Shemrock Foundation – Cultivating Resilience, Empowering Communities.

Health & Sanitation

Decrease the prevalence of diarrheal diseases by tackling water and land sanitation issues.

Decrease the prevalence of diarrheal diseases by tackling water and land sanitation issues.

Dignity in Living

Achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in identified high-risk hotspots.

Achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in identified high-risk hotspots.

Youth Leadership

Foster a generation of young Ghanaians who are champions of environmental stewardship.

Foster a generation of young Ghanaians who are champions of environmental stewardship.

What We Do

Education & Youth Engagement

We establish and sustain Environmental Health and Climate Change Clubs in second-cycle schools. By working with students, we inculcate vital knowledge early, creating lifelong ambassadors for the planet.

One Health Advocacy

We advocate for the integration of human, animal, and environmental health strategies in suburban and rural Ghana to prevent zoonotic diseases and improve community wellness.

Climate Mapping & Adaptation

We identify climate change ``hotspots``—marginalized communities facing extreme socio-economic challenges—and provide them with the tools and education needed to adapt to climate-related risks and impacts.

Impact on Health & Agriculture

We research and educate on the specific ways climate change threatens food security and human health, specifically focusing on the agricultural sector which sustains our rural economy.

Collaborative Action

No one can do it alone. We work in a coordinated manner with research institutions, civil society, government agencies, and community leaders to ensure our solutions are systemic and sustainable.

Aim

To promote one health and improve Environmental Health issues and climate change effects in sub-urban communities and rural communities.

Mission

Set-up and sustain Environmental Health and Climate change Clubs in Second cycle schools to create awareness and inculcate this knowledge.
Advocate for One Health in sub-urban and rural communities in Ghana
Identify climate change hot-spots areas of marginalised communities by socio-economic challenges.
Working in a coordinated manner with a wide spectrum of stakeholders from communities, research institutions, civil society organisations, government and non-governmental organisations.
Climate change effects education of rural communities and sub-urban communities to create climate change awareness and empower vulnerable community members to adapt to climate-related impacts and risks.
Climate change and its impacts on human health and Agricultural sector.

Vision

Decrease the pervasiveness of diarrhoea diseases resulting from water and land sanitation issues in vulnerable communities.
To achieve open defaecation free communities in identified hot-spots of open defaecation communities.
To create a community in which the youths are inculcated with Environmental Health knowledge.
Add up new recommendations to the extant ones to influence policy making decisions
Create resilience community adaptable to climate change and its impacts on socio-economic and agricultural sector.