The Elders and Community Leaders of the Domeabra and Ampemkrom Communities are pleased to announce that they have each signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Form Ghana, under which the company commits to rehabilitating, building, and maintaining certain roads.
Form Ghana is a 19-year-old Ghanaian teak forestry company specialising in rehabilitating degraded forestry reserves and striving to establish and maintain a culture of transparency, trust and safety with all its stakeholders.
Willem Fourie, the CEO of Form Ghana, emphasises that although its first obligation is to its staff, no rural company can operate without strong social relationships and direct communication channels with its fringe communities.
Form Ghana’s Social and Environmental Department regularly visits fringe communities and conducts annual social surveys.
The Domeabra and Ampemkrom communities rely on income from cultivating and trading crops to support their livelihoods. Like agriculturists worldwide, the farmers near the Tain II Forest Reserve must manage diseases and pests that damage their crops. But their greater challenges are access to markets, healthcare and education, and the risks of wildfires and floods.
The Elders and Community Leaders of both villages believe that the only way to address the access problem is to have well-maintained roads, and each decided to approach Form Ghana for assistance.
The Chief of Domeabra, Nana Ansu Adoma, the Elders, and community representatives formally appealed to Form Ghana to assist with rehabilitating and maintaining their community road. The road is an important lifeline for the village, serves as a firebreak, and provides access for firefighters.
They signed an MOU with the company under which Form Ghana will grade a new road from Akrofro through the Domeabra community toward the Tain II Forest Reserve. The MOU was read out in Akan and English, and everyone agreed they understood it.
At the signing of the MOU at the Domeabra Community Palace on 27 January 2026, the Chief of Domeabra, Nana Ansu Adoma, commended Form Ghana for its unwavering support for firefighting and road rehabilitation and for its prompt response to development requests. He affirmed the community's support for Form Ghana operations.
There is no road from Ampemkrom to its farming areas, making it difficult for farmers to harvest and transport their crops to the village and to markets in larger towns before they spoil. Their only access is a narrow footpath so degraded that neither a small motorbike nor a bicycle can safely use it during the rainy season.
During community meetings and the annual social survey, the Ampemkrom Chief, Nana Kojo Yeboah, and Community Leaders formally requested that Form Ghana consider constructing a road for the community. Form Ghana agreed to assist them.
The MOU states that Form Ghana will build and maintain a new six-kilometre road towards the Tain II reserve, and was signed by the Chief of Ampemkrom. It was witnessed by Berekum Dabe-Hene, Nana Oppong Boateng Dartey II and community representatives on 6 February 2026. The agreement was read in Akan, and it was confirmed that everyone understood it.
Form Ghana participated in the traditional rituals at the Domeabra and Ampemkrom road sites. The purpose was to inform the ancestors and the spirits of the land about the project, ensure the safety of the workers, and appease the local deities. Their rituals also appease the ancestors, allowing unrestricted access for farmers and other road users, particularly for crossing the four streams, which hold particular traditional importance.
The Elders poured Schnapps before and after chickens and white sheep were sacrificed, and their blood washed the ground at the construction site.
Willem Fourie says the MOU represents a significant step toward sustainable road infrastructure development through partnerships rooted in social responsibility and transparency. Its successful implementation will deliver long-term socio-economic benefits for the Ampemkrom and Domeabra Communities and Form Ghana.
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