SPVO – Circle of Impact: Sustainable bamboo chain with biochar enabling sanitation for local communities

About this project

In rural Ghana, agricultural value chains face deep-rooted social and environmental sustainability challenges. High national inflation, seasonal income fluctuations, and climate shocks severely strain rural families, leaving an estimated 91% of farmers earning below a living income. Driven by poverty and a lack of formal oversight, an estimated 10.3% of children aged 5 to 17 years old engage in child labour. Furthermore, agricultural operations lack structured occupational health and safety (OHS) practices, while around 25 million people in Ghana lack access to safe sanitation, leading to significant soil and water pollution from untreated waste.Project BeneficiariesThe project directly targets over 6,900 local beneficiaries in the Volta Region:• 6,200+ Bamboo Farmers, Factory Workers, and Households: Gaining stabilised, fair-wage employment, safe working conditions, and agricultural support via local cooperative hubs.• 700+ Students: Benefiting from circular school dry-toilet facilities (waters, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH)), hygiene education, and reduced absenteeism – particularly for girls through menstrual health support.• Women in Local Communities: Gaining new paid management roles overseeing local WaSH and waste recycling operations.Envisioned ImpactThe project "Circle of Impact" establishes a fully integrated, circular bamboo-to-toilet value chain to deliver systemic change:• Socio-Economic: Increases farmer incomes (by an average of 59%) through transparent bamboo…

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Ghana

Sectors

Basic sanitationIndustrial crops/export crops

Focus

Trade development · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

Plan International Ghana, TGRG Pulp Ltd., Stichting The Good Roll Foundation, Goodroll Holding B.V.

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 27 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-SPVO26S014.

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