Ghana
Ghana borders Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso in West Africa. Ghana is a multi-ethnic country with a diverse population. In 1957, Ghana became the first African nation to become independent from British colonisation, inspiring many others to follow.
International Needs Ghana (IN Ghana) is based in Accra and was established by Rev Walter Pimpong in 1984 with the aim of improving deprived communities through development and human rights initiatives.
Originally IN Ghana focused on releasing women from slavery in cult enslavement known as Trokosi. Find out more about this project here. Almost 3,000 women have since been released. We continue to serve them by providing schools for their children, water for villages, and help with AIDS projects in the area. We also run micro-credit schemes and a vocational training school, along with a counselling centre for the released women. The majority of work in Ghana takes place in the Upper Volta region, approximately 3 hrs from the capital Accra.
Our work so far in Ghana:
- We provide ongoing support for released Trokosi women, including vocational training to help them support themselves, and counselling for those traumatised by their experiences.
- International Needs Child Assistance Programme (INCAP) currently supports the education of over 2,500 children in Ghana, providing supplies, uniforms, meals and school fees.
- We are working in Kpogede Community School to improve sanitation and hygiene practices. through this we want to reduce the burden of sickness on famileis in Kpogede, Ghana.
- 7- unit latrine toilets were constructed at the Togbe Aho Memorial School at Kebenu, Central Tongu District, Ghana.
The team is committed to seeing transformed lives and changed communities through partnerships guided by God’s love and a commitment to holistic development. This is achieved by promoting children’s rights, education and development, health and longevity, gender and empowerment, and evangelism and discipleship.
Country director
Cromwell Awadey
Cromwell Awadey is a Development Worker by profession and works on child rights and child protection as well as gender and empowerment issues. He is the Executive Director of International Needs Ghana since 2019. Prior to this role he was the Head of Programmes for 14 years.
Cromwell leads the team in International Needs Ghana in delivering interventions in Child Rights, Education, Gender and Empowerment and Health. He has been involved in working to end child marriage, poverty reduction, education, sex and labour trafficking in Ghana. Cromwell and his team implemented several projects in this space. Cromwell also oversees the Christian witness and Church Planting activities of International Needs Ghana. Cromwell and his team work in over 150 communities across six regions of Ghana.
Cromwell also serves as the National Director of the Assemblies of God Campus Ministry (AGCM).
