Dambai, Oti Region · Ghana
A regenerative village in Ghana’s Oti Region.
We grow food, restore land, and train the next generation. Come stay, volunteer, or learn with us.
At a glance
A small place doing serious work.
170,000+
Trees planted with Green Gold since 2023
260
Acres of regenerative farmland in Dambai
27
Students at our MasterMind training centre
40–50
Youth trained each year in our flagship programme
18+
Years of community-led development
What we do
Four interconnected pillars.
Land supports learning. Learning supports livelihoods. Livelihoods sustain the community. Each pillar strengthens the others.
Regenerative & syntropic farming
We farm the way the forest does — soil-first, polyculture, no chemical inputs. Moringa, coffee, cocoa, cashew, mango, baobab and banana growing alongside annual crops on land we are actively restoring.
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Eco-tourism & lodging
Stay in low-impact eco-huts on the farm. Farm-to-table meals, sunrise walks, canoeing on the Oti River, fireside storytelling. A meaningful stay that funds the work.
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Community education
Hands-on training in regenerative agriculture, value addition and ICT — at Dambai and at our MasterMind centre in Tamale. Six months learning, six months mentorship.
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Ethical products
Moringa tea, herbal extracts and farm-based products processed on site. Income that stays in the community and reinforces regenerative practice.
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Visit us
Stay on a working regenerative farm.
Sunrise on the farm. Coffee on the porch. A guided walk through the food forest. Cooking from the harvest. Canoeing on the Oti River. Fireside stories under the stars. A stay at Dream Village is a holiday that helps the place that hosts you.
Volunteer with us
Bring your hands, your head, your heart.
We host students, interns, professionals and retirees from across the world. Help us farm, build, teach ICT or trades, run communications. Stay a few weeks or a season. Leave with skills you couldn’t get any other way.
Our story, in brief
From a mural to a village.
It started in 2007 with a mural Clement Matorwmasen painted on a college wall in Tamale — a hand-drawn vision of huts, gardens and gathered people. The years that followed turned that picture into a place: orphanage work in Damongo, the first huts at Bongo Bing, Drive Aid Ghana’s schools, the Zongo Machiri borehole, a Nubian Vault classroom, a syntropic food forest, the MEAKumla Festival.
In 2023 the work moved to Dambai. Better water, friendlier conditions, room to prove that a true regenerative farm could thrive in West Africa. Two years later, 170,000 trees later, here we are.
In good company
Our partners and supporters.
- Blue Gold Works
- Grundfos Foundation
- Green Gold
- New Life Church Rotterdam
Plus the volunteers, interns, colleges and churches whose names don’t fit on a single page.
Latest newsletter
Read what we’ve been up to.
Our most recent newsletter covers the year’s harvest, the new training cohort, and what’s on the horizon. PDF, no signup needed.