The VSLA-CHILD Project is a Beyond Beans-funded child labour remediation initiative that aims to tackle child labour in cocoa producing communities through a community-driven approach. Participatory Development Associates is the lead implementer of this project in 57 cocoa growing communities. The project seeks to increase the access of 2500 farmers to microcredit, improve their savings…
Afrikids is a human-centred organization with operations in northern Ghana which seeks to build the capacity of local people, institutions and organizations to be independent, and to provide sustainable solutions to keep vulnerable children healthy, safe and in school – presently and in the future. PDA is providing research and learning services through empirical reviews,…
PDA in partnership with Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is conducting a Vulnerability and Exclusion assessment study to assist the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) and UNICEF Ghana to adopt a suitable working definition of vulnerability and exclusion for the Ghanaian context. This will promote a consistent understanding of the terms across state…
Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is with Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to evaluate a civic accountability program implemented by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) entitled ‘I Am Aware’. The focus of the ‘I Am Aware’ project is to empower citizens to improve their awareness and engagement with service providers to increase their accountability and…
SDG Kids is a project which focuses on promoting the awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals among children and young people. The project seeks to use child centred participatory methodologies and interactive activities that help build children’s capacity in taking actions to support the attainment of the SDGs by 2030. The goal of the SDG Kids…
The Cocoa Nutrition Innovation (CNI) Project is an intervention by the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), which aims to improve the nutritional status of households in cocoa growing communities. The CNI is a behavioural change communications (BCC) strategy aimed at effecting change in the dietary diversity and hand washing…
The Secondary Education in Africa (SEA) Project is a study that focuses on gender and social equity in transitions and completion rates of lower secondary school, as well as the quality of education being delivered to meet the future needs of work in Africa. Participatory Development Associates (PDA) has been authorised by Mastercard Foundation to…
Data collection comprising interviews with program tutors and beneficiaries, tuition observation and daily reporting on manner of module delivery, reaction and participation of beneficiaries (cocoa farmers) will gathered from March to June 2018.
Project Name: Growing Up Free: An effective response to child trafficking in Ghana’s Volta, Central and Greater Accra Regions Project Period: May 2017 – May 2019 Client: Free The Slaves PDA has been contracted to do a follow up baseline study (2016) and follow-up study (Summative Evaluation 2019) on the prevalence and awareness of Child labour…
