Road to Elmina

The road to Elmina is pretty rough in places. Apparently it is being completely re-built by a Japanese contractor and I understand it is being funded by the Japanese government. I hope they finish it soon because quite honestly its a real bone shaker!

(Elmina is a few miles West of Cape Coast)

Elmina is a fishing town on the coast of Ghana in the Western part of the country. We are currently purchasing some land there in order to build a batik centre but it still has to be finalized because of ownership complications which are quite common outside of Accra due to tribal land issues.


Danielle with Martha - one of the seamstresses working with the project

We are working on the design of the first phase of the building and have employed an architect to modify my original design and to undertake the construction drawings. We are going to include a showroom and cafe now, rather than wait for the second phase which may take longer to implement due to lack of funds.


Showing the architect the proposed site of the Batik Centre

We were in Elmina over the weekend for Danielle to collect some bandanas that had been sewn by the seamstresses and are going to be exhibited at an exhibition opening at the Novotel Hotel in Accra.


The seamstresses' work hut in the centre of town. Right - Ophelia and her cousin Sarah