Initiatives Of Change International Iofc Ghana, Accra, West Africa

Initiatives of Change is a diverse, global network committed to building trust across the world’s divides. It comprises people of many cultures, nations, beliefs and backgrounds who are committed to transforming society through changes in individuals and relationships, starting in their own lives.

It was first known as The Oxford Group, arising from its work among university students in the late 1920s. In 1938, as European nations re-armed military, its originator, Frank Buchman, called for ‘moral and spiritual rearmament’ as the way to build a ‘hate-free, fear-free, greed-free world’.

Following World War II, Moral Re-Armament (MRA), as it had become known, launched a programme of moral and spiritual reconstruction to foster change in private and public life based on a change in motivation and character.

It worked for reconciliation between France and Germany, and between Japan and many other Asian neighbours. It was involved in the process of decolonisation, and in forging industrial teamwork and harmonious race relations.

Ghana Information And Knowledge Sharing Network Ginks, Accra, Ghana

The whole purpose of GINKS is to provide the linkage between the essence of our vision and mission. Our business as a network is to create a structure through which all relevant ICT initiatives will be facilitated.

As a body, GINKS intends to act in this direction as both a catalyst and filling in the process of using ICT as a tool for development.

GINKS as a network operates in the following areas:. Commissioning research on ICTs and development, Publish an influential on-line and off-line quarterly newsletter, organise and participate in workshops, seminars and fora on ICT4D related themes in line with our mission and vision, undertake activities and programmes to generate and source for funds in aid of the network, relate to organisations and institutions in a strategic way to form fruitful partnership and build successful networks, GINKS also provide a united front for advocacy on ICTs for development themes and issues.

The Corner Stone Brotherhood, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

In furtherance to this, TCSB is dedicated to helping the disadvantaged unlock their potentials for service through free vocational training programmes offered through our department “Unlocking Potentials Concern Group”.

TCSB recognises that there’s greatness locked inside everybody, but some have this greatness enslaved by poverty. Our free vocational training programmes are therefore designed to eradicate this enslavement by equipping the poor with hands-on experience and the know-how required for success in the area of their training to help raise them from nobodies into testimonies. We do this to validate the biblical mandate to care for the poor and the needy, while validating vocation as an integral part of God purpose for our lives.

TCSB seeks to forgo the consideration of the natural differences for the advancement of our mission by providing the ground that promotes inalienable rights for all who come to us for training.
MISSION STATEMENT

“Pressing toward the goal” of carrying the message of salvation through Christ to the uttermost parts of the earth

Agricultural And Rural Development Foundation-ghana, Accra, West Africa

AGRUDEF is a voluntary, independent, development-oriented foundation committed to improving the lives, standard of living and employment prospects in the rural areas of Awutu-Effutu-Senya, District, Central Region of Ghana.

The main objective of AGRUDEF is to provide vocational training for the rural youth, especially the unemployed, in small-scale farming and other employable skills. With the often expressed concerns about environmental degradation in mind, participants will be introduced to ecologically sustainable methods of agriculture.

They will acquire the necessary skills through apprenticeship-style training in crop, animal production, extension services, environmental protection and community development schemes. With these approaches, income levels of the rural communities will rise, and hopefully, the draft of population towards urban areas will slow down.

On the basis of local community support which the foundation has cultivated, and its partnership with some organisations, it will be able to give hope to those who now have no hope, particularly the unemployed youth in the target areas.

The foundation was founded by a group of local professionals in 1997 as non-governmental, independent, voluntary and chartered in Ghana as development organisation, dedicated to promote sustainable agriculture, vocational training and comprehensive community development in the rural sector of the economy in Awutu-Effutu-Senya, Winneba, Central Region of Ghana.

Children Better Way, Inc, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Working with CBW is a very unique experience opportunity to live amongst the Liberian refugee community. Semeh Roberts and CBW efforts are to save the refugees; Approximately 30,000 Liberians live at this camp; they live in a country that they cannot call home and many of them have been there for ten years or more.

By becoming a volunteer and going to the camp to work with CBW you will make a direct impact on the lives of many displaced people.

There are thousands of children at this refugee camp who can use your help, but more importantly, be a loving presence in their lives

.Hopefully one day all the residents will be able to return home to Liberia, but in the meantime CBW wants to improve the plight of the refugees in Ghana or assist with the developing rural communities in Liberia. Whether you are working on CBW various projects or interacting with locals talking, playing with children, eating Liberian food or collaborating with CBW local volunteers you will make an amazing impact on Little Liberia?

Friedrich-ebert-stiftung Fes Ghana, Accra, West Africa

As a non-governmental and non-profit making Political Foundation based in over 100 countries throughout the world, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) is committed to the concepts and basic values of social justice, political participation and the labour movement.

Established in 1925, it carries the name of Germany’s first democratically elected president, Friedrich Ebert, and continues to promote his legacy of building freedom, solidarity and social democracy.

