Heap of polythenes in Bawku
It is so visible when one enters the community. Sanitation is a general attitudinal problem that need to be tackled head-on.
It is so visible when one enters the community. Sanitation is a general attitudinal problem that need to be tackled head-on.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least one person has died after contracting the virus in the country’s north-east, the WHO says. The Congolese health ministry had notified the WHO of a “lab-confirmed case” of Ebola, it added on Twitter. More than 11,000 people died in the…
Project Name: Impact Study of Root Capital’s Agricultural Enterprises that link Smallholder Farmers to Market in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire (Root Capital Inc.) Project Period: April 2017 – December 2020 The study is mainly quantitative, and uses the experimental difference-in-difference framework to design and assess impact of Root Capital’s financial support for smallholder farmers. More…
Project Name: Impact Evaluation (pilot, baseline and endline) of British Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme Project Period: 2015 to 2018 PDA was hired to partner in the impact evaluation of this global education programme being implemented from 2015 to 2018. The programme is co-funded by the British Council and DFID. PDA is handling specific tasks in…
Each year, about 15 million girls are married as minors around the world. Widely known as “child marriage,” campaigners say the practice puts girls at increased risk of violence and abuse, and impacts their health and education. Eliminating it is a target of Sustainable Development Goal 5.3. But some activists argue that the term “child marriage” fails to…
Effective training is a critical building block of any successful mobile data collection project. Data management systems require ongoing maintenance updates. Without a deep understanding of how the technology works it can be difficult for an organization to manage and sustain the solution over time. With Dimagi’s partners, we strongly emphasize CommCare app training and capacity building across…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Women in West Africa dominate the fishing value chain and often handle the finances related to fishing. Artisanal fishing is under threat, but better governance and improved surveillance systems are making a difference in some countries. Women are increasingly included in the co-management of fisheries with the support of the World Bank-funded West…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Denkyira West, Mr Daniel Appianin, has said that Captain Maxwell Mahama who was lynched on Monday at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, was part of some military personnel who were protecting Chinese small-scale illegal miners (galamsey) in a distant forest at Aminase. In a radio interview on Accra…
Farmers are aging but who will take their place when they retire? Although the aging demographic structure of farmers offers an opportunity for young people who are unemployed, only a few are willing to take up a profession in farming. Youth participation in agriculture has been inhibited by a myriad of reasons, including access to…