Author: Ineke Bosman

How long did we think about this? Dream about this? Plan about having a farm where our people could recover, find work, be isolated from the addictive town atmosphere for a while?

Continue reading “To have a Farm!”

Eleven long years David had worked in England with the plan of saving money towards owning a hotel in Accra. When finally three years ago he returned to Ghana,

Joe had ever increasing family problems because of his drinking which was way out of control. His wife felt defeated and the children helpless. All efforts to stop the drink failed. Eventually Joe heard from Clear Mind in Nkoranza.
Continue reading “Joe from Kumasi”

Bridget wrote her book, an autobiography called “My Name is Bridget”, which is for sale at bol.com, (or with Ineke who helped her to write it). But the book shown in the photograph

To be able to say: “I am Mr. Fosu from Tanobuase. I overcame my addiction and now i am free. Let me tell you my story…”, is what enables many others. We have a number of enablers in our team: PaaKwasi, Joe, Fosu, Richard, David and more. They no longer hide their name, they are proud of it.

it seems to be some kind of law that if someone kicks off succesfully, someone else soon follows in his footsteps. Some of our old clients help coaching new clients, which is a very succesful way of providing care because nothing replaces the wisdom gained by experience.

Many of our clients like to inform themselves about what Clear Mind has to offer and return home to think about it, but so far 5 to 15 persons per year kick off their unwanted drinking habits and maintain that “Yes, we can”.

Salamata has become a Well loved name in Nkoranza. ‘Lets ask Sala’. ‘When can i talk to Sala?’. She is the director of Clear Mind since 2014,

A year after Bridget begun her work at Clear Mind in town, Kwame Evans, also from PCC, joined her. Kwame Evans has a job as shopkeeper and messenger. Continue reading “Kwame has a Job in Town”

Mr. Fosu comes from a small town, about 50 km north of Nkoranza. Over there he is known as a taylor but also as someone who enjoys his drink. For years the drink and the sewing machine befriended each other,  Continue reading “Mr. Fosu will Fix your Clothes”