How to Order Funeral Brochures in Ghana from the UK or US — Without Flying Home Early

When a parent or elder dies at home in the Upper East and you are in London, Manchester, New York or Toronto, you carry two burdens at once: the grief, and the organising. The funeral may be months away — long enough for you to plan, too far for you to supervise. The printed materials are usually the part the family abroad takes on, because they require money, taste and coordination. Here is how to do it without losing sleep — or being at the mercy of a cousin's friend who "knows a printing guy."

The five problems diaspora families face

1. You can't see anything. You send money, you're told it's handled, and you find out at the funeral that the programmes have your mother's name misspelled.
2. Money disappears into the middle. Funds pass through relatives, and what reaches the printer is less than what left your account.
3. Nobody owns the deadline. Everyone assumes someone else is following up, and the printing becomes a crisis in the final week.
4. The cultural details slip. Titles, the order of rites, which names must appear and in what order — things that matter enormously and that a printer without cultural fluency will not catch.
5. Time zones eat the corrections. By the time you wake up and see the proof, the person handling it in Ghana has gone to farm.

How ordering from abroad should work

We built our diaspora service around fixing exactly those five problems:

1. Message us directly on WhatsApp — you, not an intermediary. Tell us about your loved one and the funeral date. We reply the same day, in English, Gurene, Kusaal or Dagbani.
2. We gather the story together. Biography, tributes, family listings, photographs — we guide you through what's needed and help write what grief makes hard to write. Old or damaged photos are fine; we restore them.
3. You approve every proof, in writing, on your phone. Nothing prints until you and the family head have confirmed every name, title and date. We work to your time zone for proof reviews.
4. You pay us directly — Mobile Money or bank transfer, 50% deposit to begin, the itemised balance only after you approve the final proofs. No money through middlemen.
5. We deliver to the family house or funeral grounds and send you photographs of the materials in place, before the first mourner arrives. You see it done from your own phone.

When to start

Ten days before the funeral is comfortable; seven is workable; less than that, message us anyway and we will tell you honestly what is possible. But here is the truth most families learn late: funerals in the Upper East are often set months ahead, around the dry season — the best time to start is the week the date is set, even if that is half a year away. Early families get unhurried tribute writing, careful photo restoration, and zero rush.

What it costs

Each funeral is quoted individually — itemised, in writing, in Ghana cedis, before any deposit. As a guide, complete packages typically start around the cost of a good funeral cloth. Message us on WhatsApp from anywhere in the world and we will walk you through it: start the conversation here.