Rural Integrated Relief Service-ghana, Accra, West Africa

We have identified poverty on the parts of parents as the main causes of the problems. The organization has agreed with the opinion of the other research institution among other things that women should be empowered economically to support in the upkeep of family since women play a fundamental role in the upbringing of children.

It has also been found out that a strong correlation exist between nutrition and gender. The type of employment and income of women was shown to have impact on malnutrition?s. Regular in come for women reduced malnutrition in house holds as it improved women?s ability to take care for their families better.

The most nutritionally vulnerable groups are infants, young children and women, particularly those who are pregnant or lactating.

The multifaceted nature of the cause of malnutrion has long been identified. This is characterized by immediate and underlying causes such as household food insecurity, inadequate care for women and children inadequate health services all due to poverty.

The development of our human resource as a nation is hampered to a significant extent by problems associated with mal nutrition.

Nutrition has taken center stage in world politics and it has been identified as key in realizing the United Nations millennium development goals which focuses among other on the improvement of nutritional status thorough poverty alleviation and general sustainable socio-economic improvement (esp. women economic empowerment) in politically congenial environments such as Ghana.

Ghana Information And Knowledge Sharing Network Ginks, Accra, Ghana

The whole purpose of GINKS is to provide the linkage between the essence of our vision and mission. Our business as a network is to create a structure through which all relevant ICT initiatives will be facilitated. As a body, GINKS intends to act in this direction as both a catalyst and filling in the process of using ICT as a tool for development.

GINKS as a network operates in the following areas:. Commissioning research on ICTs and development, Publish an influential on-line and off-line quarterly newsletter, organise and participate in workshops, seminars and fora on ICT4D related themes in line with our mission and vision, undertake activities and programmes to generate and source for funds in aid of the network, relate to organisations and institutions in a strategic way to form fruitful partnership and build successful networks, GINKS also provide a united front for advocacy on ICTs for development themes and issues.

Ghana Wildlife Society Gws, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

The Society is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit making environmental organization which seeks to conserve wildlife in all its forms to ensure a better environment and improved quality of life for all people.

The GWS was first formed in the early 1970s but functioned for a few years and became dormant.

In 1991, it was revived by the Save the Seashore Birds Project – Ghana (SSPC-G), a project that aimed at protecting sea and shore birds and their coastal wetland habitats in Ghana.

When the SSBP-G ended in June 1994, the Society took over and continued the conservation activities initiated by the project.

Future Leaders Fun Club Ghana, Accra, West Africa

MASTER BENJAMIN YORKE QUANSAH (NATIONAL PRESIDENT) “ADMINA YOUTH FOUNDATION IS THE SAME AS Future Leaders Fun Club(FLFC)We are the world’s children.We are the victims of exploitation and abuse.

We are street children.We are the children of war. We are the victims and orphans of HIV/AIDS.

We are denied good-quality education and health care. We are victims of political, economic, cultural, religious and environmental discrimination.

We are children whose voices are not being heard: it is time we are taken into account. From the Children’s Forum at the UN Special Session on Children Values FLFC’s mission is rooted in the following values:

All children have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Parent should be the driving forces for their own family and economic development. Democracy grows out of grassroots participation and enterprise. Gender equity is mandatory for social transformation for all kids.

Stakeholder inclusivity and power-sharing inform FLFC’s decision making. Relationships are based on a foundation of trust and respect. Program design is client-driven.

Resource allocation choices are transparent and guided by sensitivity to the costs of operations and financial accountability to our clients, in recognition of flfc’s role as steward of resources intended for the poor child. Vision/Mission To improve the quality of life of the historically marginalized children without discrimination on the basis of class, caste, creed, race, age sex or religion.

What do they do? Future Leaders Fun Club is incorporated as a non-Profit Organization, working for community development the child, with special emphasis on women and children from poor homes, in Ghana, ; It is community-based organization The organization was founded in 2003 by a group of dedicated YOUNG kIDS, with the elder 15 years.

FUTURE LEADERS FUN CLUB has been working on different issues such as Youth Development, Child Rights, Primary Health Care, Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and STIs/HIV/AIDS etc. since 2003.

We arrange training workshops on various topics for instance; Leadership, STIs/HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, TIME Planning, etc The focus of FLFC is on bridging the Gap between the child from the poor home and those from the rich home.

(particularly in rural areas) through the participation of its own people. The role of FLFC is strengthening and empowering the CHILDREN IN communities to perceive their own problems/needs, and to solve them through collective action and participation.

Opportunities for Youth ? Promoting education and awareness among young people of Ghana on HIV/AIDS/STIs reproductive health and life skills, which some time parent find it difficult to talk. ? Care and Support of People Living with HIV/AIDS . ?

Establishing community based HIV/AIDS Counseling & reproductive health centers in existing seven field sites.