Since 2014 — Accra, Ghana
There is something inside every person.
A gift. A talent. A purpose. For more than twelve years Red Wash has been built on one conviction: that every individual has been given a gift by God — and that when it is discovered, developed and surrendered to His purpose, it becomes an instrument for change.
A boy holds the ball and looks straight at the camera · Accra, 5 April 2014
The conviction
What if the difference between an ordinary life and an extraordinary one is simply discovering what God placed inside you — and understanding what it was meant for?
The name carries a deeper meaning. Red represents the blood of Jesus Christ — the blood that washes and redeems. The foundation of Red Wash is rooted in the Word of God.
We believe humanity's greatest hope is not found in talent, education, wealth or achievement. It is found in God. His Word guides us. His Word transforms us. His Word gives purpose to what He has placed inside us.
Red Wash exists at the intersection of faith, talent, purpose and service.
The three-part mission
We don’t believe a God-given gift should exist without purpose.
Discover
We help people discover the gifts and talents God has placed inside them. Sometimes a child's greatest gift is not found in a textbook. Sometimes it is found in a song, on a football field, on a stage, or in a poem.
Understand
Talent without purpose can easily become an instrument for the wrong things. So we help people understand why they were given the gift, what it is meant to accomplish, and who it is meant to serve.
Deploy
We create environments, provide resources and offer the support that allows those talents to be developed and used for their intended purpose — to serve, to impact, to transform.
How it started
No structures. No facilities. Just a conviction.
It began simply. We went into schools. There were no elaborate structures, no large facilities, no complicated programmes. Just a conviction, and a willingness to serve.
Volunteers gave their time. Resources were provided. And young people were given something they badly needed: a space to discover themselves.
We introduced creative activities that let young people explore what they are naturally gifted in — music, sport, poetry, acting, performance. Sometimes all a young person needs is someone to look at them and say: there is something inside you. Let's help you discover it.
Red Friday
A different kind of Friday night.
REDLIVE exists to provide a spiritually and morally healthier alternative — quality Christian entertainment through live performance, talk shows and interactive fun, while giving talented Christian entertainers a platform to show their gifts.
Inside a Red Friday →Beyond talent
Sometimes the barrier is simply access.
Sometimes talent needs more than encouragement. Sometimes potential needs opportunity. And sometimes the biggest barrier between a young person and their future is simply access.
So Red Wash steps beyond talent development into practical support. We help young people with their education — from primary school and JSS through to senior high school and university. We pay school fees. We provide scholarships. We support young people who need someone to believe enough in their future to invest in it.
We don't just want to tell people they have potential. We want to help create the conditions for that potential to become reality.
Volunteers gave their time.
The team that ran the day · Accra, 5 April 2014
Become a partner
When talent discovers purpose, impact becomes inevitable.
Red Wash is not simply about music, or sport, or education, or events. It is about people — and about refusing to let what God placed inside someone go to waste. Partnering with us puts resources behind that.
Become a partner