Registered Charity No: 109624
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email:
info@friendsoftafo.org
Friends of Tafo,
PO Box 43826 London NW6 1XG
Infrastructure / Quality of Life (Done Doing To Do)
 
 

Projects since 2001 include:

Done:

 

Amenities

  • Built Community Library

     

 

Culture

  • Founded Royal Music Academy (click here)
  • Held Schools photography competition to portray "Life in Kwahu-Tafo" (click here)
  • Established annual Choral Competition
  • Held Art and Play Competitions to mark Ghana's 50th anniversary


  • Hosted a two day visit from the National Theatre of Ghana, who performed two plays on very topical issues of teenage pregnancy and how to hold peaceful elections. On their second day they also held a 4 hour workshop for 15 young members of Sabarki Drama Group.

     

 

Health

  • Funded a one year Eye Care programme

     
  • Formed a Disabled Association(click here)
  • Started a Disabled Action Plan to help operations, prosthetics etc
  • Established the Presteigne Fund, the inspiration of Presteigne Medical Centre in Wales, for the medical benefit of the Tafo townspeople (so far principally paying the poorest people�s National Health Scheme subscriptions, helping out with the ancillary costs of operations (families travelling to support patients in hospital) and assisting the Disabled Action Plan with an artificial leg for a 12 year old girl)

 

 

 

Sanitation (click here for more information)

  • Built a 3-seater WC and washroom + urinal at the Senior High School
  • Built 10-seater WC and washroom for Presbyterian School
  • Built a urinal at Methodist JHS

 

Water (click here for more information)

  • Repaired eight of the town's wells

     

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Doing:

 

Culture

  • Initiating Art Club

 

Health

  • Establishing a year round "Love Life" programme to cover HIV/AIDS, STDs, teenage pregnancy, and general health issues such as malaria, diabetes etc

 

Sanitation (click for more information)

  • Building WCs and washrooms for Islamic Primary and Kindergarten

 

Water (click here for more information)

  • Dredging the town's river
  • Cleaning up the town's wells, and planning pums and boreholes

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To do:

 

Amenities

  • Build a Community Centre
  • Set up an internet connection
  • Rebuild the town's athletics "stadium"
  • Provide a children's playground

 

Culture

  • Fund Drama Group

 

Sanitation (click for more information)

  • Build WCs and washrooms at Roman Catholic and Methodist JHSs
  • Build / rebuild town�s public conveniences: researching Ecosan / Enviro-loo system

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