The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency(SWIDA-Ghana), has provided training in soap making for 50 adolescent girls from communities in the Karaga district. These communities are targets under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutrition Reduction project. The overall objective of the project is to provide sustainable livelihoods support to vulnerable persons, mostly women and girls in theContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Trains Girls in Soapmaking”
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SWIDA-Ghana at the “Girls’ Education in Ghana” Forum
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency has participated in a forum aimed at ensuring quality education for girls across Ghana. The forum; “Girls Education in Ghana”, assembled stakeholders in education, including CSOs, community leaders as well as duty bearers, to share findings from a scoping study conducted to unearth some of the basic challenges confrontingContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana at the “Girls’ Education in Ghana” Forum”
SWIDA-Ghana Executive Director Leads the Presentation of implemented activities for the January, 2023, under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Improved Nutrition project at the World Food Programme regional office.
Monitoring Visits to Sustainable Livelihoods Project
Yuka, Consultant for SWIDA-Ghana’s Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutrition Improvement project with the World Food Programme, has been visiting a number of communities in Karaga to inspect the nursery beds of women who have been trained in vegetable farming. So far, about 1860 women have been provided seedlings of leafy vegetables such as ‘aleyfu’ ‘ayoyo’, ‘bira’,Continue reading “Monitoring Visits to Sustainable Livelihoods Project”
SWIDA-Ghana Director Calls for more Women in Leadership
Hajia Alimah Sagito-Saeed, has made it a passion to push for more women to aspire to take up leadership positions both at the national and community levels. The Executive Director for SWIDA-Ghana has over the years been making this call and has backed it by action, as her organization has involved many young women inContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Director Calls for more Women in Leadership”
SWIDA-Gh Facilitates for VSLA members to own Bank Accounts
As part of steps towards improving operations of the Village Savings and Loans Associations in communities, the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has been facilitating the creation of accounts with financial institutions by men and women in the various groups. The Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA), are groups created through SWIDA-Ghana’s initiative toContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Facilitates for VSLA members to own Bank Accounts”
SWIDA-Ghana’s Training on Grass charcoal production
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh) had its officers and members from some of its project communities taken through training on grass charcoal production. The training was aimed at improving the climate by shifting attention from degrading the lands for the purpose of charcoal production, to the usage of grass for charcoal. It willContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana’s Training on Grass charcoal production”
SWIDA–Ghana Participates in Resource Mobilization Workshop
Plan International Ghana, a key partner of SWIDA-Gh has held a three day training workshop on Resource Mobilization for 50 Women Rights Organizations (WROs) across the country, who are receiving support to implement various projects under its Women’s Voice and Leadership Project. The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the capacity of the WROsContinue reading “SWIDA–Ghana Participates in Resource Mobilization Workshop”
SWIDA-Gh Partnership to Ending SGBV in Karaga District
SWIDA-Ghana in partnership with state actors and international partners have intensified the ‘UNiTE’ Campaign to end Sexual and Gender Based Violence against women and girls in Karaga, targeting women, adolescents, chiefs, youth leaders and religious leaders. The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), UNFPA and the MinistryContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Partnership to Ending SGBV in Karaga District”
SWIDA-Ghana Sensitizes Students on Anti-Corruption
The savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has provided sensitization to some 600 students of the Savelugu Senior High School (SAVESS), as part of activities to mark the Anti-Corruption Day, 2022. This action was necessitated by SWIDA-Gh’s continuous drive at empowering the younger generation to eschew all forms of potentially corrupt activities at the schoolContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Sensitizes Students on Anti-Corruption”
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