give what you can, and please share this page. Every share reaches someone who might help.

Thank you,

Henry Ayakwah

Founder, GreenPulse Ghana