Mesomagor Village

Mesomagor Village is on the eastern edge of Kakum National Park in western Ghana. Mesomagor has been made a travel destination due to the creation of a Bamboo Orchestra, a group that has performed across the country. I visited this remote village to see what life was like at the end of a road in the tropical rainforest.

This caterpillar was crawling on me to get out of a rainstorm, but my guides quickly threw him off as he likely was poisonous.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest caterpillar insect
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest caterpillar insect
This map was drawn by village school children with the assistance of a Peace Corps member.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest world map peace corps
The primary school in Mesomagor.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest school
The water well for the village. The Peace Corps member was able to secure funding to construct a mechanical well that would provide water free of pollutants in the groundwater.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest water well
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest palm trees coconut trees
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest
Palm oil production in the village.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest palm palm tree palm oil
Cocoa pods, a primary economic income source for the village.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest cocoa
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest
Drying cocoa.
Ghana mesomagor village rainforest cocoa