Report to donors (June 2026)

June 5, 2026

Turbo Ghana started its work in 2018, and was formally constituted and registered with the Charities Commission in 2020. This report to donors details the work we have done in the period May 2025 – May 2026, and our plans for the following year.

To read this report on line: from our website, click “Blog” and then “Report to donors (June 2026).”

Our achievements during 2025/26

101 household latrines in Bunuso. Bunuso is a village of 3,600 people that had no working toilets — residents were forced to use open land for their daily needs. This year we completed 101 private household latrines, one for each family, at a cost of roughly £150 each. Every latrine is a brick-built pit latrine with a vent pipe and a lockable door. The project was finished by the end of 2025 and when Mark and our new trustee Chris revisited in February 2026, all 101 were in use. A community committee now manages a small maintenance fund.

The latrines have transformed day-to-day life in the village. Future projects in Bunuso will depend on how well the community cares for them.
Total spent in FY 2025/26: £14,192.

Classroom furniture and water pump for Mampong Muslim Mission school. This thriving school of 154 pupils had only 26 desks to share among all its students, and its borehole pump had broken, leaving children and staff without running water. In September 2025 we delivered 100 new classroom desks branded “Donated by Turbo Ghana” and installed a new borehole pump. The children expressed great appreciation, saying that having their own desks allowed them to learn more effectively.
Total spent in FY 2025/26: £2,863.

Anyankamamu teacher accommodation — fully complete. We reported last year that the five-room teacher accommodation at Anyankamamu was nearly finished. It is now fully complete, and is our most beautiful building so far. It accommodates up to ten teachers during the week, making it far more practical for them to accept a posting at this hard-to-reach school. The teachers sent us a warm appreciation letter. The Municipal Chief Executive, Yakubu Issifu, praised the project in his Christmas speech and held a formal inauguration ceremony on 28 April 2026.
Total spent: FY 2024/25 £14,475 (2024/25), and FY 2025/26 £1,499.

Rebuilding the latrines in Aframano. Exceptional rains in 2024 destroyed many of the household latrines we had previously built in Aframano. We are building 100 replacement latrines. As of February 2026, about 80 were at the construction stage with plastering still to complete. This project will be fully finished in the coming months.
Total spent in FY 2025/26: £14,113.

Ten new apprentices. We received 93 applications for our apprenticeship scheme — a hugely encouraging response — and after shortlisting and two days of interviews in December 2025, we selected 10 new apprentices who started in January 2026. They are learning electrical wiring, tailoring, and tiling from experienced local tradespeople in and around Nsuta.

By February 2026, three of the electrician apprentices were already demonstrating what they had learned to Mark and Kwasi: how to wire a light controlled by two switches. Their enthusiasm was infectious.

Total spent on apprenticeships in FY 2025/26: £10,232.

We are particularly pleased to be supporting JDJoshua Dawon, whose story shows what this charity can achieve over time. J was our very first education support scholar, back in 2021: Kwasi identified him as the highest-achieving student at his junior school, and Turbo Ghana funded his senior school prospectus so he could continue his education. J has a vision impairment affecting one eye, which puts him at a disadvantage, but it has not diminished his determination or his academic ability. He completed senior school and has now joined our apprenticeship scheme, where he is training to be an electrician. He wrote us a heartfelt appreciation letter about what the education support meant to him. We will continue follow his progress.

Five new business starters. Following the success of our sheep rearing business starter in 2023 (which continues to thrive), we ran a new application round and received 13 proposals. We interviewed five shortlisted candidates in December 2025 and were able to fund all five, after working with them to sharpen their plans and budgets.

The five businesses are: FKD’s egg farming operation in Aframano, NE’s farming supplies shop, SA’s hair salon, LY’s tailor shop, and MA’s tailor business (which also hosts two of our apprentices). By February 2026, Frank’s farm was already collecting about 90 eggs a day and reinvesting its early profits into expanding his flock. The tailor and hair shops were up and running with customers through the door.
Total spent in FY 2025/26: £5,065.

Education support. We continued our education support scheme, funding the school-prospectus costs for students entering senior high school. We selected four students for 2025 (two female, two male), focusing on performance in English, mathematics and science.

Total spent in FY 2024/25: £1,199; FY 2025/26: £1,278.

