Jane Hahn Photography

ghana: water and earth

ghana floods, tempane district
   
ghana floods, tempane district
   
Totope, Ghana
     
  
Remanents of the Post Office- Totope Ghana, Over 1000 out of the 3500 inhabitants of Totope have been displaced by the tides with over 40 homes destroyed. Plans have been made by the government to relocate the village and to provide emergency tents for the diplaced but no action has been take yet. Rising tides alter Ghana's coastline every year causing officials to make plans for a sea defense wall to protect villages like Totope from further destruction. But, becuase of a lack of funding, the project has come to a standstill and more homes are lost due to rising ocean levels.
   
The remains of a home in Totope, Ghana
   
A house buried by sand in Totope, Ghana. Over 1000 out of the 3500 inhabitants of Totope have been displaced by the tides with over 40 homes destroyed. Plans have been made by the government to relocate the village and to provide emergency tents for the diplaced but no action has been take yet. Rising tides alter Ghana's coastline every year causing officials to make plans for a sea defense wall to protect villages like Totope from further destruction. But, becuase of a lack of funding, the project has come to a standstill and more homes are lost due to rising ocean levels.
     
  
A destroyed school in Totope, Ghana.
   
Boys play by a destroyed home- Totope, Ghana.
  
northern ghana floods, pungu village
     
  
Anor Kposu, 68, looks out of his home which is being buried by sand in Totope, Ghana. Over 1000 out of the 3500 inhabitants of Totope have been displaced by the tides with over 40 homes destroyed. Plans have been made by the government to relocate the village and to provide emergency tents for the diplaced but no action has been take yet. Rising tides alter Ghana's coastline every year causing officials to make plans for a sea defense wall to protect villages like Totope from further destruction. But, becuase of a lack of funding, the project has come to a standstill and more homes are lost due to rising ocean levels.
   
Months later, Kposo sorts through the remains of his belongings after his home is destroyed by three nights of extremely high tides in Totope, Ghana.
  
A destroyed school in Totope, Ghana.Over 1000 out of the 3500 inhabitants of Totope have been displaced by the tides with over 40 homes destroyed. Plans have been made by the government to relocate the village and to provide emergency tents for the diplaced but no action has been take yet. Rising tides alter Ghana's coastline every year causing officials to make plans for a sea defense wall to protect villages like Totope from further destruction. But, becuase of a lack of funding, the project has come to a standstill and more homes are lost due to rising ocean levels.