Registered Charity No: 1096242
info@friendsoftafo.org
Friends of Tafo, PO Box 43826 London NW6 1XG
The great variety of projects funded by FOT are the expression of the Kwahu-Tafo community's vision, formalised, funded and put into practice by Progress Council, and occasionally suggested by FOT and its supporters.
Since the formation of FOT in 2001 (and its achievement of charitable status in 2003) the Trustees have devoted their energies to the improvement of daily life in Kwahu-Tafo and building for its future. Soon after Humphrey Barclay's installation as Development Chief in Kwahu-Tafo he organised a three day Strategic Planning Workshop, which laid the foundations for the Development Council's operations. After a successful but relatively improvised first five years, the aspirations of the town were then reviewed in a Seminar held in Accra (facilitated by Georgina Owen, FOT Secretary), and shaped into a Five Year Plan for the years 2007-2011.
Three categories were devised (click on the links below for more details):
In each category the delegates from the community listed every aim they could think of, and chose priorities, and this Plan has formed the backbone of Progress Council's policy since then.
After a first year devoted principally to Education, the community reviewed the satisfactory progress and asked the Council to shift its principle focus towards Sanitation, since when Progress Council has installed toilet facilites at four schools (thanks to St Paul's School, London) and (courtesy of Greencare H2O) the river Bupru has been dredged and four boreholes installed to improve drinking water.
there is an old African saying...
"...if you are climbing a good tree, there
will always be someone to give your bottom a push!"
