Balancing mitigation ambitions with adaptation: placing agroecology at the center of climate action in Africa
An op-ed on agroecology from the Brong Ahafo Regional Programme Manager and Country Focal Person on Resilient Livelihoods and Climate Justice, ActionAid Ghana, ahead of the week-long Climate Change
VIDEO: ActionAid wins EU #ChangingLives 2018 Video Competition
Paul Kadja, 31 years, details how mushroom farming training provided by ActionAid has improved his livelihood
VIDEO: Escaping child marriage: Ama's story
At 14 years old, Ama* was abducted by two men for child marriage while walking home from school in the Upper West region of Ghana.
In this short video, she recounts her experience and the
ActionAid and TX Foundation commission school buildings
The construction of the Konkon MA Basic School and Junior High School by ActionAid and TX Foundation
ActionAid hands over toolkit to beneficiaries
ActionAid, as part of the European Union-funded Sustainable Livelihoods and Transparent Local Authorities (SLATLA) project, has handed over starter packs and toolkits to over 140 beneficiaries of
ActionAid supports beneficiaries with starter packs
ActionAid Ghana (AAG) has provided 40 ICT Start-up Toolkit to beneficiaries of the European Union-funded Sustainable Livelihoods and Transparent Local Authorities (SLATLA) project in the La
STATEMENT: AU Day: Prioritise Implementation of ACDEG to Enhance Fight Against Corruption
Statement by ActionAid along with 14 consortium on African Union (AU) Day on prioritising implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) to enhance the fight
Communiqué: Young Urban Women's Movement on relevance of water as a gender-responsive public service during the 2018 celebration of World Water Day
The Young Urban Women's Movement's communiqué to the Municipal Chief Executive, Ga West Municipal Assembly, Amasaman, on the relevance of water as a gender-responsive public service during the 2018
About us
ActionAid began operating in Ghana in 1990 and in 2005, became the first country programme to become an Associate of ActionAid International with a local Board membership of 13.
Currently, ActionAid
Briefing paper: Gender Responsive Public Services and Macro-Economic Policy in Ghana
ActionAid works with 10 partners and over 7,000 young women across 13 cities in Ghana, Kenya, India and South Africa through its Young Urban Women: Life Choices and Livelihoods Programme.
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