Eradicating poverty in Ghana, one village at a time
Help us empower communities by providing education, clean water, and hope
You can end the cycle of poverty and suffering in rural Africa
Children die each day in rural Africa from preventable illness and suffer in entrenched poverty.
We envision a world where children born to families living in poverty in African villages do not die needlessly, have access to clean water, basic sanitation, and are offered a chance for a better life through education.
With your help we can reduce the needless suffering and deaths of children living in poverty in remote rural African villages.
Be part of lasting, sustainable change for children in rural Africa
Volunteer Overseas
Volunteering will probably be one of the most worthwhile things that you ever do.
We take around 50 volunteers a year out to Africa. Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Bricklayers, Mechanics, and students, all pay their own costs and raise money for the projects they work on.
We have opportunities to work on a wide range of projects that save lives and create transformational change.
Without volunteers, many projects would not exist. Discover our volunteer opportunities.
Donate to a project, or fund one!
Every day, millions of children around the world face injustice and violence. Too many families are suffering needlessly.
But there is hope... Village by Village is a community-led organisation that works with children on effective, long-term solutions to fight poverty and injustice.
Make a one-off/monthly donation or fund an entire school, clinic, or transformational change project.
Will you be a part of this long-term change, by making a donation today?
We are locally-led and that’s important!
We believe in living our organisational values through our behaviour. We live in the communities we support (including the ones without electricity or running water).
The charity is truly embedded in the community, it mainly employs people from the local community and is now run in Ghana by a former beneficiary. This means all our projects are designed from the ground up by the people they impact.
Together, we can build a brighter and more sustainable future for children in poverty.
Meet our team in West Africa
At the heart of our organisation are the individuals who breathe life into our mission. Aikins Mensah, our Director of Operations, and Emmanuel Mensah, our Director & Construction Manager, embody the very spirit of our mission.
Both Aikins and Emmanuel have had their horizons expanded as beneficiaries of Village by Village projects, and by working alongside volunteers from across the globe.
They’ve transformed their lives and the futures of their families, working tirelessly to provide life-changing opportunities to countless children born into poverty in rural Ghana. Their dedication and unwavering commitment form the cornerstone of our mission’s success.
Since 2006 we have helped over 33,825 people living in poverty
Projects We've built
Schools & preschools
Wells, rain water harvesting projects, and boreholes
Health Clinics
Toilet projects with hand washing programmes
Projects we've run
Scholarships for children to educate their way out of poverty
Teach2Teach lessons
Villages reached
Girl empowerment projects
With your help and donations, here’s how we save lives
Water and Sanitation
We build toilets, dig wells, create rainwater catchment systems, and educate children, teachers and the community about issues of hygiene and sanitation to reduce deaths.
Education
For most of Africa’s children, education represents the only way out of a life of entrenched poverty. We work together with communities to build schools and run early years education projects.
Healthcare
We build health clinics in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS). To do this, we collaborate with the nurses who will be using them as well as the communities they will serve.
We need your support
Donate
Will you be a part of this long-term change, by making a donation or funding a project?
Volunteer Overseas
Volunteering will probably be one of the most worthwhile things that you ever do.
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