Our programmes

Four programmes, one mission

Each programme is designed to work independently in any Ghanaian community — and together as a complete environmental restoration system.

Programme 1 · Phase 1

Blue Corridor — waterway and drainage restoration

Stagnant, polluted waterways and blocked drains are documented, rehabilitated and transformed into flowing community streams with landscaped banks, seating and flood-control engineering. Each restored waterway is handed back to the community and permanently recorded in the Ghana Data Commons. Starting in Akyem Old Tafo, scaling nationally.

Phase 1 Public health Flood control Handback model Data Commons
Programme 2 · Phase 1

Green Canopy — geocoded town tree planting

Every tree planted by GreenPulse Ghana receives a unique ID, GPS coordinates, species record, planter name and a lifetime growth tracking log. Fruit trees, shade trees and native forest species are planted in a deliberate mix chosen to feed the community, cool streets and restore local ecology. Ghana's first community-managed urban tree database — publicly accessible and open to all. Trees planted on remediated land are fed by compost produced during site treatment.

Phase 1 Fruit + shade + native mix Carbon tracking Open database
Programme 3 · Phase 2

Land Remediation — dump site treatment and handback

Irregular dump sites across Ghana are documented, physically treated and the land restored. The harmful dump is replaced with a properly managed community waste collection system. Every site follows our six-step lifecycle and is handed back with a Site Restoration Record published to the Ghana Data Commons.

Phase 2 No burning Land restored Handback model
See the full six-step process →
Programme 4 · Phase 2

Ghana Data Commons — community environmental mapping

University student interns from KNUST, University of Ghana, UENR and other institutions collect and map 13+ layers of community data using free open-source tools — KoboToolbox, ODK Collect and OpenStreetMap. All data is published openly for planners, researchers, donors and communities nationwide. Every restored site adds a permanent before/after record to this dataset.

Phase 2 Open data University interns
See all 13 data layers →

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