Our Impact
What the work adds up to
Where DCROP works, what has changed there, and the people who can say whether it was worth it.
Impact in numbers
12,500+Students Engaged
240+Communities
60+Districts
85+Partner Organisations
120+Community Projects
60+Research Solutions
Where we work
DCROP works across the five northern regions — Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper East and Upper West — from the university’s four campuses. Select a marker to see the work in that place, or open the list underneath.
- DCROP Programmes
- Partner Communities
- UDS Campuses
- District Coverage
Select a markerChoose a place on the map, or open the list below, to see the work there.
- Northern4
- Savannah3
- Upper West3
- Upper East3
- North East2
See every community and campus as a list (15)
| Place | Region | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Nalerigu — Health partnership placements with the district hospital. | North East | Partner community |
| Walewale — Dry-season gardening and water management work. | North East | DCROP programme site |
| Gushegu — Soil restoration and agroforestry demonstration plots. | Northern | DCROP programme site |
| Nyankpala — Home of the directorate and the university’s agricultural campus. | Northern | UDS campus |
| Tamale — Central administration and the schools of medicine and allied health. | Northern | UDS campus |
| Yendi — Teaching practice and community-based education placements. | Northern | DCROP programme site |
| Damongo — Field practical placements in farming and natural resource management. | Savannah | DCROP programme site |
| Salaga — Community health outreach and school support placements. | Savannah | DCROP programme site |
| Sawla — Community nurseries and tree-planting partnerships. | Savannah | Partner community |
| Bawku — District-wide coverage through partner assemblies. | Upper East | District coverage |
| Bolgatanga — Partner assemblies and enterprise groups in the regional capital. | Upper East | Partner community |
| Navrongo — Applied sciences and engineering. | Upper East | UDS campus |
| Lawra — District-wide coverage through partner assemblies. | Upper West | District coverage |
| Tumu — Women’s enterprise groups and shea value-chain work. | Upper West | Partner community |
| Wa — Business, law and integrated development studies. | Upper West | UDS campus |
Where we work
Stories of change
Community voices
“UDS has brought new hope to our community.”
“The students did not come to teach us and leave. They worked the land with us for a whole trimester, and the trees they helped us plant are still standing.”
“When the directorate brings students to a district, they arrive with a plan we helped write. That is why the work lasts after they go.”
“I learned more about extension work in one trimester in the field than I could have read in three years. I also learned to listen first.”
“My placement was in a village clinic two hours from the campus. It is the reason I chose community health.”
“They helped us cost our shea butter properly. We had been selling below what it cost us to make.”
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