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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

Smallholder farmers are most affected by the effects of climate change
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VIDEO: ActionAid wins EU #ChangingLives 2018 Video Competition

Paul Kadja, 31 years, details how mushroom farming training provided by ActionAid has improved his livelihood

Paul Kadja, 31 years, details how mushroom farming training provided by ActionAid has improved his life
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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

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 intervention of ActionAid
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ActionAid and TX Foundation commission school buildings

The construction of the Konkon MA Basic School and Junior High School by ActionAid and TX Foundation

The completed Kindergarten Block of the Konkon MA Basic and Junior High School
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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

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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

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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

African Union (AU) emblem
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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

Members of the Young Urban Women's Movement advocate for access to water and gender-responsive public services at the Ga West Municipal Assembly
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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

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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.

The

Members of the Young Urban Women's Movement advocate for access to water and gender-responsive public services at the Ga West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra region