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Community Development!
Approximately 80% of Africans live in rural areas
-their options to improve livelihoods largely restricted to agriculture.
We believe that real and lasting change can only be
achieved by enabling and empowering local people - so that they have the
tools, the training, and the necessary supports to break the cycle of
famine and need.
Compafricare Foundation has
assisted these local farmers “Manase
Rural Community” in Ghana
to process and convert their farm products into finished goods. Due to a
lack of resources and finance, their school age children stay at home to
help on the farm! With your help and donations most of these children would
be able to attend school and reduce the problem of child abuse and child
labor
Gari is made from fresh
cassava, which is grated and the excess liquid is then squeezed out. The
remaining cassava is then fried with over an open fire, on a broad metal
pan that has been greased with a little oil, could be palm oil or other
vegetable
Fat.
 
The result product is crisp and crunchy to taste, and is stored easily
and can be eaten with stew or soup or shito and
fish. Or in secondary schools it can be soaked with water milk and sugar.
Gari a well known food in Africa particularly
in West Africa. A truly versatile food and
affordable too. Also used as a side dish at many parties under the name of
'Gari foto'
The
Gary Processing Factory stands on a plot of land donated by a local farmer.
Another Gary Processing Factory is being planned in village Kwahu Nkawanda,
about 200 km from Accra.
The local farmers
had long been hamstrung by a lack of marketing linkages for their farm
products. The construction of the Gary Processing Factory has assisted them
to convert their farm products into
finished goods.
 
Compafricare Foundation is in the
process of registering with the Ghana Export Promotion Council to further
assist this community to export the Gary
to other African Countries and the world and also to make the use of
platforms such as trade fairs to market the processed goods.
We realize that there is an urgent
need to look beyond the local market. 
Gari,
the most commercialized cassava product in Ghana continues to increase in
production due to the increasing urban demand and export market potential.
Therefore, many small scale processors are involved in the production of gari with the potential for quality variation. We welcome your
suggestions towards making Gary Processing Factory more effective in
pursuit of its objectives.
The Local community members are responsible for the administration
of the Gary Processing Factory on the condition that the profits are to be
used only for the needs of the community, particularly their children’s
educational needs.
Our strategy is to support maximum number of beneficiaries with the
available limited resources. Therefore we try to boost activities that
potentially result in substantial produce more income for the entire
community.
We also believe that our best contribution to the well-being of the
vulnerable communities will be empowering them to meet their own needs
themselves.
By the next academic year
starting January 2009, all children in this community are expected to be
registered at the only near by school.
This will be made possible through the income generated from this
Self Help Project established by Compafricare Foundation and with your
contributions and donations.
Your Donation is just what is needed to bring all of this together
so that those in need can have the opportunity to hear the good news!
Help us by being a part of the rescue and change! Affect a heart
today with your response!
Send your gift to:
Compafricare Foundation
P O Box 12171 Accra North.
Ghana.
Tel: +233 21 226421 or +233 27
3098961
OR
CompAfriCare Foundation, Inc
7660 Silver Fox Dr, Columbus
OH 43235 USA
Telephone: 614-940-2779
Telephone: 614-940-2779
"Let your gift help an innocent child today!"
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