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PAORP-VWC Impact Assessment Report 2011

Presented by

Dr. Ndonwie Peter

Founder and Assistant Program Director Pan-African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children

(PAORP-VWC) P O Box 2153 TL Tamale Northern Region Ghana

Tel: +233(0)0247280003 / (0)372091322 Email: [email protected]

http://www.panafrican-paorp.org

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Playing for Change Sweden

Tamale, Feb 2012

Impact Report of Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children.

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PAORP-VWC work constitute tackling worst form of child labour abuse within target communities

Abstract: For the past one year, collaborating with Play for Change Sweden as a Playmaker for Ghana, PAORP-VWC work has doubled to reach about tree thousand children and more than four thousand five hundred women within our target communities in Northern Ghana. This is a positive improvement as compared to our outreach programmes in previous years. To achieve these figures, we were involved in providing scholarship for children from struggling families to stay in school. 75% of the beneficiaries are female children because a harmful traditional practice militates against the girl child thereby putting them in disadvantage positions within our target societies. Our work within the incubator period has also seen us reach out to more than 30 women groups empowering them financial and economically through micro- credit to involve into petty business as a new group of business entrepreneurs. This has enabled them to acquire additional income to take care of themselves and their children’s education. Our interventions in remote communities for 2011 expanded to reach women whose human rights have been completely being violated. In such regards they were exile or banished from their communities of origin to a forgotten area known as “witch camps” We used lobbing, advocacy, lectures, training sessions to create public awareness on the ordeal these women are going through in Gambaga and Yendi. Presently, we have reached out to more than one thousand women staying in the witch camps to improve on their livelihood and that of their children; thanks to the collaboration with Play for Change. In March 2010 when selected as a Playmaker with Playing for Change Sweden, we setup three years goal which describe what is to be achieved within Playing for Change incubator as a Playmaker. To achieve the three year goals, ten objectives were setup to help us achieve thirteen (13) set of outcomes as a result of our work. The outcome achieved has result from the implementation of twelve (12) set of activities.. Apart of these planed activities, a good number of activities were exceeded. Our scholarship program exceeded the number of children targeted for 2011, in this case 175 children benefitted as against 75-100 children planned. We had three after school learning and play canters in Tamale and


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Sumbrungu as against two planned in our objectives. We expanded our work to the North West Region of Cameroon. PAORP activities are meant at promoting a safer environment for women and children in line with our “Child focus” and “Gender” policies which put women and children at the fore front of activities implemented by the organization. In consideration of this, we will continue to use education as the best weapon to foster the development of women and children in the coming years. That says why we are soon to open the Pan African Organization Youth Vocational Training Center – Bolgatanga. Working as social entrepreneurs, we have been part finding through research to identify the social needs of our target population; so that together with them, we will be able to provide answers to the problems that have been keeping them in disadvantage positions. That is what our Pathway for change is out to achieve for the next coming years and we are very sure to bring a lot of social impact to improve on the livelihood of women and children. While working within the set objectives put forward during our indicator workshops in Accra, PAORP has benefitted from extensive advice from our advisers provided by Playing for Change. In 2011-2012, our funding grid has increased more than ever before. Services provided to our target beneficiaries are well packaged. Our fundraising and marketing strategies have been improved to meet up with our mission and vision. Our numbers of target communities are increasing rapidly. About ten international organizations are now partnering with us to reach out to more women and children. Our staff bench is increasing steadily as our activities move forward. This therefore shows that the organization once created by one person (Dr. Ndonwie Peter) in 2008 is faster been recognized as the main voice of the voiceless fight for the emancipation and empowerment of women and children within Ghana and Cameroon.

PAORP work to promote the empowerment of children

Introduction: The work of NGOs within rural areas is becoming more and more dynamic with lot of challenges of all kind cropping up daily as NGOs progress and expands with their work on the ground. PAORP-VWC is not left out especially being a very young organisation entering into the field of complex humanitarian emergencies with its own mission and vision. Since 2008 when PAORP-VWC was created and


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registered as a Non Governmental Organisation within Ghana and Cameroon, the organization has been targeting silent emergencies putting women and children in disadvantage positions within Ghana and Cameroon. To succeed with this move entails putting in place good strategic approach which is gender sensitive that will bring sustainability of the organization programmes within our target countries. PAORP-VWC target women and Children and our major role is to provided services that will put women and children at the fore front of development issues; thereby emancipating and empowering them to challenge Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) and also break the vicious cycle of poverty that has been putting them in disadvantage positions. The work of PAORP-VWC in Ghana and Cameroon has for the year 2011 been expanded to cover target communities where women and children are daily been subjected to all forms of violence and abuse.

Dr. Ndonwie Peter handing over a bag containing Basic School to the child of a woman alleged as a witch in

Gambaga, East Manprusi District Ghana

The Playmaker (Dr. Ndonwie Peter) Before being selected by Playing for Change Sweden as one of their Playmaker in Ghana, I have been working to see into the expansion of the work started by PAORP-VWC since creation in 2008. My work has seen more than 5000 women and children being emancipated and empowered within our target communities in Ghana and Cameroon. Being an advocate for women and children’s right, I have used gender sensitive participatory approaches to position women and youths into decision making bodies within the communities where we work. My work is been guided by PAORP-VWC child protection policy which is “ to provide safer environment where children are fully emancipated and empowered to participate in community development through freedom of expression and communication, which are advocated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. PAORP-VWC child protection policy is crucial to ensuring that children under 18 years of age have the rights, confidence and environment in which they can make choices, express their views and communicate effectively with other children and adults. PAORP-VWC policy safeguards the child from abuse, discrimination and harm of any kind.. As a working condition with PAORP-VWC, all trustees, employees, volunteers and advisers are required to abide to this policy and code of conduct for working with children. All witnessed, suspected or alleged violations of any child’s right is reported to PAORP-VWC Child Protection Officer, who will record and act in a confidential manner for the best interest of the child”


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When women are empowered the children are well taken care of to grow.

