Participatory Development Associates has observed with deep concern reports of an incident of child marriage involving Gborbu Wulomo (a Ga traditional priest) and a 12-year-old girl. PDA unreservedly condemns this act and emphasizes that it is an affront to child rights protection in the country. 4 This case is more troubling, particularly due to the…
2023 was a year of making a difference across so many sectors in West Africa. Download and read about PDA’s impact last year here. PDA 2023 In Review: Our Impact
Walewale, North East Region, Ghana – Participatory Development Associates (PDA), a leading social research and development consultancy firm, hosted the 7th Annual Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Child Protection in Walewale on Thursday, 30th November 2023. The workshop, which was themed “Tackling Child Marriage in Northern Ghana: A Shift from the Rhetoric to Evidence-based Advocacy”, brought…
The much-anticipated maiden Cocoa Community Annual Reading Festival has been held in the Ahafo Ano Southeast district of the Ashanti Region. First of its kind in Ghana, the Annual Reading Festival forms part of Participatory Development Associates (PDA), and Magic Library Foundation’s (MLF) Cocoa Communities’ Library Project in Ghana. The project is intended to ignite…
The maiden Cocoa Communities’ Cluster-Level Reading Competition was hosted by PDA on the 11th and 12th of October 2023. The 2-day event saw ten schools within the Ahafo-Ano Southwest and Ahafo-Ano Southeast districts competing for the winning and first runner-up positions in each district to secure spots in the grand Annual Reading Festival slated for December 2023.…
In partnership with A Rocha Ghana, PDA’s Research Evaluation and Learning Unit is strengthening the capacities of nine (9) partner organizations (NGOs & CBOs) to support their quest to rally communities to combat the exploitation of natural reserves. This activity forms a component of a three-year project, “Strengthen the Roots” (StR), being implemented by A…
