Carifika Ghana Disaster Emergency Relief
Ghana is Drowning. Families are Burning. We Cannot Turn Away
The recent catastrophic floods and fires have shattered lives across Accra, Cape Coast, and the Western Region. CARIFIKA Ghana is on the ground, but we need your heart and your help to rebuild what has been lost
When the Skies Opened, Hope Was Swept Away
On Monday, June 29, 2026, a relentless climate nightmare struck the southern coastline of Ghana. Torrential downpours poured an unprecedented 140 millimeters of water over our cities in just a few hours.
· In Greater Accra: The bustling capital became a graveyard of dreams. In neighborhoods like Odawna, Adabraka, and Kaneshie, streets transformed into neck-deep rivers. As families swam through contaminated waters to save their children, a horrific fire erupted near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, trapping terrified citizens between rising waves and roaring flames. Twelve lives were lost in the capital alone, including a mother and her young child, violently swept away by the current.
· In Cape Coast and Central Region: Raging stormwaters tore through low-lying communities, instantly collapsing over 58 homes and burying families under structural rubble. 18 lives were tragically cut short. Critical highways were severed, leaving thousands stranded and completely isolated from emergency medical care.
· In the Western Region: Saturated industrial and urban zones saw secondary drainage networks fail entirely. Local markets, small family businesses, and generational livelihoods were completely buried under thick mud and filth within hours.
The Heartbreak After the Water Recedes:
Right now, over 40,000 Ghanaians are completely displaced. Mothers are sleeping on damp floors in makeshift havens with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Children have lost their schools, fathers have lost their livelihoods, and communities are left carrying the unbearable grief of burying their loved ones.
THE CRUELEST TRUTH: THE ENDLESS
ANNUAL RITUAL
This is not a one-time disaster. This is a tragic annual nightmare.
Every single year when the rainy season arrives, Ghanaians are forced to brace themselves for the same heartbreaking ritual. Drains overflow, streets become rivers, and families are forced to watch everything they own wash away.
The economic toll creates a brutal, ongoing cycle of poverty.Every single June, hard-working families lose their beds, their clothing, their children's schoolbooks, and their entire business stocks.Money that should be saved for healthcare, university, or building a stable future is stripped away to replace basic survival necessities.They rebuild from nothing, only for the clouds to gather again next year.We cannot let them face this ruins alone anymore
CARIFIKA Ghana: Breaking the Cycle, Protecting the Vulnerable
As the Ghanaian arm of the global Carifika network, the Carifika Network for Sustainable Development (CNSD) is uniquely positioned to turn your empathy into immediate, sustainable action. Operating out of our Kumasi headquarters, we refuse to accept this annual destruction as an unavoidable act of nature. We step forward as a catalyst for long-term resilience and emergency transformation.
In close strategic partnership with the Ghana Red Cross Society, we are leveraging our infrastructure to deploy a model that addresses both instant relief and future prevention:
· Immediate Emergency Relief: Providing clean drinking water, emergency food kits, blankets, and urgent medical supplies to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases in displaced camps.
· WASH Infrastructure Restoration: Rebuilding damaged Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) facilities to ensure safe, sanitary living conditions so that annual floods do not bring deadly epidemics.
· Climate Resilience & Prevention: Investing in community-level water desilting, environmental sustainability, and defensive water infrastructure to systematically protect low-lying neighborhoods from future rainy seasons.
HOW YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Every single dollar, cedi, or euro brings dignity and safety back to a displaced soul. Your contribution goes directly to the frontlines of this crisis:
|
Donation Amount |
What It Accomplishes |
|
$25 / ₵400 |
Provides a week’s worth of emergency food rations and clean drinking water for a displaced family of four. |
|
$50 / ₵800 |
Delivers an emergency hygiene and dignity kit (WASH supplies, blankets, medical essentials) to a displaced mother. |
|
$150 / ₵2,400 |
Funds early-stage reconstruction supplies to help a family repair their collapsed home in Cape Coast or Accra. |
|
$500 / ₵8,000 |
Helps CARIFIKA fund community-level water desilting and climate resilience infrastructure to ensure this tragedy never happens again. |
$3 Million USD
Rebuild Houses
$
Compensation to Families
$3 Million USD
Build Shelters
8,761
Households Affected
20+
Homes Lives Lost
48,802
People Displaced
Projected Numbers
Effect of the Flood
At Carifika Global Ghana, we believe that when one Ghanaian community is affected, we all have a responsibility to stand together.
In the spirit of Ghanaian and Pan-African solidarity, therefore, we are partnering with all well-meaning and kind-hearted Ghanaians and people to support volunteer mobilisation and humanity.
Fill out our Jot Form - https://form.jotform.com/261912953587065
Our QR Code to Our Fundraising Page
PLEASE GIVE - HELP US RESTORE FAMILY HOMES
Do Not Let Them Face the Ruins Alone.
The rain has stopped, the news cameras will eventually leave, but the trauma remains. Stand with the people of Accra, Cape Coast, and the Western Region today. Give them the strength to rebuild and the power to break the cycle.
DONATE TO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND NOW
USD account details
Account Number: 215113113186
Bank Name: Lead
ACH Routing: 101019644
Wire Routing: 101019644
Account Type: Checking
Bank Address: 1801 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64108
Carifika Ghana
·Headquarters: Agyemang Kofi Street Adomanu, off Abrepo Jnc Road, Kumasi, Ghana
·Email: info@carifikaglobal.org
Phone: +233 (0) 322 498 1767
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