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  • Poor Education Hinders Development, VSO

    The Voluntary Service Overseas blames poor education for hindering Ghana’s development

    The Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has blamed poor education for hindering Ghana’s development.

    Education programme officer of the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), Ubald Sabogu, argues that the country could have attained the Millennium Development Goals of 2015 if development in three regions had kept pace with the rest of the country.

    Sabogu has described the educational constraints in the Northern, Upper East and the West region as a “major problem hindering the development of the area.”

    Source: 
    NGO News Africa
  • Call for NGO Activities to be Monitored

    A Ghanaian minister calls for a legislation and regulatory body to monitor the activities of NGOs

    Ghana’s deputy for northern regional minister, Moses Bukari Magbenba, has called for a legislation and regulatory body to monitor the activities both local and foreign NGOs in the country. Magbenba argues that some of these organisations are not operating in the interest of their proposed beneficiaries.

    Magbenba says he observed that the legislative power is needed because some NGOs have lost their focus of being non-profit entities and are making huge profits at the expense of poor communities.

    Source: 
    Ghana News Agency
  • Pharmacists Urged to Act Against Unsafe Abortions

    Ghana Women's Voices has called on pharmacists to help in curbing the high level of unsafe abortions in that country

    Ghana Women's Voices has called on pharmacists to help in curbing the high level of unsafe abortions in that country.

    The organisation has also encouraged pharmacists to use their medium to educate and direct expectant mothers, who are keen in aborting their pregnancies due to reasons beyond their control, to the right authorities, in order to reduce unsafe abortions.

    Source: 
    <br /> NGO News
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  • NGOs Urged to Fight HIV/AIDS Stigma

    Ghanaian deputy upper regional minister, Lucy Awuni, encourages more NGOs working in the field of HIV/AIDS to focus on teaching society to treat people living with HIV/AIDS with compassion and respect

    The Ghanaian deputy upper regional minister, Lucy Awuni, has underscored the need for NGOs working in the areas of HIV/AIDS to focus more on behavioural change for society to treat people living with HIV/AIDS with compassion and respect.

    Speaking during the Ghana AIDS Commission Small Grants Disbursement to Local Partner NGOs in that country, Awuni noted that many people fail to report to health facilities because of the stigma attached to HIV positive people.

    Source: 
    <br /> All Africa
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  • NGO Rescues 39 Trafficked Children

    Thirty-nine trafficked children have been rescued in communities along the Volta Lake in Ghana

    Thirty-nine trafficked children have been rescued in communities along the Volta Lake in Ghana. The children were rescued by the Partners in Community Development Programme (PACODEP).

    The children, aged between six and 13 years who were rescued within three months, are part of a programme sponsored by Geneva Global, an international organisation which fights against all forms of human rights abuses, working in collaboration with PACODEP in Ghana.

    Source: 
    <br /> All Africa
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  • DETA Conference 2009

    The Distance Education and Teacher Education in Africa (DETA) is hosting the DETA Conference 2009 from 3-6 August 2009 in Ghana.

    Expanding education and improving its quality is central to the development of Africa. If we want to realise the goal of quality education for all, faculties of education in Africa need to actively take the lead.
    Event type: 
    Conference
    Event venue: 
    University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
    Event start date: 
    08/03/2009
    Event end date: 
    08/06/2009
  • Statement by African Monitor on the election of Prof. John Atta Mills as President of Ghana

    Press Release

    23 January 2009

    African Monitor congratulates President John Atta Mills on his January 3 win in the Ghanaian presidential race. Ghana being the pioneer of Africa’s independence but having gone through a difficult period of change of government through undemocratic means, we are proud that the way the election has been conducted contributes significantly to the process of consolidating democratic governance not only in Ghana but in the rest of the continent.

    Date published: 
    01/23/2009
    Organisation: 
    African Monitor