Phil Darko

Background

About Phil Darko

Philip has grounded his nonprofit career with a strong believe that, no matter where someone was born, and where they live, they should be able to lead a thriving and successful life. He therefore, effectively provides leadership assistance to Village Samaritans to ensure 21st Century sustainable programs that impact lives and society. Prior to his leadership at Village Samaritans, he worked with ISODEC in Ghana as a Regional Engineer on World Bank and Ghana Government Rural Water & Sanitation Projects. He has also been an active volunteer with service organizations ranging from Rotary International to Red Cross. Philip has embarked on various rural nonprofit projects in program planning and implementation, monitoring & evaluation, training, gender, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Rural Microflush Digester Toilets, Capacity Building, Business Management, Innovative Social Enterprise, and many more. Philip obtained his Master's degree in Business Technologies from the George Washington University, USA after graduating in Civil Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. To help create more preventive awareness during the Covid-19 pandemic in low income communities, he studied and obtained a Certificate in Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology from the John Hopkins University. He also holds an executive level certificate in Planning and Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.