Playing for Change support has enabled me expand my work in 2011. We have been able to reach out to a total number of 3635 children in 2011 more than the figures we had in 2010. My strategy to achieve this goal has been made possible by putting in place of 3 After School Learning and Play Centers in Tamale and Sumbrungu, Bolgatanga where children have been visiting to learn and also take part in games that helps to bring out the hidden talent in them. Playing for Change support has also enabled me published a book “MUYIWASA” Let Play” which is been used at our various target schools to encourage teachers and parents to know the importance of play to the health of their children. It has boasted up our scholarship scheme to girls in 2011 with 175 children presently benefiting Basic School needs from our organization in Ghana. My work has been more focus than before given the fact that my good advisors (Ms Ama Daaku of Tigo Ghana and Justice Boahen of Consumer Financial Company) provided by Playing for Change in Ghana are leaving no stone on turned to see me succeed with my plans. Many donors have now shown interest in what I am doing and ready to support our child focus development initiatives to move to more communities in Ghana and Cameroon.

Being a Playmaker means sharing information on your work and learning from others during the incubator year

Target Communities in Northern Ghana reached by PAORP-VWC 2011


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No Northern Region Ghana Target communities

1 Tamale metropolitan Tamale central,

Zagyuri

Jisonayili

Cogu

Chempe

Kanvili

Jana

Nyeshe

Kumbungu

2 Yendi district Gnani

Yendi central

3 East Mamprusi District Gambaga

4 Central Gonja District Buipe

Yaape

Kabilipe

Upper East Region

5 Upper East District Bolgatanga central

Sumburungu

6 West Mampurisi District Wulugu

7 Kassena Nankana District Sirigu

8 Bulsa District Sandema

9 Talensi Nabdan Bare

Tongo

Total number of target communities for 2010/2011 = 21 communities

Target communities in North West Region of Cameroon Reached by PAORP-VWC No North West Region Cameroon Target communities

Boyo Division Sho Belo

Njinikom Fundong Mezam Division Nkwen Njah Total Number of target communities 6


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PAORP activities promote play among children within and out of school.

Pathway of Change

My journey through the incubator year was guided by a strategic action plan known as “The Pathway of Change” which is my vision and that of my organization route map to reach out to more children and our target communities within three years. . The vision sets the course of direction of the work we are doing and should not be seen as a goal to be measured in itself. Therefore the Pathway of Change describes the way to our three-year goal. To achieve the three-year goal, one-year goals are set, known as objectives. To achieve the objectives we create activities with outcomes that will further lead to one or more objectives. Example of this can be seen where “Micro Credit” as an activity of the organization has an outcome where “women receive loans” for petty businesses and the objective is for “parents to set priority to children’s education”. This has enabled us reach out to more than 3635 children for 2011. Another example of my activity is where we carry out “ lobbying an awareness creation” which has led to multiple outcomes such as “Parents know their responsibility regarding their children’s rights ” as well as collaboration with community leaders is also established with objectives of getting “200 Children to visit our After School Learning and Play Centers” and more. However my Pathway for Changes has guided me to met up with plan activities within the incubator period and hopefully will continue to push me to meet up with my targets for the coming years.


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The Diagram below explain what I have been doing and will continue to do for the next three years in the incubator.

Vision:

Our vision is to bring out the talents in all children within northern Ghana, especially the girl child to be able

to rise and shine in future.


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One of our goals is to provide scholarship to children especially the girl child to stay in school.

Explanation/Reason for the vision Within our target communities in Northern Ghana many children especially the girl child is hindered or discriminated against when it comes to deciding on who should go to school to acquire basic education. Male children are favored than girls so there is a huge gender gap in education among male and female children. Do to Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) children are placed in disadvantaged position which has hindered their progress or participation in community development. Our vision is therefore to challenge all these Harmful Traditional Practices and bring children together to know their rights and rise up to become successful Ghanaians in the future.

My Three year Goal and its intended result The three year goal is meant to see into it that as our work progresses more girls should continue to stay in school and move from primary to secondary education. Our activities within this period has also seen into it that75 percent of the girls involved in PAORP-VWC’s scholarship programmes have stayed in school or continued from primary to secondary education while 350 children within this period have taken part in the activities of our After School Learning and Play Centers within Tamale and Sumbrungu in Bolgatanaga.

Target groups: Primary Target groups

• Children of less privileged groups aged 3-18 yrs are provided with scholarships to go to school and also attending our After School Learning and Play centers,

• Children 9-25 years should in by 2012be provided scholarship for vocational training at Pan African Organisation Youth Vocational Training Center Bolgatanga soon to be open in September 2012.

Partners: Schools, NGOs, Donors

Secondary target group: children from privileged groups of the same age

Geographical area: Tamale & Bolgatanga

Explaining of what Basic School need is all about When we talk of providing Basic school needs to children we mean school gadgets like Books, bags,

uniform, fees, pencils, rulers etc. which has enabled 175 children in 2011 to stay in school. Our target here

is 500 children within 5 years.


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PAORP Scholarship scheme has enabled 175 children to stay in school in Northern Ghana (2011)

Objectives To meet up with my three year goal, the following objectives were carefully designed and put into implementation.

• Basic school needs are met • Parents set priority to children’s education

a-Parents are contributing financially to the education b-Parents commit to sending children to school for 5 years

• 200 children visiting centers • 2 After School Learning and Play centers • Children know strategies to use when their rights are threatened • 75 children involved in scholarship programs • Established partnership cooperation with schools in the UK • Schools are able to monitor participating children • Having a business plan • Established network of partners for possible expansion outside Ghana

Activities The following activities were implemented to meet with our first year goal and the way forward for the coming years.

