VIBRANT VEGAN SOCIETY OF GHANA

Dr. Doe K.S. Nyamadi, aka Tivai is an Osteopath, Vegan, health advocate, musician & the Director of both Vibrant Vegan Society of Ghana (VVESOG) & The African Vegan. He is also co-founder of Seyenam Foods.

Tivai is an animal rights activist & has been very active in championing the vegan agenda in Ghana, with Animal Rights education & holistic health via workshops, monthly events & special projects.

He has a deep passion to inspire people to become vegans and his vision is to make veganism an easily-adopted and widely-recognised approach to reducing animal suffering and environmental degradation.

Vibrant Vegan Society of Ghana (VVESOG) is a Non-profit Making Organization which was formed in 2016 & duly incorporated in 2017.

Our main objective is to raise awareness about veganism to non-vegans & vegans; bring all vegans under one umbrella & provide education on a vegan diet & lifestyle.

The Society has so far organized monthly events for 3 and half years, including free vegan food samplings at the Aburi Botanical Gardens & the Legon Botanical Gardens, which had an attendance close to 1000 people. In March and April 2021, we organized an environmental workshop & a vegan mini-expo, respectively.

In July 2021, we’ll hopefully organize a free cooking demonstration coupled with education on veganism & a Veganfest in November.

We promote a lifestyle that excludes, as far as possible and practical, all forms of exploitation and cruelty to animals. We also do acknowledge the enormous benefits of going vegan, i.e health improvement, conservation of our water bodies, rainforest, wildlife, a solution to world hunger, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions & environmental impact, and the like.

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HOW’S LIFE IN GHANA TIVAI – HAS COVID HIT HARD?

In Ghana, between 3rd January 2020 to 6th May 2021, there have been 92,828 confirmed cases of Covid-19 & 783 deaths reported. The Advent of this novel virus has adversely affected businesses & the livelihoods of citizens.

HOW HAS THE VEGAN SCENE BEEN AFFECTED?

Vegan restaurants & vegan chefs who cook to order, have reported a reduction in sales / low patronage.

Vegan activism has taken a nose dive generally, although we are trying our best to reinvigorate the status quo.

ANY RECENT POSITIVES?

Very significant; The President & various public Health Authorities have advised citizens to boost their immunity by eating lots of vegetables & fruits, thus a recent crave to consume more veggies & less Animal products.

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HOW BIG IS THE VEGAN SCENE IN GHANA RIGHT NOW?

It’s growing steadily & looks extremely good. I personally receive not less than 10 requests weekly from non-vegans who need assistance / orientation to transition to a vegan lifestyle.

YOU HAVE SOME EVENTS HAPPENING EVERY MONTH, THAT’S CORRECT?

Yes. Monthly events are one of our mediums or channels adopted to raise vegan awareness.

WOULD YOU SAY IT IS SET TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS?

Yes, the awareness is getting to the country people, & inhabitants in other regions are also in dire need of vegan events. With adequate funds & support, it will grow immensely in a few years to come.

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DRIVING FORCE RIGHT NOW FOR VEGANISM?

Health!. A lot of people want to ditch meat & other animal products basically due to health reasons.

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GHANAIAN CULTURE MUST BE RICH IN PLANT BASED CULTURE – TELL US A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE BEST NATIONAL PLANT BASED INFLUENCES

There has been an increase in plant-based vegan restaurants & chefs over the past few years.

Some medics and public health practitioners are consciously promoting plant-based diets as a means of preventing and/ or reversing ailments.

A few of our Traditional Ghanaian foods:

- Red Red - Black eyed beans + Plantain + cassava granules

- Kooko + Koose + Groudnuts

- Yam/Plantain + Kontonmire stew or garden egg stew

- Kelewele

- Agbeli kaklo

- Waakye + shito + stew + avocado + veggies - Banku / Akple + Okro stew / soup

- Kenkey

- Tuo Zaafi

- Omo Tuo

- Abolo - Kokonte - Akyeke

- Mpotompoto

- Yakeyake

- Dzowe

etc.

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IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ANIMAL RIGHTS AND ETHICAL VEGANISM AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN PLANT BASED FOOD OPTIONS?

There is very little understanding of animal rights & Ethical veganism. Almost everyone who decides to eat vegan, does so because of health reasons. Although that’s not enough reason to go vegan, I personally consider it a stepping stone or foundation to a more deeper realisation of the vegan philosophy.

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ANY FAMOUS VEGANS FROM GHANA? APART FROM YOURSELF OF COURSE...

The Late Nathan Kwasi Adu Nana Kofi Tuuda (Agogo Nkabomhene and the Asante Nkonim Kuromhene in North America)

Dr. Obadele Kambon, PhD

Camidoh

Okyeame Kwame

Dr. Prince Yadiel

Kindly donate generously to support us increase vegan awareness in Ghana. Contact:

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+233(0)209046833/+233(0)542162649

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