Ghana

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Sponsors have helped Ghanaian children since 2005 when Compassion teamed up with churches in Ghana to fight poverty.

western Africa

sports: soccer, boxing

foods: stews, plantains, waakye (a dish of beans and rice), yams

celebrations: Farmers' Day, Christmas, Africa Day, Eid ul-Fitr (end of Ramadan)

home to Lake Volta, the world's largest manmade lake

elephants, warthogs, hippos, pythons, cobras

Poverty Pitfalls


droughts and floods kill many food crops	Sponsored kids eat healthy meals at their Compassion centers.
malaria caused by mosquito bites	Sponsored children receive bed nets to keep out mosquitoes at night.
higher risk of dying before age 5 - mostly from malaria	Compassion's Survival program helps keep pregnant women and babies healthy.

a little smaller than Oregon

money: cedi

The official language is English, but most people speak Asante.

The Akan people of Ghana wear colorful clothes made out of a cloth called kente, which is special in their culture.

popular musical instruments: Akan drum, goje fiddle, koloko lute

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Stats	Ghana 🇬🇭	United States 🇺🇸
Population	27,499,924	339,665,118
People Living in Poverty	24.2%	15.1%
Languages	Asante, Ewe, Fante, Boron, nearly 70 others	English, Spanish, Chinese, other
Religions	Christian 71.2%, Muslim 17.6%, traditional 5.2%, none 5.2%, other 0.8%	Protestant 46.5%, none/other 26.1%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%
Typical Family Income	$4,600 per year	$63,700 per year