Partners: Barry Callebaut Nyonkopa Period: 2025 – Country of operation: Ghana Category: Child Protection and Welfare; Financial Inclusion (VSLAs) Project Snapshot: Participatory Development Associates (PDA), in partnership with Right to Play and Nyonkopa, is implementing the Child Labor Remediation and Referral Systems initiative to strengthen child protection structures across Ghana’s cocoa-growing regions. The project…
Partner: Alinea International Australia; Funded by the Australian Government Period: 2024 – Present Country of Operation: Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria Category: Climate-Responsive Agriculture; Research & Development; Livelihoods Project Snapshot Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is part of the Australia–Africa Partnership for Climate Responsive Agriculture Research (AAPCRA), an initiative funded by the Australian Government. Implemented…
Partner: Oxford Policy Management (OPM), Ghana Education Service (GES), Lively Minds Period: 2023 – 2025 Country of Operation: Ghana Category: Education & Literacy Project Snapshot Thrive is a multi-country research programme led by Oxford Policy Management (OPM) aimed at enhancing understanding of early childhood development (ECD) service delivery models. The initiative focuses on improving childhood health,…
Project Snapshot BRACE is a three-year project funded by the European Union, aimed at promoting sustainable environmental management in mining regions of Ghana. Implemented by A Rocha Ghana in collaboration with Nature Development Foundation and Wacam, the project focuses on enhancing community resilience in the Eastern, Ashanti, Western North, Western, and Ahafo Regions. Project…
Partners: Light for the World, Africa Disability Forum (ADF), Crosswise Works (CWW), Federation of Disability Organizations in Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal Period: 2023 – 2025 Country of Operation: Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal Category: Youth Welfare Project Snapshot “We Can Work” is an eight-year flagship initiative led by Light for the World in partnership with key…
PDA and Bath SDR are evaluating Global Affairs Canada’s five-year multi-million funding to Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans (SASL) for enterprise growth and development. Dubbed Financial Inclusion for Enterprise Development (FINEDEV), the project was expected to strengthen SASL’s capacity to provide enterprise loans to small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) that are unable to access credit…
PDA and Bath Social Development Research (Bath SDR) are working on a midline impact assessment for AgDevCo’s Irrigated Farming Hub at Babator in the Bole Bamboi area of the Savannah region. The evaluation combines both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. PDA is leading entirely on the quantitative assessment as well as leading the data collection phase…
PDA has been contracted by the Mastercard Foundation as the Impact Partner Organisation (IPO) for its Young Africa Works (YAW) strategy implementation in Ghana. As IPO, PDA is working to track the Foundation’s impact in agriculture, innovations and across the entire Ghanaian economy, particularly job creation and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people. Currently, PDA is…
Participatory Development Associates (PDA), in partnership with Beyond Beans and SOCAM 5C, are implementing the Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) and Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS) [VSLA-GALS] project in 7 selected cocoa growing communities in Cameroon. The seven project communities are Mbele, Ekekom, Bilon, Ekoumdouma, Nkole Ekui, Minkama, Endama. The VSLA-GALS project aims to…
