Safe birth, school fees and a steady income should be ordinary things — not strokes of luck. We work with mothers in Greater Accra and the Eastern Region to make them ordinary.
Obaatanpa — in Twi, the good mother. The one who provides, who protects, and who does not count the cost. It is the standard we hold ourselves to.
We do a small number of things properly rather than many things thinly. Each programme runs year-round in the same communities, with the same families, so we can see whether it actually worked.
We cover antenatal visits, transport to the clinic and delivery costs for mothers who would otherwise give birth at home without a skilled attendant. Community midwives follow each mother for six weeks after birth.
Full scholarships from JHS through to SHS completion — fees, uniforms, books and sanitary products — plus a mentor who visits each term. Fewer than one in twenty of our scholars drops out.
Start-up grants rather than loans, paired with twelve months of bookkeeping and trading support. Market women choose their own trade; we help them keep records, price properly and save.
Four commitments that shape every decision we make, including the uncomfortable ones.
Every programme is designed with the women it serves, and our community committees can veto a plan they think will not work. They have done so twice.
We commit to a community for a minimum of five years. Short projects produce good photographs and little else.
We publish what did not work alongside what did. Our figures are checked by an independent auditor before they appear on this site.
We strengthen the clinics, schools and savings groups already in the community rather than building parallel structures that leave when we do.
I sold water by the roadside and still could not pay Adjoa's fees. Now the shop pays them, and I am the one who decides.Ama OwusuProvisions trader, Nsawam · joined the livelihoods programme in 2022Ama received a start-up grant of GH₵4,000 and a year of weekly bookkeeping support. Her shop now supports four people, and her daughter Adjoa is in her second year of senior high school.
Choose an amount to see exactly what it pays for. Regular monthly gifts are what let us promise a mother that we will still be there next year.
Keeps one girl in school for a term — fees, uniform, books and sanitary products.
A standing order of GH₵100 a month keeps two girls in school for a full academic year. It is the single most useful thing a supporter can do.
Set up a monthly giftWe work with companies, churches, hospitals and district assemblies. Partnerships are agreed for a minimum of three years so that families can rely on them.
Talk to our partnerships teamWe need midwives, teachers, accountants and bookkeepers far more than we need general helpers. Tell us what you do and where you are.
Offer your skillsFigures for the year ending 31 December 2025, audited by an independent firm. Our full accounts and annual report are available to download.
goes directly to programmes — grants, fees, clinic costs and the field staff who deliver them.
covers administration: office, audit, insurance and the systems that keep records straight.
is spent on fundraising, which is how we bring in next year's programme money.
Download the 2025 annual report (PDF)
Obaatanpa Foundation is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Ghana. Registration No. CG-000000000. Registered with the Department of Social Welfare, No. D.S.W./0000. Registered office: 00 Street Name, Accra, Ghana.
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Notes from the field, including the parts that did not work. Read all news
Night deliveries were being turned away for lack of staff. From September the clinic covers every night of the week.
We bought uniforms in bulk to save money. It marked our scholars out in the schoolyard, so we stopped.
We went back to every woman who received a start-up grant in 2024 and asked what happened next.
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