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Mission & Philosophy

Our Mission

Moringa Community is committed to helping the people of Ghana, West Africa improve their quality of life by developing sustainable locally appropriate technologies, and to training local citizens in their use in order to provide occupational opportunity, reduce physical rigors, and help meet basic life needs. Initially, we are focusing on a community center in the Central region of Ghana, near Cape Coast, which will provide training in woodworking and food preservation. Over time, we aim to expand by incorporating other life and occupational skills, and by broadening our geographical impact to other regions in Ghana and West Africa.

Our Philosophy

Moringa Community is a practical and realistic goal-oriented grass roots effort to improve the lives of impoverished people in West Africa. Our goal is not to give charity but to educate and empower Ghanaians according to the philosophy of "Give a man a fish and feed him for only one day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a life time." We can throw endless dollars of aid to Africa in feeding it's people but sending containers of food, although an oft times needed short term fix, in the long view such aid does nothing to solve the problem, it only treats the symptoms. Our goal is to help the African people help themselves and to determine their own future, not be victims of the past.