About Our Climate Change Programme
Building Resilient Communities by Promoting Sustainable Practices and Climate Adaptation
Our Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Access initiatives are dedicated to building resilient, eco-conscious communities. By promoting sustainable practices, clean energy solutions, and climate education, we empower communities to mitigate the impact of climate change. Our programs focus on environmental conservation, renewable energy access, and equipping communities with the knowledge to adapt to climate challenges, ensuring a healthier planet for future generations.
Key Focus Areas:
Climate Advocacy
We drive climate advocacy by raising awareness, engaging local leaders, and influencing policy changes that support environmental sustainability. Our efforts focus on educating communities about climate risks and advocating for stronger local and national environmental policies to protect vulnerable areas.
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Supporting farmers with climate-smart techniques, we help increase food security while minimizing environmental impact. Our training programs emphasize sustainable farming practices that are adaptable to climate changes, improving productivity and resilience.
Renewable Energy Solutions
We provide access to renewable energy, including solar installations for homes and community centers. This ensures that even off-grid communities can benefit from clean, reliable energy sources, reducing dependency on harmful fossil fuels.
Ongoing Projects
Project Name:
Citizen Voice and Action (CVA),
under local level research and Advocacy Project
Duration
2018 to date (Revolving funding)
Project Fund
Project Area
- Saboba, Zabzugu and East Gonja Municipality
Donors
- World Vision Ghana (WVG)
Project Description
This is a local level research and Advocacy and social accountability strategy, focuses on building the capacity of the community groups to effectively engage and hold duty bearers accountable for improve integrated development outcomes, especially improving WASH, quality health, service provision, sustainable agriculture and peace and security. The project formed 25 Citizen Voices and Action (CVA) groups with 175 members. The group has been trained on how to use Community Score Cards (CSCs), policy monitoring standard tool to generated hard core evidences for policy engagement and influencing. They have also been trained on rights based approach, social inclusion, stakeholder analysis, community mobilization and citizen empowerment among others. Through this project, 35 broken down boreholes and 4 limited solar mechanized water system has been repaired, which increased access to potable water among 18,500 peoples. Also, electricity, beds, classroom furniture and roads project has been provided to some health centres, schools and communities, while countless number of girls who dropped out of school were returned.
The project also increased over 1500 rural farmers on agriculture policy, climate change and environmental protection, while integrating women access to productive agriculture resources.
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Get Involved
You can play a crucial role in helping us tackle the pressing issue of climate change. Your support can make a significant difference in protecting our environment and securing sustainable livelihoods.
Sponsor Tree Planting
Contribute to our Green Project by sponsoring the planting of trees in degraded areas.
Volunteer for Climate Action
Join us in our tree planting and environmental clean-up events to directly contribute to protecting natural habitats.
Collaborate with us to implement large-scale climate resilience and environmental conservation projects.
Impact Stories
Through our Climate Change Programme, we are seeing real changes in community resilience, environmental restoration, and sustainable development.