• Carrying out feasibility studies showing community need and suggestion of projects to be implemented

• Giving Micro credits to women groups • Carrying out Lobbying and awareness raising on children and women issues • Training for parents to know their responsibility towards their children education and respect

their rights. • Community visit to expand our work • Training children on their rights at target schools and also at our After School Learning and Play

Centers.


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• Exchange of learning materials and sharing of knowledge as part of our Global learning program with partner schools in UK and Ghana.

• Field visits to monitor and evaluate our work and its impact on target groups. • Training of teachers from partner school to know and respect children’s rights to learn and play. • Constantly take part in Accelerator meetings to improve on our work. • Contact funding partners to support our organization child focus projects.

PAORP Micro-Credit helps women to take care of themselves and their children’s schooling.

Outcomes

• Sufficient funds from donors have increased in 2011 with 10 new partners supporting our children focus and women related projects in Ghana and Cameroon.

• Apart from constantly educating parents on their responsibility towards their children’s education during PTA school meetings and community durbars, we have noticed that during the award of scholarships to 175 children within Tamale, Sumbrungu, Buipe etc the participation of parents was massive which now shows the interest most of them attached to see their children succeed in the future. While launching a similar scholarship scheme for 500 children in North West Cameroon on the 27th December 2011 the turn out from parents was also massive as compared to that of Northern Ghana. This is a clear indication that parents within our target communities are becoming responsible and concern as to the education of their children.

• In 2011 our Micro credit scheme has been expanded in Upper East Region to three new groups of women involve in petty businesses which is bringing them addition income to support themselves and their children's education.

• Parents know the rights of the child and also becoming responsible towards their education. The book MUYIWASA we researched and published by PAORP-VWC in 2011. This book has a multiplier impact on parents who now see the need for their children to play while learning. We have been using integrated training approaches to pass across to parents the need for them to know and respect the rights of their children. Through workshops and public meetings we have


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been able to create a safer environment for children within target schools and communities where we work in Northern Ghana and North West Cameroon.

Method of Documentation to justify our work To report to our beneficiaries, donors and other partners, our progress is been judged from the following documentation

• Notes, photos, receipts etc describing what we have been doing on the field with children and women. • Register of children benefiting from our scholarship program and those taking part in our After School

Learning and Play Center activities. • Statistics of number of women and children reached out by our interventions on the field • Documentation from evaluations among children, parents and teachers • Business plan projecting the next stage of our activities for the coming year • Children progress reports from target schools • Interviews or feedback from Teachers, parents who are participating in our activities.

Result and Goal Achievement My first year in the incubator has seen my work expanded to reach more women and children within our target communities in Northern Ghana and Cameroon. From 75 children who benefited from our scholarship scheme in 2010, my organization was able to push the scheme to reach 175 children in 2011. Many donors and partners became interested in the work we are doing to emancipate and empower women and children to take leading role as partners in development. The analysis of this success can be seen from the following planned GOALs and achievement made so far in 2011. Goal: More girls staying in school and continuing from primary to secondary education Result: As the school year 2011 is gradually coming to an end in July, we are proud that the scholarship program within target communities and villages has helped 175 girls to stay in school and continue with their education. Those who benefited from the scholarship have passed their first term examination within Morning Star School Tamale, Ambition for the Needy School Tamale, Zagyuri Anglican School Tamale, Sumbrungu Gemoa School, Bolgatanga and four other schools within Buipe, Central Gonja District. Indicator of the achievement of this goal is from school progress report and records on the progress of the children we keep in our office. This academic year we have increased the number of beneficiaries to 150 more children with 75% of the beneficiaries being girls within Gambaga, Yendi, Bolgatanga, Buipe, and Tamale. Our ongoing Global Learning program which twines school in Ghana and Schools in UK has also enabled more girls to stay in school to become useful citizens of Ghana. Method of verification Indicator 1:

• 75 percent of the girls involved in scholarship programmes have stayed in school or continued from secondary to primary education. This is made known from Progress report cards of all beneficiaries we are supporting. From the report it shows that all those who benefited from the scheme within Tamale, Buipe and Sumbrungu communities have passed their first term


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examination and doing excellently with their studies and hope to be promoted to the next class by the end of the academic year in July 2012.

Indicator 2: • 350 children have been envisaged to attend After School Learning and Play Centers within three

years but our first year has registered 250 active participants taking part in activities within the three After School Learning and Play Centers within Zaguri in Tamale and Sumbrungu in Bolgatanga. The three Centers keep receiving new participants on daily basis and we are sure to have more than 350 children by the end of the 3 year incubator period.

METHOD OF DOCUMENTATION/ VERIFICATION:

• Pictures showing children taking part in the various actives of the center. • Three centers CURRENTLY running at Tamale, and Sumbrungu • The book “MUYIWASA” (Lets’ Play) produced by PAORP-VWC and distributed to schools

and the play centers.

Analysis of Goals/ Objectives and Achievements for 2011 A) Basic school needs are met

We started the scholarship program with 75 girls in 2010. This year 2011, the number of direct beneficiaries of basic school needs has increased to 175 children. This year alone has 100 new beneficiaries added to the list. Method of Verification: PAORP-VWC has records of all children benefiting from our scholarship packages with information on their progress in school kept in our office data base. This year with grants from Trull Foundation USA, Global Fund for Women USA, Tigo Ghana, Consumer Finance Company Ghana and Women Inter-Church Council of Canada our scholarship program is now benefiting 175 children mostly girls to stay in school. The packages include but not limited to the following Basic school needs; Books, Bags, writing materials, fees etc.

