Active Accra

Charity & impact

Sport for
every child.

The Active Accra Youth Fund takes ten per cent of every race entry — and every cedi from Run for Jamestown — and puts it into coaching, kit and school sport where access is hardest.
Support the fund
GHS 1.2m
Raised since 2022
6
Partner schools
360
Children coached weekly
340
Pairs of shoes in 2025

01Programmes

Where it goes

360 children a week

School Running Programme

Weekly coaching in six primary and JHS schools in Jamestown, Ussher Town and Nima. Relays, timed miles, and a termly inter-school meet.

340 pairs in 2025

Kit Library

Running shoes and kit donated by members and partners, cleaned, sized and distributed through our partner schools.

120 new swimmers

Learn to Swim — Youth

A summer programme teaching water safety and swimming to children from coastal communities, run by our swim coaches.

02Transparency

Every cedi

How the Youth Fund spent GHS 412,000 in 2025. Accounts are audited annually and published in full.

  • Coaching & coaches' stipends46%
  • Running shoes & kit24%
  • School sports days14%
  • Transport to competitions10%
  • Administration6%

From the community

Jamestown's running coach

“Sport is the easiest way I know to make a young person feel seen.”

Read Nii’s story

03Get involved

Ways to support

Run for Jamestown

Our charity 5K through Old Accra on 21 November. Every entry fee goes to the fund.

Enter the run

Donate kit

Running shoes in good condition, sizes 32–42. Drop them at the Clubhouse in Osu any day.

Arrange drop-off

Fund a school

GHS 50,000 funds a school's coaching programme for a full year, with termly reporting.

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