October 2026 · Podcast
What I'd tell my 25-year-old self
Episode 1 of the Sanitopia Podcast, from Kumasi. Calm down, trust the process, and enjoy every step of the way.
News
Latest from the field.
Updates from our projects, our partnerships and the communities we work with.
Sanitopia updates
Our work and our people.
28 August 2026 · Announcement
Victoria A. Blackwood appointed Global Ambassador
A health professional, executive assistant and brand manager joins Sanitopia to take our sanitation advocacy to a wider audience. Covered by Graphic Online, Citi Newsroom, 3News, Starr FM and Pulse Ghana.
July 2026 · Government
Meeting the Minister for Education
Discussing education, youth development and sanitation with Hon. Haruna Iddrisu in Accra.
July 2026 · Why it matters
Keeping our children safe matters
UNICEF estimates 1 in 10 girls in Africa miss school or drop out at puberty, because there is nowhere clean and private to go.
July 2026 · From the community
The difference these facilities are making
Hearing from the community about the impact of the new washrooms on the lives of young people.
June 2026 · Podcast, coming soon
Two people. One shared mission. Changing lives in Ghana.
Richard Acheampong and Gurpreet Gill on the Sanitopia and HealthFab partnership, and why real change takes more than facilities alone.
20 May 2026 · Ghana Library Authority
George Padmore Research Library WASH facility commissioned
A 12-seater modern facility handed over in Accra, the first completed project of the 150 agreed with the Ghana Library Authority.
May 2026 · Partnership
Sanitopia and HealthFab join forces
Combining safe sanitation facilities with patented reusable menstrual products, to move from infrastructure to complete hygiene solutions.
25 November 2025 · Eastern Region
Sanitopia commissions modern sanitation facility at Asikuma
A 12-unit washroom handed to the community in the Asuogyaman district, extending our work beyond the Oti Region.
20 November 2025 · Partnership
Sanitopia and Ghana Library Authority partner to build 150 facilities
A country-wide partnership to construct 150 modern, dignified sanitation facilities for public libraries across Ghana.
10 November 2025 · Our mission
Sanitopia targets 10,000 sanitation projects across Africa by 2035
More than 2,000 of them in Ghana, built on a community-centred model of transparency, accountability and local participation.
11 September 2025 · Pilot Project
Alumni couple funds modern sanitation facilities for Nkonya Senior High School
A 12-seater modern washroom and a renovated 10-cubicle bathhouse for the girls' dormitory, valued at over $30,000 and delivered in four months.
11 September 2025 · Policy
Ghana must act now to end open defecation and sanitation crisis
President Mahama has called the practice unacceptable. Poor enforcement, not just underinvestment, is holding Ghana back.
September 2025 · Founder feature
Meet Richard Acheampong: the lawyer rebuilding sanitation in Africa
From a hospital bed in the UK to a 37-unit sanitation block in Ghana, the founder of Sanitopia is showing what community-led infrastructure looks like when run with the discipline of a business.
Sanitation & public health
Reporting from the wider sector.
Analysis and reporting on the sanitation, hunger and public health challenges that shape the work we do. These pieces cover the wider sector rather than Sanitopia's own projects.
Public Health
COVID-19 causes a sharp rise in deaths of NYC homeless
Some 613 homeless New Yorkers died between July 2019 and June 2020, a 52 percent jump on the previous year.
Fundraising
How a first-time streamer and a surprise visit from Dr Lupo raised $12,000 for research
A sixteen year old set a goal of one hundred dollars in his mother's memory. A surprise drop in turned it into twelve thousand.
Community
Caridad to serve ready-to-eat meals to children at three library branches
A new partnership brings free, nutritious meals directly to children at the places they already go to learn.
Education
Afterschool programs in New York even more important now to fight childhood hunger
Roughly one in seven children in New York State still experiences hunger, and afterschool programs are the quiet line of defence.
Pandemic Response
We are committed to feeding children impacted by the coronavirus pandemic
When schools closed, the most reliable meal of the day disappeared. Community organisations stepped in, and the lessons still matter.