Tigo Ghana supported us with some basic school materials to donate to the children and their schools.

(Here Ms Ama Daaku of tigo handing over school learning materials to head of partners schools)


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B) Goal: Parents set priority to children’s education From constant education and advocacy within target communities in Parent Teachers Association (PTA) meetings we have been successful to get more the 150 parents to start paying their children school fees and providing them with basic school needs which was not the case before. Our scholarship program which is a sort of partnership between us and parents is a facilitating factor which has seen us contributing half of the school needs of target children while their parents provide half to enable the children stay in school and continue with their education. Method of Verification:

• Pictures and videos in our office to proof the impact of this goal on children and parents • Report of activities.

Indicator 1:

• 150 parents of children benefiting from our scholarship scheme are contributing financially or materially towards their children's education. This is because our scholarship program is a sort of partnership encouraging parents to provide half of the needs of the children while we support the children with half of their basic school needs.

Method of Verification: • Pictures and videos on the scholarship program showing the achievement of this goal. • Register of all beneficiaries • Report of activities

Indicator 2:

• 150 Parents commit to sending children to school for 5 years as agreed during the award of scholarships to 175 children.

Method of Verification: • 175 girls we support last school year 2010 and 2011 academic years have not dropped out of

school; this therefore shows a positive move on the side of the parents to see their children stay in school for the next 5 years.

• Children progress report cards and school registers are available document which we have to proof the success of this activity.

Indicator3:

• Parents are contributing financially to the education of their children. 150 parents of children benefiting from our scholarship scheme are contributing financially or materially towards their children's education. This is because our scholarship program is a sort of partnership encouraging parents to provide half of the needs of the children while we also support the children with half of their basic school needs.

Method of Verification: • Pictures and videos clip of the scholarship program are available on our office data base with

some attached to this report.


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Indicator 4: • Parents commit to sending children to school for 5 years as we keep educating them on this

important responsibility of theirs. From our interventions none of the 75 girls we support in 2010 academic year has dropped out of school; this therefore shows a positive move on the side of the parents to see their children staying in school for the next 5 years. This concern shown by parents has enabled us increase the number of children benefiting from the scheme with additional 100 children joining the scheme for 2011 academic year.

Method of Verification:

• Children progress report cards and school registers are available document which we have to proof the success of this activity.

PTA meetings and community visits were forum used to educate parents to take responsibility of their children

education

C) 2 After School Learning and Play centers In our Path Way for Change we planned to have two After School Learning and Play Centers operational within Zagyuri in Tamale and Sumbrungu in Bolgatanga. After seeing the importance of this activity we have put in place three Centers which are presently taking care of more than 250 children participating in Games, play and learning activities. We have three staff employed by PAORP-VWC facilitating the teaching, play and learning activities within the centers. Method of Verification

• Pictures and video footages of the activities within both centers are available • Register of all children participating in play are lessons at the center are in our data base.


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Three After - School Learning and Play Centers were set up in Tamale and Sumbrungu communities.

D) Children know strategies to use when their rights are threatened

In the course of our activities within the After School Learning and Play Centers in Tamale and Bolgatanga we have been projecting video clips on children’ rights for participants to watch and know their rights and those of their children. 250 children participating in our activities are now able to know various aspects of their rights and distinguish when their rights are threatened. Thanks to the video clips and working materials on children’s rights donated to our organization by Youth for Human Rights USA. Method of Verification

• During an evaluation meeting with children and parents it was recorded that more 90% of children working with us are able to determine when their rights are threatened. .

E) Established partnership cooperation with schools in the UK We started the twining program with 5 schools within Tamale in collaboration with Tzedek UK in 2009. As of today the number of schools benefiting from this scheme has increased from 5 to 10. The partnership is ongoing with exchange of lessons and knowledge sharing among schools in both countries. More than 500 children are presently benefiting from this work we initiated with Tzedek.

Method of Verification • Working materials • Pictures and school work carried out by children from both countries are available for

verification.

F) Schools are able to monitor participating children From 2010-2011, we trained more than 8 teachers from partners schools on methods and strategies to monitor participating children, their progress and our intervention. To make this possible we also run some of the lessons in close collaboration with teachers of target partner schools where our After School Learning and Play Centers are located in Tamale and Bolgatanga. From constant monitoring and


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evaluation of the children’s progress especially those benefiting from our scholarship program we have been able measure the impact of the scheme. It’s progress from 75 – 175 children who now benefit from the scheme is a positive indicator of the work done by schools partnering with PAORP-VWC.

G) Having a business plan Within the incubator period I have gotten Accelerator meeting and other advice services with Playing for Change management and my advisors This has enabled me and my organisation to review our organization strategic plan and objectives, it goals and mission to determine where we are today with our activities meant at creating a safer environment for women and children. In a Carrier Breaking Session in Sweden last September 2011, lot of advises were given to me which has enabled me developed a forward looking business plan for the next coming years in the Playing for Change incubator. The plan has strategically developed new ways forward with our activities to reach out to more children from 2012 and beyond.

H) Established network of partners for possible expansion outside Ghana With limited resources at our disposal to expand to other regions outside of Ghana, we have developed a new strategy call “The Pan African Human Protection Golden Prize Award” which will kick-off by the second half of 2012. This award is intend to be given out to 6 young African between the ages of 18-45 years working to promote human rights of women and children within the five regions of African. As 2012 begin we are working out the modalities of this strategy as agreed with our advisors and Playing for Change during the Carrier Breaking workshop in Sweden in September 2011. However apart from Ghana we are now running child focus development programs in Cameroon. On the 27th December 2011 we launch a new scholarship program in Boyo Division in the North West Region of Cameroon targeting 500 children from struggling families to stay in School.

