'I'm amazed!' — US guests react to Africaba projects in Ghana

Añadido: 2026-05-28

[00:00:06]Well, hello everyone. This is Karen in Ghana and I am on the land as you can see >> [music] >> and I have some guests with me today.

[00:00:13]I'll introduce you to them soon, but I am walking us down to >> [music] >> the roundhouse where they're taking a look around.

[00:00:19]And it's just so beautiful and peaceful out here. Let me turn this around.

[00:00:24]You see?

[00:00:26]They're getting the roofs up.

[00:00:28]Getting all the wood up.

[00:00:30]And this is the one that [music] we had to take the thatch down off of. So, we're going to be putting up the roofs on this one soon as [music] well. God willing, it'll start next week.

[00:00:42]And All right, we're coming into the house with me of course.

[00:00:51]>> [music] [music] >> So, this is a smart home. Yeah. And Miss Karen, how much is these going for?

[00:01:05]480. It's 480,000. thousand Ghana cedis.

[00:01:09]So, 40,000 >> So, yeah, somewhere around there. A little less.

[00:01:12]>> 45, 45,000 Yeah.

[00:01:15]Two bedrooms, one bath.

[00:01:28]Kitchen cabinetry?

[00:01:29]And a cooker on the stove, cooker like a two-burner one, not a full stove.

[00:01:41]Mhm.

[00:01:44]Emmanuel.

[00:01:50]Yeah, we wanted a um an affordable home for people. People who couldn't or didn't want to pay a whole lot of money.

[00:01:57]So, we thought about it, how could [music] we do it and and Manuel came up with this roundhouse concept.

[00:02:03]This is I like the window right here.

[00:02:07]All right, so you can see from this place, [music] we're starting Deborah's house.

[00:02:14]And you can see the others here. They have gotten the wood roofing.

[00:02:22]And >> [music] >> I'm walking around, you see where we've cleared all this land. Man, I wasn't even able to do this. This feels so great and so free.

[00:02:33]And so now you kind of get a good look at the size of these roundhouses. These are not small. They're very nice size.

[00:02:41]And I could just stand here and say, "Hey, Moriah!"

[00:02:47]Waving at her. And then like I said, and then there's Tiffany's big, beautiful home [music] up there on the hill.

[00:02:53]And you can see the rest of the houses here.

[00:02:57]The road. God see working hard for you.

[00:02:59]You're working hard for you. Appreciate it, please. Emmanuel and these [music] guys put in long hours and hard, hard work.

[00:03:08]This is not something we we're just doing for money.

[00:03:12]But we are putting the money back into the community because we know number one, Abba has given us a mandate to get this done and done right. And number two, we care about you guys and we don't want to have the impression that we're using you in any way, shape, form, [music] or fashion.

[00:03:29]So, all praises to the most high. Look at the work that Abba has us doing. All right, so here is my main man, brother Gabe, my son. Son Gabe, Shawn.

[00:03:43]Uh Gabriel, right? That's right. So, you're in Karen and Ghana's second house. How you feeling about it? Karen, I so proud of you.

[00:03:53]You did such a good job on this. I can't believe the way I I I was not expecting this today.

[00:03:59]House is beautiful. Oh, okay.

[00:04:01]>> I just wish my wife was here. Yeah. So, she seen this, she'd like, "Let's get that one."

[00:04:06]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, this one's nice. I can't believe it. Yeah. You really stepped above than what I've been seeing. This is amazing.

[00:04:14]Thank you. Thank you. And then just the whole community what you got going on, so it's like you win it.

[00:04:22]It's It's making people feel like they want to come home. Yes. Yes, that's that's the plan.

[00:04:28]Give people a safe, comfortable place to come to. Yeah. And so, I'm I'm glad you're liking it.

[00:04:33]>> this.

[00:04:35]Oh, the rope light. Yeah, just the little touches. We call that Emmanuel's touch.

[00:04:39]>> Emmanuel's touch.

[00:04:40]That's right. Yeah. And then the outdoor kitchen upstairs?

[00:04:44]>> Yes, that whole thing. Everybody knows I want an outdoor kitchen. Oh, okay.

[00:04:50]Everybody knows I that's what I want. I want an outdoor kitchen, and this one has everything I want. I would probably add a couple more bedrooms. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:04:57]>> But >> [music] >> this is perfect. The style, the design is perfect. Yeah. So. I love the height of the ceilings and the doors, you know, um it just that even adds to, you know, [music] the feel of it making it bigger.

[00:05:11]Yeah. Mhm. I love everything about this house. It's nice. You got me like awake, like, "Okay." It's possible, so you can see it can be done. Yes. And for a reasonable cost when you compare it to the US, definitely. So.

[00:05:24]>> Yeah, this has got me excited.

[00:05:26]Well, great. Great. I am so glad that you like it.

[00:05:30]>> Proud of you.

[00:05:32]Thank you, sir.

[00:05:33]We work hard. We work really hard to give our people the best.

[00:05:39]And And even that air conditioning, right?

[00:05:42]It's hot. Uh-huh. Yeah. This is This is wind. Where did you get this from?

[00:05:48]I got that in the car at at a light place, a lighting place, a place where you could get lights and fans and things like that. Yeah. Now, are you going to put a fan up in here?

[00:06:00]No, we have the air conditioner there.

[00:06:02]Oh, okay. See that See that air conditioner way up there? That'll take care of all that. So, we're not going to put a fan. We have a fan up here though.

[00:06:10]Okay. Right, on the landing. Yeah, we got two fans up there, so we'll be set with that those fans blowing that there.

[00:06:18]That's going to be just sort of like a seating area.

[00:06:21]Mhm.

[00:06:28]Take it anywhere come and getting on top. Get out the way. They I would like to get that. Easy easy easy easy.

[00:06:36]He's um blocking. Yeah, first they were they were loving each other and then this one come and he got all in the way. Get off.

[00:06:45]And they're into it.

[00:06:47]Yeah.

[00:06:49]The The whiteish one is the child.

[00:06:52]Oh, the little one? The little one, yeah. Oh, that's the child. Oh, okay.

[00:06:55]Okay. Well, all right then. He's getting the motherly love feeding. Oh.

[00:07:00]All right then.