Step by step
The Project
The Mama Heidi Health Center is being built in a poorer neighbourhood of Tamale, the capital of Ghana's Northern Region. The compound includes several buildings, realised in three phases.
Income for the project
The Hut & Family Apartments
- ✦Private rental hut: A traditionally styled accommodation rented to individual tourists. All income goes directly to the project.
- ✦3 family apartments: Residential units for local families, generating ongoing income for operations.
- ✦Hut guests are asked to bring consumables: disposable gloves, syringes, face masks and similar medical supplies.
The core goal
The Health Center
- ✦2 apartments for a doctor and a nurse — ensuring permanent medical staff on site.
- ✦3 small shops rented to local entrepreneurs — generating additional income and economic activity.
- ✦Healthcare: vaccinations, basic medical care, hygiene products, menstrual hygiene, glasses, workshops on hygiene and sexual health.
- ✦Empowerment of young women through small businesses: sewing projects (menstrual pads) and glass bead jewellery for sale.
Long-term sustainability
Phase 3: Independence & Community
The long-term goal is a center run and funded by the community itself. Phase 3 involves expanding empowerment programmes, integrating local health workers, and building permanent care structures — independent of external support.
Where we build
Tamale, Northern Region
Tamale is Ghana's fourth-largest city and the capital of the Northern Region. The population is predominantly Muslim, with a Christian minority — the MHHC is open to all, regardless of religion or origin.
The project is located in a poorer neighbourhood, where access to basic medical care is especially limited.
C427 + P93 Bisco, Tamale, Ghana
Find it on Google Maps as "Mama Heidi's Health Center, Ghana"
Glimpses
Photos from the site
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