A Better Tomorrow
For Every Child, Every Family, Every Village
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty in Ghana, West Africa, by leveraging natural assets such as the land, existing medical services, and tribal governance systems. We fund and support impactful projects that empower communities and create sustainable change.
We empower the people of Ghana with our COMMUNITY 360 approach to achieving sustainability, fostering economic development, and improving access to education and healthcare.
We partner with local communities to create lasting impact and transformative change.
The mission of ODI is to see lives transformed
from barely surviving to thriving.
Our Story
ODI was founded in 2007 when the late Jim Sullivan, a retired pastor and businessman, went on a pilgrimage to Ghana. Jim was drawn to the people of Ghana because of their culture, traditions, and desire to move beyond the extreme poverty that has besieged their country for generations.
What Would It Take —
To Have a Better Tomorrow?
COMMUNITY 360
It takes commitment, dedication, and the following core pillars of ODI to effectively serve every rural village:
Economic Development — helping develop their natural asset (such as the land) to become fruitful for Ghana, job skills, and microloans.
Healthcare — assisting the villages with preventive and critical care, including reducing deaths from malaria, typhoid, and childbirth.
Education — meeting the excellent minds in Ghana with the opportunity to go beyond the 1st or 2nd grade while making education a useful tool for the villagers.
Our Projects
Clean Water and Hygiene
"Imagine waking up every day not knowing if the water you give your child will make them sick. That's the reality in villages across Ghana. But it doesn't have to be.
Clean water means children in school, families healthy, dreams restored. One well changes everything.
Economic Development
Farming is a way that we can help the Ghanaians generate an income so they can support themselves and their families. Check out the Ghana Project for more details.
Education
Due to the extreme poverty very few children have access to education. We want to help provide education for these kids so that they are able to have more job opportunities in the future.
Medical
There is a significant need for medical assistance in Ghana. We have had the privileged of sending several medical teams over to care for the underprivileged and to teach basic healthcare and hygiene.
Get in touch.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Life in Ghana
Step into the lives and culture of the Ghanaian people. Here we take the time to show you what everyday life as a Ghanaian looks like as well as the stark poverty that is so common among most of its residents.
Get Involved
Looking for a way to make a lasting impact? We need passionate and talented people to partner with us and bring their unique skills to help us help others. We have various ways in which you might be able to help. By donating, joining us on a Dignity Trip, working in the background, or simply helping us spread the word!
Contact us if you are interested in getting involved.
Dignity Trips
Do you like to travel and do hands on work? Consider joining us on a Dignity Trip! We have taken multiple groups to Ghana with people just like you, looking to make a difference in the lives of others. While on a Dignity Trip you will have the opportunity to learn about the Ghanaian culture, see the beautiful landscape, and most importantly you will be able to use you God given skills to help the Ghanaian people take one more step out of poverty and into self-sustainability.
Exciting Opportunities
ODI has bought 500 acres in central Ghana. The goal is to develop the land into a training farm in order to teach people how to farm. This will help ease poverty, increase opportunities, and to change the outcome for many people who deserve to hope, dream, and live a thriving life of dignity and possibilities.
We are currently working on the agricultural development of this land. Click the link to visit our farming page and see updates on current projects and progress!
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”
— Unknown
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