Intervida Spain and Tools for Self Reliance UK visit PAORP office on February 3rd and 8th 2012 for collaboration

to expand on PAORP-VWC activities in Northern Ghana

I) Sufficient funds from donors Following my selection in the Playing for Change incubator I have been able to work hard with my organization to increase our funding grid with 10 donors supporting different activities we are


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implementing meant at providing a safer environment for women and children within Ghana and Cameroon. These donors are:-

• Playing for Change Sweden • Women World Day of Prayer Germany • Trull Foundation USA • Women Inter-Church Council of Canada • New England Biolabs Foundation USA • Miva Netherlands • Feed the Minds UK • Tzedek UK • Tools for Self Reliance UK • Global Fund for Women USA ( 2nd tranche of funds pending)

On the 8th February 2012, Intervida Spain visits our Ghana program office with plan to collaborate with us to see that our child focus program expands to reach more children. This collaboration will soon be realized before the first half of 2012.

J) Parents (women) receive micro finance for petty businesses to support themselves and their children as a means of reducing domestic violence and abuse on this vulnerable group. The number of women groups benefiting from our Micro-credit scheme for 2011 has increased to30 groups within Northern Ghana. This has been made possible by more funding provided to us by Playing for Change and other donors listed above.

PAORP Micro-credit scheme help put 30 women groups into petty businesses.

K) Collaboration with community leaders established Starting March 2011 our collaboration with village chiefs’, Leaders of NGOs have been improved and expanded. This collaboration has brought about sharing the organisation mission and vision on children and women’s rights within target communities. This has enabled children issues given due consideration


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by village elites within target communities we are working in Northern Ghana. This goal has enabled us reach out to more than 3635 children within our target region.

Dr. Ndonwie Peter lecturing NGO partners and Trent University of Canada student’s on PAORP-VWC activities

in Northern Ghana.

While implementing other development programs supported by our current donor partners we are constantly using gender sensitive participatory approaches to bring in all community stakeholders to work with us towards the emancipation and empowerment of women and children within their various communities. We have now expanded to Sandema District in Upper East Region Ghana collaborating with traditional authorities to eradicated harmful traditional practices putting women and children in disadvantage position. We are also collaborating with Trent University to place volunteers to teach in schools within our target communities in Northern Ghana. We have constant working sessions with leaders of women and youth groups to pave way for sustainable social change that will favour the right of the child. When selected into the business incubator by Playing for Change, we have successfully met more than 5 Councilors/ politicians and talk on issues on women and children’s rights. Met with and talk with 4 Youth Political leaders within Tamale on child related issues, 2 District Councilors/ 2 chiefs within Baare and Yurogu Community on child right and provision of good drinking water to enable children go to school and not spending time trekking long distances looking for water an opportunity cost of foregoing schooling.


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Nutrition education to expectant mothers helps reduces mother and child mortality rate in Northern Ghana

GENERAL OUT COME Within the in incubator period for 2011, our activities and interventions in target communities have yield the following outcomes listed in the table below:- May 2011 – February 2012 NO ACTIVITIES OUTCOME 1 Scholarship scheme 175 children now stay in school 2 3 After school learning and play center (tamale & sumbrungu) 250 children are now learning

and playing at these centers three times a week

3 Micro-credit to women groups 30 women groups are now into petty business as a new group of business entrepreneurs.

4 Training sessions on women and children’s right More than 5000 community members have received training on issues related to women and children empowerment

5 Global Learning Program within 10 schools More than 750 children within 10 schools share “learning together” school work with partner schools in UK.

Number of children reached by our work 3635 children reached


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REFLECTION ON THE INCURBATOR YEAR The incubator period started in May and moves on smoothly throughout the period. It was interesting being one of the playmakers of Playing for Change Sweden. This opportunity exposed me and my organization to series of meetings among which are; take-off meeting, accelerator meeting and barrier breaking meetings and advices given to us to push the activities of PAORP to reach more women and children than ever before. It was interesting working with other social entrepreneurs doing similar things to improve on the lives of children within Ghana and Sweden. I was so pleased to learn one new method involved in fundraising and marketing of projects introduced by Playing for Change Sweden known as “Speed Dating”. This tool has awakened me to be able to present PAORP in one minute to whoever is interested in our work.

Networking/Exposures during Barrier Breaking workshop in Sweden help broaden my mind on children’s right

issues in Sweden as compared to Ghana Challenges/solutions Development initiatives especially those focus towards challenging traditional status-quo putting women and children in disadvantage position have its own challenges. These challenges are sometimes rejection or not allowing change agents to intervening in some communities to bring about positive social change on the livelihood of women and children. These challenges were over come through constant advice given to us by our advisors provided by Playing for Change Sweden. Being a playmaker of Playing for Change, is equally challenging because you need to sit-up and be prepared to be on the field working and at the same time doing a lot of reporting and other work that may hold some planned activities to a standstill. This problem was over come when we brought in two additional staff members to help in the implementation of the plan activities of PAORP


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Dr. Ndonwie Peter educating women alleged as Witches in Gambaga, Northern Ghana to challenge Harmful

Traditional Practices putting women and children in disadvantage positions FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Our vision for the coming year (2012) is in line with the main mission of the organization. However the coming year vision is to scale up activities that will provide a safer environment for women and children within our target communities. This will be achieved by providing services that will help emancipate and empowerment women and children to take leading role in development initiatives within their communities The idea or mission for 2012 is to continue Promoting Basic Education and After School Learning and Play Centre for Children in Northern Ghana and scaling up of activities in North West Region of Cameroon. It should be noted as earlier mentioned in 2011 that children from poor homes especially those who have lost one or both parents due to one reason or the other finds it very difficult to acquire basic education which will enable them to become responsible citizens of Ghana and Cameroon. Again due to the vicious cycle of poverty within families in the Northern regions of Ghana, parental responsibility towards their children’s education has become negative in the past years rendering children of school going age to drop out of school and be used as working machines to bring in additional income to their struggling families. This has resulted to trafficking and migration of youths from Northern Ghana to big cities like Accra, Kumasi and the fishing communities in the southern part of Ghana where they are exploited and abused. It is estimated that more than 5000 children are victims of this on-going problem which needs urgent attention and solution from the government and change agents (NGOs) responsible to promote children’s rights especially educational right of the child. To achieve this lofty idea:-

• Pan African Organisation Youth Vocational Training Centre Bolgatanga will go operational by August 2012.


