Ghana

 

Projects in Ghana

Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights (CEPEHRG)
LGBTI and HIV/AIDS Human Rights Intervention

To empower the LGBTI communities in seven regions of Ghana to fight stigma and discrimination through peer education and workshops on assertiveness and human rights; and to decrease the vulnerability of LGBTI people to sexually transmitted infections through sexual health education, counseling, testing and referrals for treatment.

Challenging Heights
Child Trafficking Survivors Support Network

To prevent and respond to child trafficking through public education and holistic support to survivors of child trafficking, those at risk of trafficking and their families.

Girls Growth and Development (GIGDEV)
Operation "End Streetism"

To prevent the migration of 280 vulnerable girls from rural to urban areas through vocational training and basic business management; to enhance the leadership skills of 20 assembly women through a workshop on women's rights and governance; and to build GIGDEV's staff capacity in strategic planning.

People's Dialogue on Human Settlements (PD)
Community-Led Response to HIV/AIDS

To improve quality of life in urban slum communities by supporting micro-enterprise projects for vulnerable women and providing school support to orphans and volunerable children; and to address HIV/AIDS by providing treatment and support to people living with HIV/AIDS and conducting community education campaigns.

Rural Education and Development Programme (REDEP)
Environmental Sanitation

To promote environmental conservation and community sanitation by training youth peer educators, supporting tree planting and holding workshops on environmental protection issues.

West Africa Project to Combat AIDS and STI Ghana (WAPCAS)
Ghana Sister-to-Sister HIV/AIDS Project

To reduce the transmission of HIV and other STIs among 600 female sex workers and their 500 non-paying partners through peer education, condom promotion, counseling and treatment; and to strengthen the integration of sex workers into the wider community through community dialogues and vocational training.

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