Latif Afishetu is one of the girls in Northern Region reached by our education programmes
Photo: Jane Hahn/Panos Pictures/ActionAid
Regional Rights Programme
Northern region has a long history of ethnic and chieftaincy-related conflicts and other emergencies emanating from perennial drought and bushfires.
Most people in the north practice farming maize, groundnut beans, rice and yam. They also keep cattle. They also engage in petty trading and production of Sheabata (oil extracted from shea nut tree).
ActionAid programmes in the north were operating under the North East which started in 1993-94 and in the North west region (1997 to 1998)which comprise two development programme areas of the Tamale Urban Development Programme and the Tamale Peri-Urban Programme.
The two regions of north east and north west merged to form one regional programme called Northern Region Development programme in 2008.
The new region has two development areas covering 16 districts of Cheroponi, Yendi, East and West Mamprusi, Tatale, Bimbilla Bambaga and Bunkpurugu.
Other districts covered are; Tolon, Savelugu, East, west and Central Gonja, Gushiegu, Damongo, Salaga and Bole.
ActionAid works with key selected partners to implement programmes in the themes of food rights, education rights and women’s rights.
HIV and Aids, human security in conflicts and emergencies, decentralisation and local governance programmes are implemented across all the thematic areas.