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• After School Learning and play Centers in Northern Ghana will be expanded to Yorogu community in Bolgatanga bringing the number to four centers.

• 1800 children and 500 parents have been planned to acquire knowledge on preventing trafficking of children.

• Our intervention in Cameroon will scale up within the second half of 2012 as the Pan African Organization Medical Centre Cameroon is plan to open its door to provide medical care to women and children.

• Our scholarship scheme to children of struggling families launched in Cameroon on the 27th December 2011 at Boyo division will see some 500 children receiving basic school needs to stay in school starting September 2012.

LIVE REVIEW meeting at Buipe Central Gonja. On the 24/02/2012 we hosted a live review meeting with our stakeholders at Buipe Central Gonja, Northern Ghana with the aim to gather feedback from our beneficiaries on the impact of our services to improving their livelihood. It was interesting hearing from participants on the progress PAORP-VWC has made within the past years especially towards having their children stay in school and also the impact of the micro-credit to their lives as a new group of business entrepreneurs. Several questions were asked during a focus group discussion to determine the way forward and any adjustment needed for PAORP-VWC to overcome major challenges in the years ahead. Participants gave simple and understanding advises on how to reach out to more women and children within the region. Their participation and feedback has contributed a lot to the final version of this impact report.


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PAORP-VWC Live Review pictures showing participants at Buipe

Valuator’s Statement Date: 24/02/2012 The Management of (PAORP-VWC) P O Box 2153 TL Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana Introduction I have gone through the Impact Report of PAORP which states the work the organization has been involved in within Play for Change incubator period 2011. The report clearly brings out what I have been observing the organization implementing within target rural communities in Northern Ghana. I have on several occasions been invited by PAORP to witness some of its work achieved and reported in this report. This includes; the award of scholarship to children within Tamale Buipe Gambaga and Sumbrungu village in upper East region. I have also observed with keen interest the strategies constantly been used by the organization in the implementation of its activities of which has yielded much successes towards the empowerment of women and children in Northern Ghana. The micro-credit fund to women groups provided by PAORP in 2011, has to a greater extend reduced domestic violence on this venerable group which always occur because they turn to ask for financial assistance from their husbands. Women observed working with PAORP are now owners of petty businesses which is having a multiplier impact on their living standards. Management’s Responsibility for the Impact Report. Management of PAORP-VWC is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of this Impact Evaluation Report in accordance with standards generally accepted by Playing for Change Sweden. This responsibility includes presenting the report in a clear and accurate manner that justifies the work the organization has been implementing within target communities. This will not only enable me as the validator to read and understand but also their partners and beneficiaries to appreciate. Valuator’s Responsibility My responsibility as a validator is to read and express an opinion on this report based on what I have observed the organization doing within target communities in Northern Ghana and what they have reported as the impact of their work to improve on the livelihood of the beneficiaries of their activities who are mostly women and children. As a validator, I am not in any way involved in assembling the report or in the implementation of projects of PAORP within Northern Ghana. Opinion In my opinion, the Impact Report presents fairly, in all respects, the work of Pan African Organization for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children (PAORP-VWC) for 2011. The report has clearly state what I have known the organization to be doing since creation. It has not in any way exaggerated its performance on the ground. Validators’ Name: Abdul-Karim Ziblim

Validators’ Signature:

Financial Statement Of

Playing for Chang (P4C) Grants (2011 Incubator Period)

Presented by The Finance Department

Of Pan-African Organisation for Research and Protectio n of Violence on Women and Children (PAORP-VWC)

P O Box 2153 TL Tamale Northern Region Ghana

Tel: +233(0)0247280003 / +233(0)372091322 Email: [email protected]


To Playing for Change Sweden

Period covered by Report May 2011 – Feb. 2012

PAORP-VWC Financial Statement 2011 (Playing for Change Sweden Grants only)

Pan African organization for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children (PAORP-VWC)

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 24th February 2012

Amount in Ghana Cedi (¢) Income Income from Playing for Change Sweden (Salary Funding)

• First Tranche • Second Tranche • Third Tranche

TOTAL INCOME Expenditure

• Personnel Salaries and Stipends • General Operating Expenses (Communication, Utility bills, rents,

Stationary, Vehicle Running: Fuel: and Insurance etc) • Equipments- (2 computers, Motor Cycle, field Camera and a Projector) • Purchase of Land for Second Chance School & Head office building in

Tamale • After School Learning and Play Centers. • Travel and Hotel (Overnight stay)

TOTAL EXPENDITURE Excess of Income over Expenditure

2011 Ghana Cedi (¢)

36,846.50 3,771.36 11,750.00

52,367.86

16,000.00 11,319.00 4,082.00

12,060.00

5,701.00 3,460.00

52,367.86

0



Detail Expenditure in Ghana Cedi (¢)

