FRIENDS OF TAFO

Friends of Tafo is a UK registered charity that aims to empower as well as help the people of Kwahu-Tafo, an impoverished rural town in Ghana, via responsible giving that generates a capacity for self-development in education, job-creation, and quality of life and infrastructure.

We work in close partnership with the community of Kwahu-Tafo to ensure that the projects chosen and the resources allocated reflect local needs and priorities. To do this, Friends of Tafo collaborates with its sister organisation, the Kwahu-Tafo Development Council which initiates, budgets, prioritises and manages projects within the town.

Friends of Tafo was founded in 2001 by the friends and family of TV Producer Humphrey Barclay after his installation as Nkosuohene (Development Chief) in the ancestral home town of his friend the late Ghanaian actor Gyearbuor Asante (biography and book), who played the African eternal student 'Matthew' in the Channel 4 TV sitcom Desmond's. Humphrey spends twelve to fifteen weeks in Tafo every year, working with the KTDC and recording progress.

FOT is run by a board of Trustees and a working Committee. We do not have a membership, but keep a mailing list of everyone who has expressed interest, and we gladly welcome ideas, participation and all kinds of support.

We set aside 10% of all funds we receive for administrative costs in UK and Ghana (where Humphrey provides his own house and car). No Trustee or Committee Member receives any remuneration.

					Registered Charity No: 1096242
					email: info@friendsoftafo.org
					Friends of Tafo, PO Box 43826 London NW6 1XG

			Friends of Tafo is a UK registered charity that aims to empower as well as help the people of Kwahu-Tafo, an impoverished rural town in Ghana, via responsible giving that generates a capacity for self-development in education, job-creation, and quality of life and infrastructure. We work in close partnership with the community of Kwahu-Tafo to ensure that the projects chosen and the resources allocated reflect local needs and priorities. To do this, Friends of Tafo collaborates with its sister organisation, the Kwahu-Tafo Development Council which initiates, budgets, prioritises and manages projects within the town. Friends of Tafo was founded in 2001 by the friends and family of TV Producer Humphrey Barclay after his installation as Nkosuohene (Development Chief) in the ancestral home town of his friend the late Ghanaian actor Gyearbuor Asante (biography and book), who played the African eternal student 'Matthew' in the Channel 4 TV sitcom Desmond's. Humphrey spends twelve to fifteen weeks in Tafo every year, working with the KTDC and recording progress. FOT is run by a board of Trustees and a working Committee. We do not have a membership, but keep a mailing list of everyone who has expressed interest, and we gladly welcome ideas, participation and all kinds of support. We set aside 10% of all funds we receive for administrative costs in UK and Ghana (where Humphrey provides his own house and car). No Trustee or Committee Member receives any remuneration.		We are proposing a truly exciting challenge for October 2011! Spend a week bicycling in exotic Ghana and end up with a royal reception by the Chief and Elders in Kwahu-Tafo. Do we know (or do YOU know) enough energetic people for us to set it up? Please let us know preliminary interest without delay at info@friendsoftafo.org. ============== Buy your Friends of Tafo greeting cards now! Blank cards for your own message. Order here...
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			Who we are - Friends of Tafo Committee Chair: Humphrey Barclay, Development Chief (Nkosuohene) of Kwahu-Tafo Secretary: Georgina Owen; Treasurer: Benjamin Ntim; Trustees: Crispin Leyser, Jules Leyser, Daisy East, Lizzie Pomeroy, Robert Taylor; Committee Members: Colena Abbosh, Dr John Ofori, Peggy Rose Cradduck, Dr Tristram Wyatt, Michael Menash, Danny Wilson		Would you like to help?