Community Project

Description

The population and housing situation in Ghana and Africa as a whole is so alarming that the need for housing assistance can not be over emphasised. As stated by the Government of Ghana, the housing deficit is in excess of 1.2 million. This in our estimation needs an urgent attention since Government cannot do it alone.

There is distinct overcrowding in the urban areas in Ghana and Africa and most of the houses are provided by private developers which makes it very expensive to afford. To address the housing needs of Ghana and Africa as a whole, Blessing Api Apum Foundation will embark on developing low-cost affordable housing under our INNER-CITY project.

The inner-city project is our flagship low-cost affordable housing project targeted at reducing the housing deficit in Ghana and in Africa. This initiative is to build cities outside the urban cities which in a long run will help reduce clogging in the urban cities for easy productivity of a developing country like Ghana.

We intend to work together with government and other organisations to achieve our desired outcomes. We anticipate that the lives of people will be transformed through proper and well planned secured homes which will boost self confidence, community unity and confidence, togetherness and also grant them the willingness and ability to make the best personal life choices, get their social life together, and build the family life they have always dreamt of.

The housing problems and the housing needs are manifested in overcrowding, poor and inadequate social amenities, unsatisfactory and unwholesome environmental conditions and urban squalor. The inner-city project is aimed at working with government and other organizations to combat all this housing problems in an all-in-one city housing project.

The Blessing Api Apum Foundation will also undertake community water project in communities where clean water is of essence. The rapid urbanization in Ghana causes water pollution. Unsafe housing with poor housing facilities like sinks and toilets pour polluted water into waterways which causes families to resort to water vendors, which are often not sanitary.

Our main goal is to use affordable housing as an effective tool to bring about a lasting positive change in the lives of the people and the communities. In our world today, giving the communities a world glass housing units and a serene secured communities will increase economic growth and reduce urban migration, which in the long run will reduce urban congestion drastically.