Ref Budgeted Description

Amount Budgeted

Amount Received

P4C

Actual Expenditure

P4C

Balance/

Cash in Bank

Notes Budget Code

A Personnel Salaries and Stipends

15,745.86 15,745.86

15,745.86

0 Money to cover salary for staff P4C2011

Detail Expenditure

A1 10 employees in regional offices

14,650.00 14,650.00 0 Sum of money used to cover

salaries/stipends for 10 employee

P4C2011

A2 Incentives/ Motivation to

staff/ Volunteers

1,095.86 1,095.86 0 100% of money used to motivate staff

and volunteers during implementation

of projects

P4C2011

TOTAL 15,745.86

15,745.86

0 This constitute 100% of money paid out

to staff and volunteers

B General Operating Expenses

11,319.00 11,319.00 11,319.00 0 money set aside to cover general

operating cost

P4C2011

Detail Expenditure

B1 Office Rents 1,800.00 1,800.00 0 100% of money used for office P4C2011



apartment rents for a year

B2 Utility bills 850.00 850.00 0 100% of money used to pay water and

electricity bills

P4C2011

B3 Telephone/ Internet bills

1,350.00 1,350.00 0 Money used to cover Telephone and

Internet bills

P4C2011

B4 Office stationary/training

materials

750.00 750.00 0 Money used to purchase assorted office

materials

P4C2011

B5 General Refreshment for visitors

510.00 510.00 0 Money used to provide soft drinks/

tea/coffee to office visitors

P4C2011

B6 Vehicle Running: Fuel: and Insurance

2,219.00 2,219.00 0 Sum of money used to purchase car and

motorcycle insurance and fuel

P4C2011

B7 Live Review/ Report validation

650.00 650.00 0 Money used to cover expenses for end

of year Impact Report at Buipe Central

Gonja.

P4C2011

B8 Book Publication (MUYIWASA)

2,650.00 2,650.00 0 Money used to cover expenses for

research work and publication of a book

“MUYIWASA” Let’s Play by Dr. Ndonwie

Peter

P4C2011



B9 Bank Charges 270.00 270.00 0 Money charged by Ecobank Tamale to

maintain PAORP-VWC account.

P4C2011

TOTAL 11,319.00 11,319.00 0 This constitute 100% of money used to

cover general operating expenses

P4C2011

C Equipments

4,082.00 4,082.00 4,082.00 0 Money set aside to replace stolen office

equipments and new ones.

P4C2011

Detail Expenditure

C1 2 Laptop Computers

1,479.00 1,479.00 0 Sum of money used to buy 2 lap-top

computers for office work

P4C2011

C2 1 FAVI Projector 563.00 563.00 0 Sum of money used to buy one field

project for training sessions

P4C2011

C3 2 Field Canon Camera

490.00 490.00 0 100% of money used to buy two camera

for field work

P4C2011

C4 Purchase of 1 Royal Motorcycle

for field work

1,550.00 1,550.00 0 100% cost for one office field

Motorcycle

P4C2011

TOTAL 4,082.00 4,082.00 0

D Land & Construction work

12,060.00 12,060.00 12,060.00 0 Money used to purchase 4 plots at

Tamale for construction of Head office/

P4C2011



for Head Office Building/school

Tamale

Second Chance School for children.

Detail Expenditure

D1 Purchase of 4 plots (Land) at

Tamale

5,000.00 5,000.00 0 Money used to purchase 4 plots at

Tamale for construction of Head office/

Second Chance School for children.

P4C2011

D2 Purchase of 150 bags of Cement for Head office construction work

2,910.00 2,910.00 0 Money used to buy 150 bags of cement

for the molding of blocks

P4C2011

D3 Purchase of 21 trips of sea sand

3,150.00 3,150.00 0 Money used to buy 21 trips of sea sand

for general construction work

P4C2011

D4 Molding of Cement Blocks for head office construction/ supply of water

1,000.00 1,000.00 0 Money paid to technicians to mold 5000

blocks for head office building

P4C2011

TOTAL 12,060.00 12,060.00 0 P4C2011

After School Learning and

5,701.00 5,701.00 5,701.00 0 This constitute financial allocation to set

up 3 After School Learning and Play

P4C2011



E Play Centers.

Centers in Tamale and Sumbrungu

Communities

Detail Expenditure

E1 Setting up of 3 After School

learning and Play Centers

2,500.00 2,500.00 0 Expenditure incurred to set up 3 Play

Centers for Children in Tamale and

Sumbrungu communities

P4C2011

E2 Stationeries to support 3 Play

Centers activities

2,501.00 2,501.00 0 Money used to buy stationeries for 3

After School Centers activities

P4C2011

E3 Incentives to children/

refreshment at the Centers

700.00 700.00 0 Money used to cover cost of

refreshment/incentives to participants

at the play centers.

P4C2011

TOTAL 5,701.00

5,701.00 0

F Local Travel and Hotel

3,460.00

3,460.00

3,460.00

0 Money used to cover general travel for

Ndonwie Peter/staff

P4C2011

Detail Expenditure

F1 Dr. Ndonwie’s Travel to Accra

1,250.00 1,250.00 0 Money used by Dr. Ndonwie Peter to

cover expenses for hotel and travel

P4C2011



and Hotel for P4C Meetings etc

during meetings in Accra

F2 International Travel to PAORP-VWC Cameroon office (Flight)

2,210.00 2210.00 0 Money Used by Dr. Ndonwie Peter to

cover flight expenses to visit PAOPR-

VWC Cameroon office

P4C2011

TOTAL 3,460.00

3,460.00 0

GRAND TOTAL

52,367.86

52,367.86

52,367.86

0

This constitute total expenditure

incurred by PAORP from P4C Grants

P4C2011

Balance sheet as at 24th February 2012

CURRENT ASSETS Cash at Bank for ongoing projects…………………………………………………………………………………………...12,000.00¢ Temporary investments………………………………………………………………………………………………………00¢

Total Current Assets …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12,000.00¢¢¢¢ Property, Plant & Equipment Land……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….5,000.00¢

