Select Your Giving Allocation
Choose where your generosity lands—fund an entire 1,000-person clinic or sponsor critical micro-interventions. Every gift is tax-deductible in the United States, as donations go to the Colussi Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3).
Full Northern Health Shield Event
$27,000 USD
Funds complete 10-unit mobile clinic deployment, 77 clinicians, screening 1,000 villagers, 850+ vaccines, mass deworming, and WASH dignity supplies.
How you are recognised: Your name on the borehole inscription, a feature on our blog and social media, and a full event report.
Sponsor Community Event
Deep Clean Water Borehole
$4,500 USD
Funds 100m deep hydro-sighted well drilling engineered for future mechanization, manual Afridev hand-pump installation, and concrete apron, providing permanent potable water for 800 people, for 10 years.
How you are recognised: Your name on the metal donor inscription at the borehole, photos and video of drilling and commissioning, and a project completion report.
Fund a Water Borehole
Individual Diagnostic & Vax Kit
$30.00 USD
Provides complete rapid Triple Screen (Hep B/C and viral), Dose-1 Hepatitis B vaccine, Albendazole deworming, and antibacterial soap for one patient.
How you are recognised: A thank-you and an update from the event your kits were used at. Ten kits ($300) cover ten people.
Donate $30Sponsor One Part of a Health Shield Event
Each Northern Health Shield event serves about 1,000 people. You can fund one medical component of an event and see its results in your impact report.
Screening & Vaccination
≈ $5,653 USD
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and viral screening for about 1,000 people, Hepatitis B vaccination for eligible participants, counselling and referrals.
How you are recognised: Named as sponsor of the screening and vaccination component, with results (people screened and vaccinated) in your impact report.
Sponsor the Viral Shield
Deworming
≈ $2,205 USD
Deworming for eligible children and adults at one event, following clinical assessment and appropriate dosing.
How you are recognised: Named as sponsor of the deworming component, with photos and the number of people treated.
Sponsor the Safe Blanket
Hygiene & Dignity
≈ $2,961 USD
1,000 antibacterial soap bars, 700 sanitary-pad packs for girls and women, protective shield kits and hygiene education.
How you are recognised: Named as sponsor of the hygiene and dignity component, with photos from the distribution.
Sponsor the Societal ShieldMedical component amounts are estimates for supplies at the project budget rate of GHS 11.7203 per US$1; staffing and event delivery are budgeted separately. Every gift is tax-deductible in the United States and goes to the project you choose. Public recognition is always optional: you can give anonymously.
More Ways to Help
Choose any one of these, combine several, or give at any amount that suits you.
Double Your Gift with an Employer Match
Many employers match staff gifts one-to-one, and some donate for volunteer hours. Ask HR or check your giving platform (such as Benevity or YourCause).
Why it helps: a $2,250 gift plus a $2,250 match fully funds a $4,500 borehole. Some programmes only cover public charities, so we’ll help you check.
Ask us about matching →Host a Fundraiser
Rally friends, colleagues or a community group around one goal, such as “One borehole, 800 people, $4,500”. We give you a fee-free Zeffy page, photos and live progress updates.
How you are recognised: your fundraiser’s name on the borehole inscription or event report, plus a completion report to share.
Start a fundraiser →Leave a Legacy Gift
Include the Colussi Family Foundation in your will or estate plan to help fund clean water, health screenings and vaccines for generations to come. Gifts of stock are welcome too. We welcome your questions and can discuss any specific directives for your gift.
Good to know: our legal name is Colussi Family Foundation (EIN 87-1287029).
Talk to us about a legacy gift →Spread the Word about Happy Travel
Happy Travel is our travel programme in Ghana: a planned itinerary, a 24-hour concierge, and a donation to a project travellers can visit. Sharing it costs nothing.
How you benefit: join a trip to visit the borehole or community you funded, and we’ll thank you when someone you refer books.
Visit Happy Travel →Give Time or Skills
Our small team welcomes professional advice in technology, data, design, communications or fundraising. Whether it’s a one-off review or ongoing support, your expertise goes straight into the field.
Bonus: if your employer matches volunteer hours, your time also raises money for the project.
Offer your skills →Cross-Border Payment & Giving Rails
Frictionless, transparent, and 100% fee-free routing directly to the frontline.
US & International (Zeffy)
Credit card, debit card, and bank transfers processed through Zeffy with 100% fee-free matching, ensuring every cent reaches operations.
Ghana Local (HubTel MoMo)
Direct Mobile Money (MTN, Telecel, AT) donations via HubTel USSD gateway, swept directly into GT Bank Ghana for local borehole and outreach funding.
Public Ledger (USDC/ETH)
Our utilization of USDC is not a speculative digital currency, but rather a completely frictionless, fee-minimizing, and immutable public ledger designed for direct "in-and-out" project funding.
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Our Commitment to Radical Transparency
When you choose to financially support Give Basic Needs, you are entering into a collaboration built on absolute trust and radical transparency. We understand that the traditional philanthropic sector is often plagued by high administrative overhead and opaque fund routing. To counter this, our organization operates under a strict zero-percent markup policy. The Colussi Family Foundation absorbs all executive salaries, software infrastructure costs, and administrative expenses. This guarantees that 100% of your public donation is deployed directly to the field. For complete transparency, all project expenses and material allocations are validated using cryptographic transaction receipts, timestamped logistical records, and geolocated warehouse handovers in our open-source general ledger—providing institutional grantors with an auditable trail of direct on-ground impact while strictly protecting the privacy and dignity of every individual we serve.