About Us

Founded in 2006, the Ghana ThinkTank is a worldwide network of think tanks creating strategies to resolve local problems in the "developed" world. The network began with think tanks from Ghana, Cuba and El Salvador, and has since expanded to include Serbia, Mexico and Ethiopia. In a recent project, we sent problems collected in Wales to think tanks in Ghana, Mexico, Serbia, Iran, and a group of incarcerated girls in the U.S. Prison system.

These think tanks analyze the problems and propose solutions, which we put into action back in the community where the problems originated – whether those solutions seem impractical or brilliant.

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Some of these actions have produced workable solutions, but others have created intensely awkward situations, as we play out different cultures' assumptions about each other.

It's become a way to explore the friction caused by solutions that are generated in one context and applied elsewhere, while revealing the hidden assumptions that govern crosscultural interactions.

Contact the Ghana Think Tank at ghanathinktank at gmail.com

News

• Ghana ThinkTank awarded Creative Capital Grant!

  Jan 20, 13 • We are honored to be a 2013 Creative Capital grant recipient, and excited about the project… Congratulations to everyone! Today, Creative Capital announced our 2013 project grants in the...

• Ghana ThinkTank in Morocco: Rapid Results

  Jan 16, 13 • Chris and Carmen were able to return to the U.S. with solutions, and begin to implement them while I was still in Morocco. They recorded them and sent the video to me . I then returned to the group...

• Ghana ThinkTank in Morocco: trying new things

  Jan 16, 13 • Being there for the final two weeks of the project we had more time to experiment with different approaches to gathering solutions. The youth (all boys) from the neighboring village were one of the...

• Ghana ThinkTank in Morocco: Final Weeks

  Jan 16, 13 • After a 24 hr trip to arrive, Carmen and the driver were waiting for me as I exited customs. We hit the ground running as we had only a few hours to get up to speed before Carmen had to catch her...

• Ghana ThinkTank in Morocco: A Day out in the Donkey Cart

  Jan 16, 13 • Please meet Mitchy (on the left) and Maxie (on the right). Photo by Maria del Carmen Montoya After a protracted search I found two donkeys that, while not exactly willing, were certainly able to pull...