ABOUT AGBOKPA, GHANA
the country, the city, and the community
AGBOKPA
- Agbokpa sits on the Western tip of Lake Volta, a prime fishing location for about 10% of the community's people as well as an agriculture focused area.
- Agbokpa's people spend a significant amount of time smoking their fish in order to preserve them, but since the implementation of the freezer unit, these practices have balanced out more between smoking and freezing. The addition of this technology has allowed fishermen and other citizens to preserve their food and save time and money more effectively than ever before.
- The new slow sand water filter is providing filtered water from Lake Volta to the entire community.
AID OVER THE YEARS
Aid in Ghana has fluctuated significantly over time, especially in the last few years   - gapminder.org
Still, Ghana continues to grow and develop exponentiallyÂ
"Ghana is one of Africa's great successes – a stable and thriving country that is testament to the impact of aid."
- the Guardian
"Ghana is a stable, democratic country with a free press, active civil society, independent judiciary and apolitical military."
- USAID
STAKEHOLDER'S ANALYSIS
Since the project was carried out in August of 2019, there have been questions about who is really benefiting from it and how. We spoke with the daughter of Agbokpa's chief to gain some insight into who is gaining, who is losing, and what improvements can be made.
THOSE WHO BENEFIT
- Fishermen and others looking to preserve their food
- Agbokpa as a city may grow in response to more exports
- Community members involved in the project that can apply their learned skills to the freezer and other tech
- Cal Poly students and professors that participated learned about development, engineering, and culture
- neighboring communities that can purchase ice as well as engage in the repair and upkeep of the freezer
- the planet will benefit from the
renewable energy through solar power
THOSE WHO DO NOT
- businesses capable of implementing the same technology that simply lacked the necessary resources
- neighboring ice producers may lose business
- nearby fishermen without access to the same immediate resource
- the community in Agbokpa if the freezer were to break, especially as they further adapt to having it
- any citizens without the means to pay for the ice from the freezer
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