Pan African Organization For Sustainable Development Posdev, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Building an alliance of African NGOs committed to the empowerment of local grassroots movements as the driving force for attaining self-reliant sustainable development and social justice in Africa.

The challenge for African NGOs to maximize their capacities and resources has made networking and coalitions an imperative for proving the effectiveness of NGOs as service providers to grassroots populations.

They are also advocacy agents who protect the interests of grassroots populations vis-à-vis the State and other policy makers. This challenge, together with that for African NGOs to be sustainable and credible have also contributed to the need to pool resources to achieve economies of scale for maximum impact and to avoid duplication of efforts.

Manye Foundation, N.g.o, Tema, Ghana, West Africa

The Manye Foundation is a small non-governmental organization (NGO) that assists migrant families in Kpone Barrier, Ghana, West Africa. The main operation of the foundation is overseeing a primary school that offers a merger of traditional and enhanced curriculum.

The foundation also administers other programs with the goal of accessible, relevant, and enjoyable education. We are a small organization that relies on volunteer work, local support, and hard work. Although we try to lay out our programs in a systematic order, you should recognize that beyond Manye Academy, many of these services are provided informally, as a need arises. As we expand, more of our programs are becoming fully integrated and institutionalized.

The Manye Foundation is located in a squatter settlement of migrant families in Kpone Barrier, Ghana. We are right along the prime meridian, right along the Gulf of Guinea coast in the middle of West Africa. We are on the outskirts of Tema, Ghana’s main port east of Accra. Kpone (pronounced ‘Pohn’) is the name of a nearby fishing village on the other side of the main road between Accra and Togo.

The ‘Barrier’ comes from the police barrier along that main highway, established under Jerry Rawlings to stop armed robbers.

Many wealthy Ghanaians are beginning to build homes in our village, providing jobs for the squatters, yet eventually forcing them to move out. Presently, most family members make cement blocks, are carpenters, or electricians for housing construction. Some family members are “rag-pickers,” individuals who scavenge through the “boiler” (dump) for resalable goods.

Nearly all farmers also farm, including goats, peppers, and other crops.

Friends Of Suffering Humanity, Bolgatanga, Ghana, West Africa

Friends of Suffering Humanity (SUHUF) has its origins as far back as March 14, 2003. A workshop on human trafficking was held in Bolgatanga for ten (10) Rev.Sisters from different districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana.

Africatrust Network Foundation, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa

Africatrust Network Foundation is a Ghanaian non-governmental organization [NGO] with the headquarters in Kumasi, Ghana/ Africa

The NGO recruits and selects volunteers from the United Kingdom, European Union, Canada and the United States and place them on projects throughout Ghana.

Africatrust Network Foundation was formed and registered in October, 2001 by Dr Kofi Kwansah-Filson with the objective of promoting inter-cultural exchange of ideas, beliefs, values and a better understanding among peoples.

PROJECTS:

Africatrust Network Foundation has thirty [30] project sites spread throughout Ghana.

Volunteers work in basic schools, orphanages, conservation facilities, institutions for People with Disability [PWD], Community initiated Projects and Advocacy on emerging social challenges.
The projects are located in the rural and urban communities of Ghana.

The volunteers are given the profiles of these projects at the beginning of the Orientation course and they select their project sites by the end of the two week course.

United Nations Development Programme Undp Ghana, Takoradi, West Africa

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to build a better life.

UNDP has a presence and an unrivalled track-record in supporting national development efforts in 166 countries. Its current priority is to help all countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

The UNDP Ghana Country Office is a valued, trusted and reliable adviser to, and development partner with, the Ghana Government and other stakeholders in national development.

As Ghana builds its own development solutions, UNDP provides ideas for strategic development projects and capacity building in support of continued efforts to eradicate pockets of extreme poverty, improve gender equality, reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, promote and protect human rights and enhance environmental management.

UNDP also supports Ghana's aspirations to achieve development gains in poorer countries through several South-South initiatives.

