UF4D GreenLab Ecovillage

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2009

What we do

The SING community is a vibrant, intergenerational settlement nestled along the White Volta Basin in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana. Rooted in traditional Dagomba culture and guided by the values of unity, mutual aid, and respect for nature, SING has long embraced communal living and sustainable farming practices. However, over the past decades, the region has experienced increasing environmental stress land degradation, erratic rainfall, youth unemployment, and a decline in traditional livelihoods.
In response to these challenges, our community, supported by United Force for Development International (UF4D), came together to form the UF4D GreenLab an ambitious initiative to create a regenerative ecovillage that not only restores the land but also empowers people. Our journey began with local youth groups, elders, and women’s cooperatives working side-by-side to envision a future where sustainability, dignity, and innovation could thrive hand-in-hand.
We are united by shared principles of ecological responsibility, local empowerment, participatory governance, and circular economy thinking. Our goal is to transition from linear, extractive models to circular, regenerative systems that honor both people and planet. Together, we are building a living laboratory—a place to prototype sustainable farming, green technologies, eco-housing, and community-owned enterprises.
We aspire to become a beacon of possibility for Northern Ghana and beyond: a place where climate-smart agriculture, renewable energy, waste-to-resource innovation, and cultural resilience come together to shape a new rural narrative—one led by communities, for communities.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2009
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

Anyone interested in joining or collaborating can reach out to us via email or our website. We usually begin with an informal conversation to learn about each other, align intentions, and explore possible synergies. For longer-term engagement, we’re working on a participatory onboarding process that reflects our values of care, inclusion, and shared responsibility.

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Location

  • Ghana

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  • Events
11 years ago

Thai Massage course in Greece

4-11th July: Thai Massage course in Nea Makri, Greece A one week live-in course in Nea Makri, Greece hosted by Nea Guinea Course outline Traditional Thai massage is an ancient healing art that consists of a set of techniques developed in Southeast Asia 2500 years ago. These techniques are applied in order to stimulate and balance the flow of energy in the basic channels that run throughout the body and enhance the system’s potential for self-healing. Application of pressure along the energy lines and passive stretching, release nerve and muscle tension, activate blood and lymph circulation and detoxify the tissues. This workshop is a one week immersion in this traditional healing art, focusing on: – the correct posture and the synchronization of movement and breathing . – basic stretching and pressuring techniques (using thumbs, elbows and forearms) in prone, supine, side. Instructor Aspasia Rarri has been trained in Traditional Thai Massage, in Northern Thailand, by attending seminars and practicing with local teachers. Specifically, she has studied Traditional Thai Yoga Massage with Dot Po at the Sunshine Massage School of Chiang Mai and Advanced Thai Massage and Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal massage) with Ohm Rinraya in the Omsala School in Chiang Mai. For the last 5 years she has been working as a practitioner, immersing in this healing art with love and devotion. Since 2012, she has been organizing Thai massage courses in Nea Guinea and she has been coordinating the Alternative Healing Space, a project that has been developed with the collaboration of natural healers who are committed in diffusing natural healing practices and making them accessible to everyone, through open informative events and therapeutic sessions at very low rates. In addition, she has been practicing Yoga and Capoeira, in search of diverse methods and techniques to approach and explore in depth the complexity of the human body. Venue The course will be held in Nea
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13 years ago

Voluntari@s para la tribu Akiiara

Bon dia Gran Familia!! La Tribu AKIIARA estamos preparad@s para recibir y acoger personas que quieran venir a compatir nuestro “dia a dia Akkiara” durante los meses de julio y agosto. Hemos preparado una propuesta de acogida a voluntari@s que ahora comparto con vosotr@s. La tribu AKKIARA nace en la luna de Wesak de 2011. Vivimos en Arbucies, Montseny (Catalunya) y somos una tribu comprometida con el crecimiento personal y el acompañamiento a los procesos de vida desde el respeto y la conciencia. Nuestra base y nuestra fortaleza son la confianza, el apoyo mĂştuo, la autogestiĂłn y la conexiĂłn con la tierra. La propuesta de acogida a voluntarios es la siguiente: -La acogida se realizara durante los meses de julio y agosto de 2013 -Tenemos 3 focos activos de igual importancia, puedes aportar en cualquiera de los tres o en los tres: 1. Rehabilitacion, recontruccion y cuidados de la tierra y espacios. 2. Acompañamiento respetuoso a l@s niñ@s 3. Alimentacion -Concentraremos el trabajo en 3 jornadas a la semana de 8 horas, los dias lunes, martes y miercoles. El resto de la semana queda libre de trabajo y se funcionara por afinidad. – La planificacion del trabajo sera semanal y las personas que quieran incorporarse como voluntarios, agradeceremos que lo hagan en domingo, para poder asistir a la “Reunion de Planificacion” que se realizara cada domingo por la tarde. -Ofrecemos espacio de acampada, minimo para una semana, con acceso a cocina comunitaria y comidas cubiertas los 3 dias de jornadas semanales. El resto de dias puedes organizarte a tu manera y gestionarlo tu. -Los domingos tambien realizaremos asamblea con circulo para el cuidado y la gestion emocional, individual y grupal, de asistencia voluntaria. Agradecemos os pongais en contacto con nosotr@s y aviseis antes de venir, a traves de nuestro mail: tr**********@***il.com y los siguientes contactos: Maribel: 636358028 Gemma: 636124893 Gabri: 662242869 tribuakiiara@g

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