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ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide. [1] ActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues. It was founded in 1972 by Cecil Jackson-Cole as a child ...
Witch camp. Witch camps are settlements where women in Ghana who have been accused of being witches can flee for safety. Women in such camps have been accused of witchcraft for various reasons, including mental illness. Some camps are thought to have been created in the early 20th century. [1] The Ghanaian government has enacted measures to ...
Witchcraft is deeply rooted in many African countries and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. [1] It has been specifically relevant to Ghana 's culture, beliefs, and lifestyle. [2] It continues to shape lives daily and with that it has promoted tradition, fear, violence, and spiritual beliefs. The perceptions on witchcraft change from region to ...
On December 12 Action-Aid Ghana presented some building materials to the authorities in the Central Gonja District of the country's Northern Region for distribution to the 13 communities who were severely affected by the flood disaster and have agreed to move to higher grounds. 32,000 people in 55 communities were affected by the floods, as it ...
Ghana. From 1966 to 1979, the nation of Ghana underwent a turbulent era as the Second Republic of Ghana. It began when the government of Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown on February 24, 1966 by a military coup (one which may have been foreseen by the US government ). After the coup, the National Liberation Council (NLC) took control of the country ...
In 1999, Raja began her work with ActionAid (India) as a Policy analyst, which included specific focuses on decentralised governance and elementary education. Raja later joined BasicNeeds which works with people with mental disorders and their carers in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lao PDR and Vietnam.
The Political history of Ghana recounts the history of varying political systems that existed in Ghana during pre-colonial times, the colonial era and after independence. Pre-colonial Ghana was made up of several states and ethnic groups whose political system was categorized by 3 main administrative models; Centralized, Non-centralized and ...
The Government of Ghana and Ghana AIDS Commission estimated the number of adults and children living with HIV as of 2014 at 150,000 and prevalence at 1.37% in 2014. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimated the HIV prevalence in adults to be 0.9% at the end of 2012, with an estimated 200,000 people living with HIV/AIDS ...