Thevision/thevisiononline.net, Buduburam, Ghana, West Africa

The Vision is a Community-based ‘Voluntary Refugee Journalists’ Media Group’. It is a bi-monthly, eight-page newspaper, and its corresponding online version,TheVisionOnline.net committed to reporting on human rights and socio-economic issues.

The Paper is published by Communication for Awareness and Development (CAD), a Buduburam community-based organization (CBO) in collaboration with the Liberian Journalists Union, Ghana (LIJU).

The Vision is currently being published for the past years without a sponsorship, and its staff are looking forward to International or local sponsorship to enhance its production aimed at achieving its objectives toward meeting the critical needs of its readership.

The Vision exists to bridge the information and communication gap between the refugees, the host communities and the government of Ghana; providing the refugee community and the Ghanaian public with diverse news coverage on environmental, educational and public health issues. The newspaper sensitizes on affirmative action and social developmental concerns.

The paper additionally creates awareness in the areas of advocacy, and the promotion of human rights issues, which are intrinsically very important for refugees and many Ghanaians. The Vision is a specialized paper dedicated to reporting exclusive issues on HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Health and sanitation, and the Environment.

Abandon Child Ministries Inc, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Our vision as a team organization is to protect and enhance the lives of abandon children, to preserve their future and to avoid the act of inflicting needless pains and suffering.

To instill common moral denigrate, honesty, truthfulness and responsible action in disadvantaged children. To build hope rather then despair, truth instead of ignorance, joy rather then guilt or sin, tolerance in the place of fear, love instead of hatred and compassion over selfishness.

We seek to respect the right of suffering children to develop them into mature adult that will allow them to fulfill their aspirations, to access comprehensive and informed health care and die with dignity.

We therefore call on peace loving citizens of our global world to embrace and support our vision in rescuing the abandon and disadvantaged children.

Divog - Disaster Volunteers Of Ghana, Ho, West Africa

Disaster Volunteers of Ghana (DIVOG) is a volunteer based, non profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organisation (NGO) registered in Ghana and working to assist in the improvement of the lot of the vulnerable and deprived in society through volunteer programs and projects in education, health and community initiated programs and other integrated rural development projects that worked in developing countries.

DIVOG Volunteer Programs head office is based in Ho Municipality which is the Volta Region of Ghana. DIVOG has worked with some individual volunteers of the American Peace Corps Ghana, Stacy Kreger in Awudome Senior High School, and Peter Sodden in Amedzofe Community in their communities.

Some staff of DIVOG also worked with DC Care International, Evangel Community Mission, Ghana, Save Windows and Orphanage Development Center and International Medical Student Volunteers from the Section for Tropical Medicine, Slovenia.

Abandon Child Ministries Inc, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Our vision as a team organization is to protect and enhance the lives of abandon children, to preserve their future and to avoid the act of inflicting needless pains and suffering.

To instill common moral denigrate, honesty, truthfulness and responsible action in disadvantaged children. To build hope rather then despair, truth instead of ignorance, joy rather then guilt or sin, tolerance in the place of fear, love instead of hatred and compassion over selfishness.

We seek to respect the right of suffering children to develop them into mature adult that will allow them to fulfill their aspirations, to access comprehensive and informed health care and die with dignity. We therefore call on peace loving citizens of our global world to embrace and support our vision in rescuing the abandon and disadvantaged children.

African American Homeschoolers Networ, Agogo, Ghana, West Africa

The African American Homeschoolers Network (AAHN) is an organization established for families seeking educational resources. Founded by Meka Hunt and Akosua Boateng in 2002, the network has grown consistently.

AAHN is partnered with the Youth Institute of Science and Technology (YIST) located in Accra, Ghana.

This NGO provides education to children in Africa. It has a training and internship program for teachers.

This program allows students in American colleges to travel to Africa to learn valuable teaching skills and practice their skills in the classroom. YIST includes GIST, an educational program specifically designed for the education of girls.