Guides
Practical answers for families and organisers in Ghana: planning funerals and weddings, asking for contributions, and keeping an honest record of every cedi.
Funerals
Planning a funeral, asking for and recording contributions, and thanking everyone.
- How to ask for funeral contributions (with WhatsApp message samples)Respectful wording for asking family, friends, church members and colleagues to support a funeral, with WhatsApp messages you can copy and adapt.
- Funeral contribution list template (and how to keep it accurate)A simple funeral donation list template with the columns families in Ghana need, plus how to record MoMo, bank and cash donations without mistakes.
- How to plan a funeral in Ghana: a step-by-step guideFrom the first family meeting to the thanksgiving service: what to arrange, who to involve and how to manage the money when planning a funeral in Ghana.
- How much does a funeral cost in Ghana? Expenses list and budgetWhat families in Ghana spend on a funeral, a full list of funeral expenses, and a budget template to plan yours and track it against contributions.
- Thank-you messages for funeral contributions (from the family)Sample appreciation messages from the bereaved family to friends, church, colleagues and associations who supported the funeral, ready to copy.
- How to write a funeral tribute for the brochure (with examples)How to write a tribute to a late father, mother, husband, wife or grandparent for a Ghanaian funeral brochure, with a simple structure and examples.
- Funeral programme outline in Ghana: order of service and brochure contentsA typical order of service for a Ghanaian burial service, and what to put in the funeral brochure, from the biography to the tributes and acknowledgements.
- How much should you give at a funeral in Ghana?Funeral donation etiquette in Ghana: what decides how much to give, giving as a group, and how to give by MoMo when you can't attend.
- Funeral donation receipt: what to include (with a sample)What a funeral donation receipt in Ghana should include, a sample you can copy, and how to issue receipts for MoMo and cash without errors.
- One-week observation, final funeral rites and other Ghanaian funeral terms explainedWhat the one-week observation, burial service, final funeral rites, thanksgiving service and nsawa (funeral donations in Twi) mean at a Ghanaian funeral.
Weddings
Budgets, contributions and programmes for your wedding.
- Wedding budget in Ghana: a sample budget templateA sample wedding budget for Ghana covering the traditional marriage, church or court wedding and reception, with tips for a simple, low-cost wedding.
- Wedding contribution request messages (and a contribution list)Polite wedding contribution request messages for friends, family and colleagues, how a wedding committee works, and a list to record every contribution.
- Wedding programme outline in Ghana: church service and receptionA typical order for a Ghanaian church wedding and reception, what to print in the wedding programme, and how to share it with guests by link.
Fundraising
Raising money in Ghana for a cause, a church or someone in need.
- Does GoFundMe work in Ghana? How to raise money online in GhanaGoFundMe can't pay out to organisers in Ghana. What that means, the workaround through someone abroad, and how to raise money with MoMo instead.
- Church fundraising letter (with a sample) and harvest programme outlineA sample fundraising letter for a church building project or harvest, a typical harvest programme outline, and how to record and receipt every pledge and gift.