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Title: Ghana


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Ghana
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General Information
  • Size 239,000 sq km
  • (slightly smaller than Oregon)
  • Population 22 million
  • Life expectancy 56 years
  • GNI per capita 380
  • Independence 6 March 1957
  • Administrative divisions 10 regions
  • Agricultural products cocoa, rice, coffee,
    cassava, peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas
    timber
  • Exports gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite,
    aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds

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Cultural Information
  • Ethnic groups
  • Akan 44,
  • Moshi-Dagomba 16,
  • Ewe 13,
  • Ga 8,
  • Gurma 3,
  • Yoruba 1
  • European and other 1.5
  • Languages
  • English
  • Twi
  • Fante
  • Ewe
  • Hausa

4
Where we are going
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Where we are going
New Longoro
Asampu
Offuman
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Offuman
7
Asampu
8
New Longoro
9
Peanut Sheller Project
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Charcoal Project
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Charcoal Health Impact Study
12
Educational Projects
13
Cassava Processing
14
Other Possible Projects
  • Water treatment
  • Corn processing
  • School lighting
  • and more

15
Skills Interests
  • Hands-on engineering
  • Public health
  • Education
  • Surveying, interviewing assessment
  • Manufacturing and supply chain
  • Rural focus
  • Learning a new language

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Follow-up opportunities
  • D-Lab II
  • D-Lab III
  • IDEAS Competition
  • Thesis projects
  • Summer fellowships
  • Summer trip with HSPS student for continuing
    health impact study

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Beware!
  • Mosquitoes
  • Excited children
  • Nice people

18
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