Participatory Development Associates has held its first climate change workshop at the University of Ghana, Legon for tertiary students as part of its Change4Climate program in partnership with Climate Interactive. The event was attended by over 50 youth from selected tertiary institutions in Accra namely the Accra Technical University, Ghana Institute of Journalism and the…
PRESS RELEASE 6TH OCTOBER, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION MAKE MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY, INSTEAD OF GOLD CARAT WATCHES Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is by this press release calling on government to make mental health a priority by meeting its obligations to mental health patients at the country’s psychiatric hospitals for their smooth running. The…
Glowen Kyei-Mensah, Managing Director of Participatory Development Associates, named among Ghana’s leading network of Women Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders. This is a flagship project of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE) has released another comprehensive & inspiring list of the Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana following their earlier list of the 100…
Youth Forward focuses on economically disadvantaged young people, aged 15-24, living in Ghana and Uganda who are on a low income (living on less than $2 a day), out of school, unemployed or underemployed, and moving through a transition point in their life. Ghana has achieved significant economic growth and development since its transition to…
Ghana’s construction sector is a growth industry with potential to address youth unemployment. This paper identifies opportunities for young people to access jobs within the sector, as well as barriers preventing their participation. Low-cost housing is found to be the most promising sub-sector for young people to access employment. However, this requires government land and…
The brightly coloured plastic jugs once played a vital role transporting water during Ghana’s droughts. Now, they’re creating a new environmental catastrophe of their own. Seas of discarded yellow, blue and white containers – referred to locally as “Kufuor gallons” after the water crises endured under president John Kufuor in the early 2000s – have…