A SOCIAL RADICAL REVOLUTION

The health and well-being of our indigenous communities and natural environment have been severely compromised by modern Western ways of living, producing, and developing. This consumer-driven approach leads to overproduction, pollution, waste, and ultimately, social injustice.

The disparity between former colonizers and former colonies is now more pronounced than ever: one side enjoys wealth and privilege, while the other suffers from the exploitation of its resources. The so-called “developing countries,” predominantly located in the Global South, are often former colonies. Many of these nations and their people are entranced by the Eurocentric belief that "the West is best."

In pursuit of a “Western lifestyle,” many individuals, especially youth from rural and agricultural areas, abandon their lands to seek better opportunities in Western countries or urban centers within their own countries. This migration contributes to overpopulation, which in turn exacerbates pollution and social tension.

We believe this migration and the associated lack of wealth stem from the devaluation of rural life and raw resources. Fundamentally, all humans depend on three main factors: oxygen, water, and food. Farmers, who are crucial in providing food globally, especially in the Global South, are among the lowest earners in the global economy.

Mankrong-Green aims to restore monetary value to agricultural and indigenous knowledge by establishing a self-sustainable, fair-traded, eco-friendly, and internally managed business model. This model is designed to deeply invest our youth and farmers in the natural development of our village, ensuring a sustainable future based on agribusiness and ethical entrepreneurship.

Our initiative, MANKRONG GREEN , aims to elevate our community’s focus, wealth, and economy beyond just raw cassava, corn, and cocoa beans.

The goals of this initiative are as follows:

1. Reconnect our community to our indigenous agricultural knowledge and artisan skills, linking them to our upcoming platform, “Asaase Yaa Nurturance,” with the aim of fostering economic growth within our village.

2. Enhance the value of our farms, transportation, and homes by being supported exclusively by ethically sourced green energy.

3. Shape our future by creating an “After-School Youth Indigenous Skills & IT Program” designed to further educate and inspire the next generation to invest in the land, focusing on ethically and environmentally improving and preserving our forests.

4. Establish a herbal clinic to further enhance the value of our lands and businesses.

5. Build a plastic recycling station to clean up our village and forests while adding value to plastic by converting it into bricks and tiles. These can be used for construction or sold to generate income.

6. Construct sustainable eco-friendly structures that will create additional jobs and income opportunities, while also providing valuable knowledge. This will support our internally managed and led eco-tourism efforts.

MANKRONG-GREEN is an environmental, socio-ethical, eco-friendly, and youth empowerment business model. Our goal is not only to add extra value and ensure monetary sustainability for the rural village of Mankrong but also to provide a model that can potentially be adapted by many rural areas worldwide.

We firmly believe that no external party can effectively initiate and lead such change. The success of this model depends on internal motivation and commitment from within the community itself. This intrinsic drive is crucial for making the project genuinely ecological, ethical, and, most importantly, self-sustainable.

As a small rural village in Ghana, West Africa, living in a post-colonial world marked by economic disempowerment, we lack the financial resources to fund this crucial initial phase of the project. Although we plan to achieve monetary self-sustainability through Asaase Production, we are still far from reaching the necessary funding and market recognition. Like any startup, we need initial investment to plant the first seeds, both metaphorically and physically.

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