Tizza is a rural farming community in one of the most remote areas of Ghana’s Upper West Region. Roads leading to this region are unpaved and poorly maintained. Consequently, the villagers are isolated from trade and commercial opportunities, medical facilities, educational institutions and communication centers. Tizza lies in the dry Savannah region know as The Sahel. The area is becoming dangerously deforested. Wood is the main source of fuel; women walk several miles a day to collect it for cooking.

Approximately 2,000 people live in Tizza in large compound homes housing up to 100 extended family members. In 1990 a tree nursery was established in Tizza through the joined efforts of the Peace Corps, ACCRA (the capital of Ghana), and the villagers of Tizza. The last Peace Corps volunteer left Tizza in 1998.

Our initial goal is to raise $500 to train local Ghanaian village residents in agro-forestry techniques so that they can raise nutritional cash corps such as cashews. The money generated from recycled cans will help pay for laborers and their families who work on the farms. Additionally, contributions will help offset the cost of raising livestock such as chickens and pigs for the village of Tizza.

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