The Executive Director and some staff members of the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Ghana) have paid a monitoring visit to the farming community of Nsunua in the Bole District. This initiative is part of a collaborative effort with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other partners, focusing on a livelihood project centered onContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana’s Project Monitoring Visit to Nsunua in the Bole District”
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Food Demonstration Training by SWIDA Ghana in Partnership with the Ghana Health Service
As part of Nutrition promotion and uptake, the Karaga team of SWIDA Ghana working with the Ghana Health Service organized food demonstration training in 22 communities. The training targeted some 2,500 beneficiaries comprising breastfeeding mothers, pregnant women, and adolescents, who were all covered during the training. The training involved the use of local ingredients toContinue reading “Food Demonstration Training by SWIDA Ghana in Partnership with the Ghana Health Service”
SWIDA-Ghana Builds Capacity of Communities on Climatic Social Resilience
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Ghana), has engaged the Tong and Bagli communities in some homestead activities to help them improve their climatic and social resilience. The activity, which had young men go through sustainable tree planting techniques such as eye brow and micro trench techniques for tree planting were excited, as they highlyContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Builds Capacity of Communities on Climatic Social Resilience”
SWIDA-Ghana’s Town Hall Meeting Highlights the need for Youth involvement in Agriculture and Climate change issues
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has held a Town Hall meeting to deliberate on issues of climate change, and how the youth can play a major role in the issues of climate resilience in the Northern Region. The Town Hall meeting, which brought together youth groups and major stakeholders, also pushed for clearlyContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana’s Town Hall Meeting Highlights the need for Youth involvement in Agriculture and Climate change issues”
Employ new Approaches towards Agriculture and Food Production – Hajia Alima
The Ghana Federation of Forest & Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) has called on all actors and stakeholders within the Agricultural value chain to adopt more integrated Climate Resilience approaches for their agricultural and food production systems. This statement was made during the 39th Ghana National Farmers Day Celebrations which was on the theme: ” Delivering SmartContinue reading “Employ new Approaches towards Agriculture and Food Production – Hajia Alima”
Press Statement: International Day of the Rural Woman-2023
ISSUED IN TAMALE BY HAJIA ALIMA SAGITO-SAEED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – SAVANNAH WOMAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AGENCY GHANA 15TH OCTOBER 2023 The theme for International Day of Rural Women is Rural Women Cultivating Good food for all. It highlights the essential role that rural women and girls play in the food systems globally. This is from productionContinue reading “Press Statement: International Day of the Rural Woman-2023”
SWIDA-Gh Trains Journalists on Gender-Sensitive Reporting
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh) has organized training for journalists in the northern region to support in capacity building on news reporting, taking into consideration, gender. The training took place at the conference hall of SWIDA-Ghana and was focused on gender-sensitive reporting, linked to the ownership of land by women, as a wayContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Trains Journalists on Gender-Sensitive Reporting”
Empowering women in agriculture critical to minimising SGBV — SWIDA-GH
Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed, Executive Director of Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-GH), an NGO, has called on government to support women in agriculture to reduce Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in the country. She said most of the SGBV cases resulted from women’s over-reliance on their male counterparts for their needs. She said, “If womenContinue reading “Empowering women in agriculture critical to minimising SGBV — SWIDA-GH”
More than two million vulnerable groups to benefit from SIGRA project
More than two million vulnerable groups from the Northern and Volta Regions are to benefit from a gender-responsive adaptation project on climate change. The project dubbed: “Strengthening Investments in Gender Responsive Adaptation”, (SIGRA) is being implemented in three Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Northern Region and two Assemblies in the Volta Region.Continue reading “More than two million vulnerable groups to benefit from SIGRA project”
Pictures: Executive Director for SWIDA-Ghana Speaks at the Sankalp West Africa 2023 Summit
Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed doubles as President of the GhaFFaP. This year’s discussions focused on Regenerative Agriculture. Other discussants were from countries including Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and the Netherlands.
