Ghana holidays, eco lodge with village tour

Planet

We use compost toilets throughout our lodge and the compost produced goes onto our organic garden.
Our lodge is built using local materials that are sustainable and eco friendly.
We employ a group of local women to help us keep our beach clean.
We recycle and reuse when possible.

People

Dream Big Ghana is our sister NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) that works in our local community.
The four core programmes of Dream Big Ghana are sanitation, education, youth sports development and community health. All four areas promote sustainable development. We provide practical support and promote a number of volunteering opportunities which enables us to make a real difference in the local community.

We have been working mainly in the Dzita and Agbledomi villages for the past three years and have forged the trusting relationships necessary for community development projects to flourish. We work closely with local chiefs and community leaders, as well as representatives from local government and other organisations, and with their support have put in place a number of practical projects that are beginning to have a very real impact on the lives of the villagers concerned.

Our NGO is successful because we are careful about how we go about identifying community needs, and then working hard to ensure that our relatively scarce resources are put to good use. With all our programmes, a primary concern is to make sure that they are sustainable, as we know that without this there is little point of Dream Big Ghana working in these communities at all.

Sanitation Programme

The purpose of this programme is to construct eco compost toilets for the Dzita and Agbledomi village communities. The toilets are built using simple, cheap technologies that can be maintained by the villagers. In addition to improving poor levels of health in the villages concerned, the introduction and use of eco sanitation compost toilets generates a high quality fertilizer that has the potential to enhance crop yields.

Dream Big Ghana has prioritised this programmearea because the villagers have access to very few toilets. As a result, most people are forced to openly use the beach or the bush - which is not a pleasant experience, especially for women and young girls.

To date, we have built 62 separate toilet blocks, incorporating hand-washing facilities, each of which benefits around 20 villagers. The blocks are made up of two chambers, one which is in use and the other lying fallow, producing enough compost to cover 0.75 acres of farm land every 8 months or so.

Education Programme

Dream Big Ghana believes in changing lives through education and learning. Accordingly, we promote and support a number of activities and initiatives – from primary to senior school level and beyond – aimed at helping children and young people in our community to develop the skills, knowledge and values that will improve the quality of their lives.

We have recently constructed a Community Learning Centre as a contribution to the economic, social and cultural life of our local community. In addition to supporting the development of literacy and ICT skills among young people and adults, the Learning Centre acts as a central hub for activities and initiatives considered important to the community – including vocational skills training for income generation, music classes and other cultural activities.