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Celebrate Mothers' Day with alleged witches @ Kukuo
Mother's Day is intended to be a day to celebrate motherhood. The Day has become widely accepted and celebrated in Ghana every year. Mothers’ Day is just a few days away and Ghanaians, like all...

by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Wednesday, 9 May 2012 - 5:57pm
Solidarity walk with alleged witches
As part of activities to commemorate this year’s 16 days of activism, ActionAid Ghana and partner Songtaba organised a 2-day conference of stakeholders on the announced disbandment of the six alleged...
by:
Edward Akapire
Thursday, 15 December 2011 - 12:04pm
16Days

Africa

witchcraft

Ghana

Womens Rights
Walking in solidarity with the alleged witches
Just last week, 29th- 30th November, ActionAid Ghana organised a stakeholder conference calling for the safe disbandment of alleged witches’ camps in Ghana. A communiqué was issued at the close of...
by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Thursday, 8 December 2011 - 4:56pm
Womens Rights
Multinational enterprises must stop profit shifting and pay their corporate income taxes
Multinational enterprises must stop profit shifting and pay their corporate income taxes By Emmanuel Budu Addo – HoF, ActionAid Ghana Many developing countries such as Ghana hosts...

by:
Thelma Dwamenah
Wednesday, 7 December 2011 - 10:48am
Communique by ActionAid and Stakeholders on the disbandment of alleged witches' camps
We stakeholders of the alleged witches camps in the northern region of Ghana having met in Tamale at Radach Memorial Lodge on the 29th and 30th December 2011, and deliberated on the existence of the...
by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 - 2:49pm
Africa

witchcraft

Ghana

Womens Rights
Poor rains threaten food security in Sassala East District in the Upper West region of Ghana
Poor rain fall has caused the wilting of many crops in the Sissala East District. The rains which started late (July) also ended earlier than expected – by September when many crops require water to...
by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Wednesday, 9 November 2011 - 5:42pm
Africa

Sahel drought

Food rights

Ghana

Womens Rights
Greece supporters learn how to process local food stuffs
Greece supporters learn how to process local food stuffs In a very jubilant and loving mood, 65 ActionAid supporters from Greece spent four days in Kyekyewere, one of ActionAid Ghana’s communities...
by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Friday, 4 November 2011 - 6:45pm
Food rights
65 ActionAid supporters from Greece help build a 3-unit classroom block at Kyekyewere
Kyekyewere, one of ActionAid Ghana’s 20 communities in the deprived Ga South Municipality was set agog when the vehicles conveying a group of 65 ActionAid supporters from Greece landed at the local...
by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Tuesday, 1 November 2011 - 4:56pm
Africa

Education

Ghana
ActionAid Ghana mourns Efo Kojo Mawugbe’s death
Efo Kojo Mwaugbe’s last play Cinderama – a Ghanaian retelling of Cinderella - was the magnet that brought ActionAid Ghana, The Ghana National Theatre and Efo in particular together to forge a...
by:
Washington Nuworkpor
Sunday, 30 October 2011 - 12:00am
Africa

Ghana
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN OBSERVANCE UNDER THE THEME “HIGH FOOD PRICES: MEET NEEDS OF WOMEN FARMERS”
ActionAid has been joining the community of nations to observe 15th October as the International Day of Rural Women instituted by UN in 2007 (UN Resolution Day A/Res/42/136/2007) to draw...

by:
Thelma Dwamenah
Thursday, 20 October 2011 - 11:14am
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN OBSERVANCE UNDER THE THEME “HIGH FOOD PRICES: MEET NEEDS OF WOMEN FARMERS”
ActionAid has been joining the community of nations to observe 15th October as the International Day of Rural Women instituted by UN in 2007 (UN Resolution Day A/Res/42/136/2007) to draw...

by:
Thelma Dwamenah
Thursday, 20 October 2011 - 11:13am
Better living without chemicals
Asutaure is a lush plain circled by majestic hills and just a few miles to the west of the vast Volta dam. Gravity kindly powers the irrigation channels that make this such a fertile place to grow...
by:
Damian Rafferty
Friday, 2 September 2011 - 8:36pm
Africa

Eastern Region

rice

sustainable agriculture

Food rights

Ghana

HungerFREE
ActionAid really helped my community
My name is Awuffor Damata Nangoty. I am a girl of 20 years old and I started my education in Mayamam E.P. Primary which was built by ActionAid of Ghana. And they give us polytank for...
by:
Awuffor Damata Nangoty
Thursday, 1 September 2011 - 4:24pm
Africa

Education

Ghana
How ActionAid Ghana helped me
My name is Alice Akuka. I am currently a youth employment teacher. I am married with children Priscilla Awinso, and Ezekiel Awini. I am 28 years old and have completed SSSCE. I completed Bawku...
by:
Alice Akuka
Thursday, 1 September 2011 - 2:51pm
child sponsorship

Education
Hunger eradication? Look no further than Mahama Yamig
Mahama is a living example of how simple support for women farmers - in things like tools, seeds and know-how - can help eradicate hunger and change women’s lives.Mahama lives in Namgodi village in...
by:
Brendan O'Donnell
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 - 12:29pm
Africa

Food rights

Ghana

HungerFREE