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The purpose of the John Dramani Mahama Initiatives (JDMI) is to create a platform to encourage well-meaning people to contribute resources to provide basic needs of economically disadvantaged areas in Ghana.
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Who We Are

The purpose of the John Dramani Mahama Initiatives (JDMI) is to create a platform to encourage well-meaning people to contribute resources to provide basic needs of economically disadvantaged areas in Ghana. This is an initiative to support the government of Ghana’s effort at tackling the myriad challenges with limited resources.

Two of the challenges that the JDMI will focus on tackling initially include providing access to potable drinking water and building classroom blocks to replace schools under trees in rural communities in Ghana.

Provision of potable drinking water

Water

Traditionally, the people in rural areas have obtained water from unprotected ponds or tanks, wells, dugouts, cisterns, and sometimes streams and rivers. These water sources are frequented daily for collecting drinking and cooking water, washing clothes, bathing, livestock washing, etc. Most of these water sources are heavily polluted and unwholesome for consumption.

This condition has existed in Ghana for years and shouldn’t be acceptable in this twenty-first century. Providing access to potable drinking water for all Ghanaians should be a national priority.

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Provision of basic school infrastructure

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While access to basic education has been improved over the years, the provision of school infrastructure has not kept pace with the needs of pupils. There is a need for decent classrooms for children in rural communities in Ghana.

Consequent to the deplorable conditions under which pupils’ go to school under trees, their opportunities to have daily lessons is determined by weather conditions. They are unable to attend school when it rains. Most of the villages with schools-under-trees are located in tropical forest areas that experience long annual rainy seasons. The rains limit the number of school days and hence deny the pupils learning opportunities.

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We believe that building at a minimum, three-unit classroom blocks furnished with a blackboard, desks, and chairs for every rural community in Ghana will have a meaningful impact on the education of the students. With determination, this is an achievable initiative.

Our Values

The vision of JDMI is to provide a platform and leadership to spearhead a campaign to rapidly address basic needs in rural communities across the 16 regions of Ghana.

Work with stakeholders including Municipal Chief Executives, Chiefs, community leaders, and other Non- Governmental Organizations to accelerate the installation of borehole and water wells to provide access to potable drinking water in rural communities in Ghana.

Equitably replace all schools under trees in rural communities in Ghana

To provide convenient access to potable drinking water for rural communities

To prevent the ingestion of contaminated water in rural communities

To minimize sickness from waterborne diseases in rural communities

To provide access to basic education for pupils in rural communities

To provide a comfortable environment for classroom learning experience in rural communities

To increase school attendance independent upon weather condition in rural communities