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Our first basket maker weaving a recycled plastic and cloth Bolga basket

G-lish Foundation is a rights-based organization in Ghana. To date, G-lish is fully self-funded.

G-lish is committed to

• reducing poverty among deprived, rural communities
• advancing respect for fundamental human rights
• conducting fair trade
• regenerating and conserving the environment
• reducing pollution
• fostering a culture of peace and tolerance among all sectors of society.

A crop of our first Bolga baskets. Each one is made from about 230 plastic drinking water sachets and 2 yards of scrap cloth woven together.

G-Lish Foundation Vision

Peace, economic independence, and environmental regeneration for impoverished communities in Ghana.

Mission

To help impoverished women and communities develop sustainable sources of income and establish regenerative environmental practices.

Objectives

In rural Ghana:

• To bring sustainable development to rural communities
• Create income-generating streams for impoverished communities
• To achieve economic empowerment for vulnerable women and youth
• Establish and develop environmental conservation projects within and outside   these communities.
• To recycle plastic waste into viable products, raise awareness of recycling and the dangers of pollution in the local environment
• To train communities on the importance of environmental conservation and regeneration to encourage conservation
• To plant trees throughout the villages engaged in the income generating activities, and beyond, in partnership with schools and community groups, to regenerate the degraded environment and fight climate change
• To facilitate training and promote gender awareness and sensitivity in rural Ghana regarding fundamental human rights of women and youth, and also fight gender-based violence in families.
• To increase awareness and understanding of reproductive health and rights.

A star basket maker holding up 350 pure water plastic bags cut into strips to twist before making a basket.

Program Areas

G-lish pursues its mission and objectives through the following programme areas:

• Income Generation
• Environmental Regeneration and Conservation
• Zero-Tolerance for Gender-based Violence
• Youth and Women in Conflict Management and Resolution
• Basic Health Awareness
• Reproductive Health/Rights
• Youth and Community Development
• The G-lish Mentorship Platform
• The G-lish Youth in Governance Initiative

Planting trees in the communities involved in basket making

The program areas guide the specific projects that we develop. We’ll be adding information for each of these projects, along with updates and reports, in the near future.

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Basket and community photographs

Basket makers and their children with partly finished recycled Bolga baskets.

The village environment during the dry season and our beautiful basket maker. You can see why trees are so important: shade, shelter, food and to prevent erosion and desertification which is spreading south from Burkina Faso.

The same village during the wet season. You can see the difference and why trees are needed all year round. Here we are planting trees and the whole basket making family came to join in.

The fabulous baskets made by the basket makers in the photos above sitting on a sea of plastic waste. You can find the baskets at Trashy Bags in Accra. Go to http://www.trashybags.com.