Wednesday, 26th July, 2023 – The Cocoa Communities Library Project (CCLP) has been launched in Adugyama in the Ashanti Region of Ghana to promote reading in rural communities and improve reading literacy skills among pupils at the basic school level in ten cocoa-growing communities in the Ahafo Ano Southwest and Ahafo Ano Southeast districts of the…
DetailsSaturday, July 8, 2023 – Thirteen young Ghanaian professionals, aged between 21 and 35 have graduated from the Young Impact Associates (YIA) Program, a one-year professional development and leadership program in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL). The graduation ceremony was held at the main campus of Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated…
DetailsBy: Anne L. Buffardi, Victoria Ampiah & Nathaniel Amoh Boateng ABSTRACT In the growing literature on youth transitions, comparatively little attention has been paid to the role that young people play as providers, particularly support for people outside of a nuclear family unit. Based on 92 interviews with 44 young adults living in rural Ghana,…
DetailsUnderstanding the key features of vulnerability and exclusion in Ghana is central to adapting social policy and social protection responses to address the root causes, rather than symptoms, of shock and exclusion. In this study we document and assess the distinct experiences of vulnerability to shock and exclusion in three illustrative areas of Ghana to…
DetailsPDA Ghana tries out causal mapping! By PDA Ghana | 15 November 2022 | News Participatory Development Associates (PDA) has collaborated with Bath SDR since 2016 to implement several QuIPs (evaluations using the Qualitative Impact Protocol) and other research projects across Ghana and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, undertaking hundreds of in-depth interviews, FGDs,…
DetailsIn the third quarter of 2022, a total of 23 child abuse cases were recorded on the PDA Child Abuse Tracker. 76 percent of the total recorded cases were sexual abuse. The data further indicates that a whopping 36 percent of the child abuse cases were perpetrated by guardians and relatives. Click here for more…
DetailsVSLA-CHILD (Ivory Coast) Introduction The VSLA-CHILD project in Ivory Coast is a financial inclusion and child labour remediation scheme that aims to improve the savings culture, provide access to micro-credit, increase the gender awareness and provide a platform for child labour sensitization among cocoa farmers. Update on Activities The 29 VSLA groups formed under the…
DetailsCHILD LABOR REMEDIATION Below is an update on the Nyonkopa Child Labor Remediation Project. ENDING OF PHASE I OF THE PROJECT During the third quarter of the year 2022, the Phase I of the Nyonkopa Child Labor Remediation Project came to an end. Between 2017 and 2019, PDA successfully remediated 4088 out of the…
DetailsThe Research, Evaluation and Learning (REL) unit has completed and submitted a number of project reports to clients over the past few months. While the unit has ongoing projects, it continues to scout for new business opportunities. Below is a summary of completed projects, ongoing projects and submitted proposals for new opportunities. Completed Projects…
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