Our mission is to empower women and youth, particularly girls through sustainable health initiatives that highlight culture, tradition, and physical activity to reduce health disparities and encourage the empowerment of marginalized communities in New York City and beyond.

PHASE 1

In 2017, Martin Addo met Monifa Maat and together they reached a fundraising goal of $35,000 which completed the first phase of the Market - the building of 10 toilets (5 male and 5 female) and 6 showers (3 female and 3 males, plus a water tank for sustainable clean water source.

PHASE 2: In January 2020, Addo Foundation set out to complete the 2nd Phase of the rebuilding of the Ghana market, meeting and subsequently collaborating with an American architectural firm in New York City well regarded and awarded for their work in creating sustainable building structures that consider the cultural and health landscape of the communities in which they serve. However, due to the COVID crisis, the project was temporarily halted.

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