We also received an appreciation letter from the staff and students at PSK school, whose two new classrooms — completed last year — are now in full use following an official opening ceremony in April 2025.

Full details about all these projects with photos can be found on the all-projects page of our website.

Project monitoring

New trustees. We are delighted to welcome our new trustees Chris Williamson and Alex Swinton, who joined in May 2026.

Visits by trustees. We visit twice each year. Mark and Chris visited in December 2025 and Mark visited again in February 2026, for two weeks each time. We inspected all our historic and current projects, conducted apprenticeship and business-starter interviews, met community members and local government officials, and planned new projects. Details and photos are on our website (click Blog).

Project manager. We are very lucky to have Kwasi Alare managing all our projects. Kwasi was born in Aframano; at the age of 23 he was elected “assembly member” (local council representative) for his community. He served three terms of four years each. He stood down when his university studies and work with Turbo Ghana (together with farming, which is everyone’s occupation in this area) grew to take all his time. Kwasi has been responsible for all our building projects and has selected and managed all contractors, keeping us in close touch with the communities we serve.

Apprenticeship coordinator. Vivian Danso coordinates our apprenticeship scheme. She ensures we receive a monthly report from each apprentice covering what they have learned, how many days they attended, and their trainer’s evaluation. The monthly stipend is released only after a satisfactory report is received.

Local government. We are well regarded by local government. Yakubu Issifu, the newly appointed Municipal Chief Executive for Mampong, mentioned our work in his Christmas speech and conducted a formal inauguration ceremony for the Anyankamamu teacher accommodation. We were also invited to meet the District Chief Executive for Sekyere, who expressed enthusiasm for facilitating our work in his district.

Friends and family. By now we know many people in our communities, including local business owners KKKwame Kyere, RBRichmond Brefo, AMAugustine Malekpor; Mampong municipal authority chief executive YIYakubu Issifu and his officers POAPrince Owusu Ansah (Director of Education) SBYSamuel Best Yeboah (Public Relations Officer) DDDavid Doe (Head of Inspection); and many teachers including TFAThomas Fosu Asihene, SBSamual Bediako. AOAlex Opoku. They all help us by monitoring projects and recommending suppliers and contractors.

Our plans for 2026/27

The projects listed below represent our current fundraising priorities. They total approximately £63,000. We will begin projects as funds allow, and Mark will visit in November 2026 and February 2027 to monitor progress. The projects were identified through meetings and site visits with community members, teachers, local officials, and assembly members across the Mampong and Nsuta area.

Refurbishment of Kofiase SDA school. This school has a sound structure but is in a sorry state: missing doors and windows, crumbling plaster, and part of the building without a roof. We will carry out a full refurbishment. Budget: £7,000.

St Peter’s kindergarten classrooms. St Peter’s Catholic school has 274 pupils but no dedicated classrooms for its two kindergarten classes, which are currently taught in the school canteen. We will build a two-room kindergarten block, making use of existing foundations already laid by the community. Budget: £15,000.

Mechanised borehole for Bunuso. Following our 101 latrines in Bunuso, we have identified mechanisation of the village’s three manual boreholes as the next priority. Drawing water by hand is hard and time-consuming work, falling mainly on women and children. We will fit electric pumps and overhead storage tanks, raising the standard of living for the whole village. Budget: £6,000.

Teacher accommodation at Benim Saviour school. Benim Saviour school, about 20 minutes from Mampong, struggles to attract and retain teachers because of the lack of on-site accommodation. We will build teacher accommodation following the model we have used successfully at Aframano, Kontonho, and Anyankamamu. Budget: £21,000.

Apprentices. We will continue to fund our existing apprentices through to graduation. Budget: £10,000.

Business starters. We will continue to support our five existing businesses where further investment would help them grow, and plan to start three new businesses following an open application process. Budget: £4,000.

Summary of proposed projects

Project	Budget
Refurbishment of Kofiase SDA school	£7,000
St Peter’s kindergarten classrooms	£15,000
Mechanised borehole for Bunuso	£6,000
Teacher accommodation at Benim Saviour	£21,000
Apprentices	£10,000
Business starters	£4,000
Total	£63,000

Full details about all these projects with photos can be found on our website — see current projects.