$5,000 to set up a revolving loan scheme for group members as well as to train members and executives in group dynamics, business and credit management. This will enable women with hearing impairment to increase their knowledge and capital base to improve upon their businesses and household income.
$30,000 to support the skills training of members in diverse vocations including hairdressing, dressmaking, catering and food processing. Beneficiaries will be provided with startup capital upon completion. Part of the funds will also be used to set up a production unit at the WUAAG multi-purpose centre. The provision of skills training to these women living […]
3,780 to support the participation of the President of WUAAG in the 2011 ICASA
$1000 to organize a quiz competition for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS
$1000 to interact with people living with HIV and encourage people to take up voluntary counseling and testing on the University Campus.
$10,000 for the purchase of a printing machine to strengthen LIHOP’s note book production project. This project will provide income to women living with HIV&AIDS.
$20,000 to support the core cost of its operations especially in areas of payment of rent, staff salaries and running its counseling and support services for survivors of violence. Facilities for the provision of effective psycho-social support for survivors of violence are quite uncommon in Ghana despite the rise in the rates of gender based […]
$8,000 to train selected anti-witchcraft coalition members to advocate and educate communities on reduction of stigma, allegations of witchcraft and subsequent banishments of accused women from their communities and also to screen the documentary on ‘Witches of Gambaga’ in the 3 northern regions of Ghana.
$30,000 to provide training, mentoring and capacity building for 15 female lawyers from the Greater Accra Region; to organize awareness and sensitize activities on laws promoting and protecting women’s rights through radio programmes. Part of the grant will be used to provide legal aid support for 50 women.
$40,000 to support the production and airing of the Standpoint programme on Ghana Television for a period of one year. This is a TV programme that discusses issues very pertinent to women. Many of the issues covered are rarely discussed in public