The village welcomes visitors everyday except Thursday, which is a sacred day.

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From: BLAY JAMES REDMAN
Phone: 00233 (0) 245399477
E-mail: redmanjames55@yahoo.com

DEVELOP NZULEZO

Nzulezo, a tourist village in Jomoro district of the Western Region lacks development to compete with other tourist sites in the country. As at now nothing shows that the place is really a tourist spot as the area lacks infrastructure.

I am appealing to the Ghana Tourists Board and concerned citzens of the Tourist World to help develop Nzulezo. The appeal also goes to the Jomoro District Assembly, to help by providing electricity to the area.

It is a pity to note that the people use the same water they drink as toilet.
The community outboard motor that carries school children to school at Beyin is banned thereby leaving these poor children to go to school in small dug out canoes.

Women who send foodstuffs to Beyin and surrounding villages also use the small dug out canoes posing a threat to their lives.
I hope the government will intervene to save souls as early as possible.   Source: Blay James Redman / Nov. 2009

Nzulezo, GHA Updated 13 March 2010 09:00 Mostly Cloudy 29°C High: 33°C Low: 24°C Wind:  kph Humidity: 88% Sunday 33° / 24° Monday 32° / 23° Tuesday 33° / 24° Wednesday 31° / 23° MSN Weather Data provided by Foreca

Amanzuri Lagoon   Nzulezo is one of more villages on stilts in the lagoon . The entire village, including a school and church ... , it`s on stilts.                 Western Region (Ghana) Location    The Western Region of Ghana includes the large cities of Sekondi and Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim and a hilly inland area including Elubo, that reaches from the Côte d'Ivoire border in the west, to the Central Region in the east. It includes Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points. The region has the highest rainfall in Ghana, lush green hills and fertile soils. There are numerous small and large-scale gold mines. The culture is dominated by the Nzema, Wassa, Sefwi, Ahanta branches of the Akan culture, and the main languages are Fante, Wassa, Sefwi, Ahanta, Nzema and English. The religions are predominantly Christian and African Traditional Religions. The founder of modern independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah was born (and later temporarily buried) in the village of Nkroful, west of Axim where he once taught school in the 1930's. The largest rivers are the Ankobra River, The Bia River, the Pra River in the east and the Tano River partly forming the western national border.   The area is known for the village of Nzulezo built entirely on stilts and platforms over water, and the Ankasa Protected Area. There is a series of imposing Portuguese, Dutch, British, and Brandenburgian forts along the coast, built from 1512 on.   NZULEZO  in  PICTURES  /  in FOTOS

The Region has a lot of post-secondary schools, they include Teacher and Nursing colleges, Polytechnics and a university at Tarkwa, the University of Mines and Technology.

Some of the problems at Nzulezo..

Nzulezo Appeals For Health Facilities

By Ghana Times - Reporter        

Friday, 20 April 2007 

Nzulezo chief

Nana Ackah, an elder of the Nzulezo village in the Western Region has appealed to the government

and the Ministry of Health  for a nurse to be transferred to their community.

According to Nana Ackah, "the absence of a nurse as well as other health facilities has resulted in some deaths which otherwise could have been prevented".

Speaking to the Times here over the weekend, Nana Ackah explained that their forefathers are said to have migrated from Mali, through Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region to Essipin in the Western Region and finally settled in the water to prevent attacks from

their enemies.

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