The Akumaning Brewu Foundation’s mission is to enhance basic elementary school education in the rural villages of Ghana.
Founding Members
Dr Martha Sedegah, Founder and Director
Dr. Martha Sedegah is a Senior Scientist and Director of the Clinical Immunology Research Lab at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center with over 26 years of research experience. Dr. Sedegah has made a steady stream of scientific discoveries that is moving the world closer to having a malaria vaccine. In 2000, she founded the Akumaning-Brewu Foundation to improve education in the rural villages of Ghana.
Elliot Sedegah is a MBA candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management with 10 years of experience in technology and management. Elliot is committed to bridging the digital divide through educational support.
Board of Directors and Advisors
Dr. Minh Lu
Dr. Judy Epstien
John Dende
Englebert M. Sedegah
Alexander Hoffman
Assin-Nsuta, Ghana
Assin-Nsuta is a small village in the Assin district of Central Region of Ghana. It is located approximately 40 miles north of Cape Coast, Ghana, the closest city with basic resources. Approximately 2,500 individuals live in this village, the large majority of whom perform subsistence farming. The population is extremely poor and suffers from a very heavy burden of malaria and other infectious diseases. In spite of these problems, the children of this impoverished area are eager to go to school and change their fate.