Visit Us

Come to Sawla!

Route to Our Origins Tours
Volunteer with Us
Conduct Research with WIACT

WIACT provides a field site for students, faculty, and international volunteers who want to research indigenous languages and history, as well as the ecological and cultural traditions of the African savannah.

WIACTS hosts international volunteers, study tours, and Route-to-My-Origin visitors to Ghana with an emphasis on rural Savannah region villages and traditions. The northern half of Ghana is the poorest area of the country, and tours bring new business opportunities for local families.

We promote exchange of ideas between visitors and local community members so that we can learn from each other:  Visitors to the region discover a very different and much more positive picture of Africa than typically portrayed in Western media, and local communities like the new ideas and opportunities brought by visitors.

So be prepared to share from your culture with us, and we will share ours with you!

Become one of our growing family of volunteers

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Volunteer with us in any of our current research/practice projects, such as:

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•  growing & marketing native foods in high-value niche markets
•  photographing native trees and plants, and documenting their traditional uses
•  photographing insects, fungi, and animal species & documenting traditional knowledge of these species
•  supporting the native seed bank and helping with distributing native tree seedlings to deforested areas in Savannah Region
•   documenting and preserving oral native languages and elders’ knowledge of traditional philosophy and culture
Click on "our work" below, and then go into any of the areas of focus to see what else we are up to!  and then send us an email, visitwiact@gmail.com to let us know of your interests!
Our Work
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If you want to visit Savannah region, please send us a message with your proposed dates and special interests during your visit...

Email us at:  visitwiact@gmail.com