A strong believer of humankind.

GreenAid Ghana is a sustainability NGO rooted on the Afram arm of the Volta Lake, in the Eastern Region. Here the water runs all year, and our communities grow onions and other vegetables. It was founded in 2019 on a simple conviction: that together, with gentle and measured steps, we can make the world a better place.

But profit has come at a cost. To push yields, farmers grew reliant on chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals that wear the soil thin — and on high-interest loans to buy them, returning most of each harvest to the lender. We exist to break that twin dependency: first on chemicals, through regenerative practice; then on debt, through fairer finance.

All seventeen of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals relate to one another. A single economic tree can sequester carbon, feed a family, and create decent work at the same time.

Our pilot began with economic trees — mango and coconut — chosen because they combine carbon sequestration with food and income for the communities that tend them. From there our work has grown into smallholder-farmer engagement, climate-awareness curricula for primary and Junior High Schools, and advocacy for sustainability-reporting requirements in Ghanaian corporate law.

The founder

GreenAid was founded and is led by Ernest Nana Dompreh Owusu, Founder & Executive Director. His training in business analytics and finance informs how we measure impact and structure community-development capital — including the alternative risk-assessment frameworks we are developing for smallholder finance in Ghana.

Write to us at info@greenaidghana.org.