My Life, My Right

Partners: Right to Play; Barry Callebaut (NyonkoPa)

Period: 2025 –

Country of operation: Ghana

Category: Child Protection and Welfare; Financial Inclusion (VSLAs)

Project Snapshot:

My Life, My Right is a project being implemented by Right To Play (RTP) and Participatory Development Associates (PDA) in selected cocoa communities in the Ashanti and Ahafo regions, in partnership with Barry Callebaut (Nyonkopa Cocoa). The project focuses on improving the quality of education and child protection, and will take place in 50 communities, targeting 17,000 children, 10000 parents, 400 teachers, and 40 GES officials in 7 districts across the Ashanti, Ahafo, and Western North regions.

 

Project Objectives:

The main objectives of the project include:

1. Improve the quality of basic education in selected cocoa-growing communities.
2. Strengthen child protection structures through the training of Community Child Protection Committees (CCPCs).
3. Promote awareness of child rights, child labour, safeguarding, and protection mechanisms at the community level.
4. Foster financial inclusion and economic resilience among caregivers through the establishment of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs).
5. Build entrepreneurial and business capacities among VSLA members using GALS (Gender Action Learning System), Farmer Business School, and Business Incubation models.

PDA’s Task:

PDAs’ main activity on the project is to form 40 VSLA groups and train them on GALS, Farmer Business school, and Business incubation.

 

How We Are Going About It

PDA has supported Right to Play in the training of established Community Child Protection Committees (CCPCs) on Child rights, Child labour, child protection, financial literacy, safeguarding, and the development of action plans for their activities.

PDA’s main role on the project (formation and training of VSLA groups) is yet to begin.