The Ghana not for profit organization was formed out of necessity.  In April, 2007, Phillis Dickey, Robert Hutchinson, Rich Rowland, and I (Gary Heath) traveled to Ghana, West Africa.  The day we arrived in country we went to The Ghana Commercial Bank to open an account for the newly formed AIDNACTION (US) corporation to have an in-country bank account in order to received money wired from the USA.  We quickly discovered that an organization that is not Ghanaian can not open a normal bank account in-country.

We immediately responded by forming a Ghana not-for-profit corporation.  We added Aaron Mends and his brother Noah Mends to the Board of Directors (Board of Trustees).  Ghana law requires that there are Ghanaians on the Board.  Aaron Mends was at the time in college in Accra.  He received this Bachelors degree in Accounting in 2008.  He has been essential during the incorporation phase, our banking relationships, and reporting our activities to the Ghana government.  Noah has provided great leadership in logistics, and accomplishing the many tasks we asked him to do.  Noah can multi-task very well.  Both are well respected by those around them and originate many more opportunities for the Corporation to provide service to the people of Ghana than we have funds or resources.

We signed the proper documents and paid the appropriate fees.  On April 13, 2007, we received our “Certificate of Incorporation” from the Registrar of Companies.  We received our “Certificate to Commence Business” approval to begin operations on April 16, 2007, from the Assistant Registrar of Companies.  We appointed Eddie Nikoi Accounting Consultancy as our Auditors to provide operational information to the Ghana Internal Revenue Service.

The name of the Ghana not for profit corporation is: “AIDNACTION”.  We refer to it as “AIDNACTION GHANA” to avoid confusion.  We have 2 accounts at The Ghana Commercial Bank.  They are at the Agona Swedru branch in the Central Region, North and West of Accra, the capital of Ghana.  By having a bank account in Ghana we have a secure and economical way of moving money from the USA to Ghana to help those we are assisting.

AIDNACTION GHANA is the only not-for-profit corporation in the Central Region of Ghana, West Africa.

To see the filed documents of AIDNACTION GHANA,
please view the pdf documents at the following link: Filed Documents