Funtunfuneefu is a not for profit organization, based in Cape Three Points, Ghana, West Africa that is made up of a collaborative partnership between local board members and Canadian liaisons committed to supporting the village of CTP towards responsible research and development that will improve the health and sustainability of the village and the land.

This remote peaceful village is situated 3 km from one of the last remaining virgin forest reserves in the world, a refuge for some 35 endangered species and rests on the southern most point of Ghana's coast. CTP boasts the longest running history of peace in the Ahanta region. Off shore some 50 km lies one of West Africa's largest oil and gas fields, valued at billions of dollars, but which sadly little to none of which has gone to the village of CTP. Despite CTP’s remote location, it is visited by hundreds from all over the world.

This village of almost 900 people is without power, running water, sanitation system and illiteracy is high. In addition the village has no health post and residents are unable to access health care, resulting in premature and commonly preventable death from easily treatable diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, and cholera. In addition, industrial contamination from pollution and damming have resulted in severe cases of Buruli ulcer, a mycobacterium that can cause months of infirmary and suffering leaving the victim with contractures, disfigured scars and functional deformities.

The Funtunfuneefu Organization founded by Shelia Conacher conducted a survey in the village and identified the most critical health and sanitation needs. Resulting from this and in dialogue with the local community, they have developed a plan to build not only a cooperative health post to provide much needed consultation, treatment and care but to institute an entirely new sanitation system.

This collaborative health post hopes to provide the unique approach among medical development projects whereby biomedical knowledge and technology is combined and shared with local cultural practices and ecological knowledge that not only services the region medical needs but empowers relationships between traditional culture and development work.

The newly established a sanitation program will address waste management of all kinds in a sustainable and community driven way. The local football team, also named Funtunfuneefu, has gladly accepted the responsibility of managing the sanitation program that also encourages environmental awareness of the many endangered species of the region including sea turtles.

The first phase of the project was initiated in August.

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