Pulima is situated approximately 5 miles from the Sissala district capital Tumu in the Upper West Region of Ghana, West Africa.  The road network to and from Tumu is not tarred and can be very difficult to negotiate during the rainy season.  The village has only recently been connected to electricity.  Clean drinking water is collected from bore-holes in the village.  The main source of livelihood is subsistence farming, a small amount of animal farming and charcoal burning.  The people of Pulima belong to the Sissala tribe which is famous for the making and playing of the xylophone.

The education of the children in Pulima is the main source of development for the village.  Many children still start Primary School late or miss time due to financial pressure and the need for their help on the farm.  The majority of farming is all done by hand and the use of bullocks for ploughing.  There are many native languages in Ghana but as Ghana was once a British colony the education system is similar to the British system and teaching is all in English.

Chief Chebe established a fund for Pulima with friends and family in Scotland and used this money to build the foundation of a nursery school in his village; which was completed with the aid of a grant from the European Union.  Pulima now has an excellent nursery building and swing park area.  We are now registered as a charity and continue to raise money so that we can stock the nursery and Pulima Primary with suitable learning materials and to proceed with similar ambitions to other villages in the Sissala area.

Below are photographs of Pulima and Chief Chebe's family (click to enlarge).

Pulima Nursery School, Upper West Region, Ghana

Pulima Nursery	Pulima Nursery	Pulima Nursery
Pulima Nursery swing park	Swing park area	Swing park