Buildings ………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………….…60,000.00¢



Vehicles……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………35,850.00¢

2 Laptop Computers…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1,479.00¢

1 FAVI Projector………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....563.00¢

3 Motorcycles…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4,407.00¢

Office furniture/equipments……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1,265.00¢

less: Accum Depreciation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………16,284.60¢

Prop, Plant & Equip – net ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………92,279.40¢¢¢¢ Other Assets………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..20.425.00¢ TOTAL ASSETS 124,704.00¢¢¢¢ Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors- unpaid bills...................................................................................................................................................................0.00¢ TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 0.00¢

TOTAL NET ASSETS 124,704.00¢

Balance at 24th February 2012 124,704.00¢¢¢¢

Business Plan

of

Dr. Ndonwie Peter (Playmaker Ghana)

Presented by The Training and Monitoring Department

Of Pan-African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children (PAORP-

VWC) P O Box 2153 TL Tamale Northern Region Ghana

Tel: +233(0)0247280003 / (0)372091322 Email: [email protected]


To

Playing for Change Sweden

Tamale, Feb 2012

BUSINESS PLAN of Dr. Ndonwie Peter and PAORP-VWC 2012

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Introduction: As PORP-VWC activities continue to expand within target communities in Northern Ghana, and humanitarian work becoming more complex every day; there is urgent need to develop forward looking business plan that will enable us courageously face challenges and provide possible solutions so that PAORP-VWC projects should have immediate and long term impact on the lives of women and children we serving in Northern Ghana. Our Vision for 2012 Our vision for the coming year (2012) is in line with the main mission of the organization. However the coming year vision is to scale up activities that will provide a safer environment for women and children within our target communities. This will be achieved by providing services that will help emancipate and empowerment women and children to take leading role in development initiatives within their communities The business idea or mission statement (compulsory) The social problem and challenge that your organization is working to solve. Identify the size and scope of the problem. The idea or mission for 2012 is to continue Promoting Basic Education and After School Learning and Play Centre for Children in Northern Ghana. It should be noted as earlier mentioned in 2011 that children from poor homes especially those who have lost one or both parents due to one reason or the other finds it very difficult to acquire basic education for them to become responsible citizens of Ghana. Again due to the vicious cycle of poverty within families in the Northern regions of Ghana, parental responsibility towards their children’s education has become negative in the past years rendering children of school going age to drop out of school and be used as working machines to bring in additional income to their struggling families. This has resulted to trafficking and migration of youths from Northern Ghana to big cities like Accra, Kumasi and the fishing communities in the southern part of Ghana where they are exploited and abused. It is estimated that more than 5000 children are victims of this on-going problem which needs urgent attention and solution from the government and change agents (NGOs) responsible to promote children’s rights especially educational right of the child.

Target group Our target group is made up of women and children because they constitute the most vulnerable in the society and those constantly being subjected to worst forms of exploitation and abuse. Children of school going age are seen daily within Accra and Kumasi performing worst forms of child exploitation and labour abuse contrary to International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, No.182, 1999. Many working children do not have the opportunity to go to school and often grow up to be unskilled adults trapped in poorly paid jobs, and in turn will look to their own children to supplement the family's income. This is where we now come in to promote Basic Education for Children within Northern Ghana by providing them Basic School needs to go to school; so that in the near future they will be able to get themselves good jobs after completing from school as a means of breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and unemployment within their families. For the past two years we have been able to keep 175 children in


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school and more than 250 children presently benefiting from learning and play within our 3 After School Learning an Play Centers (Two in Tamale and one in Sumbrungu Village in Bolgatanga) Our target for the coming year is to scale up the numbers to reach 350-400 children benefiting from scholarships to stay in school and more attending our After School Learning an Play Centers. In 2012 we look forward to expand one additional Centre within Yurogu village in Bolgatanga bringing up the number of centers to 4. In 2012 we plan to start vocational training for youths within the Pan African Youth Vocational Training Centre in Bolgatanga presently under construction with grants for 3 classroom block from Tzedek UK. The first 60-100 children will be enrolled for vocational training by early 2012 to learn modern/professional skills in Dress making, carpentry and Joinery, motor mechanics etc We have been promised with support of tools and equipments from Tools for Self Reliance UK for the center activities. Communications strategy - How will you reach the target group? We have on-going activities within target communities where our target vulnerable women and children are living; and have been working with them for the past years designing forward looking strategies which have enabled us provide on-the-spot solutions to the problems they are facing. In 2012 we are putting in place more aggressive activities which are highly gender sensitive targeting women and children to be emancipated and empowered to bring about sustainable development of their communities. This is because we cannot be talking about sustainable community development when women and children are left out in the planning and leadership position and forum. Our scholarship program for children especially the girl child will be scale up to reach 250 or more children depending on available funds from potential donors. We will scale up the number of After School Learning and Play Centres from 3 to 4 bringing in additional one center within Yorugu in Bolgatanga. Our Youth Vocational Training center will open its doors to 60-100 children to come in and learn a trade that will help them after graduation from the center to be self sustaining with businesses own and managed by them. We will continue to scale up our Micro-credit scheme to target women groups within communities we are operating so that women will become new group of business entrepreneurs and have enough money to send their children to school and also take care of their daily needs with less dependency on their husbands. We will scale up our literacy training program “Schooling the Old” targeting rural women to know their rights and work towards their emancipation and empowerment with one voice. By 2012 as we now have funding from our German partners we are sure to reach additional 10 communities to lobby and challenge witchcraft allegation as traditional form of sanction on women and children. We will also continue to partner up with radio stations within the region for education and awareness programs on women and children’s right to reach a wider audience. We have strategies our approach by bringing to light a new tool to promote women and children’s rights in Northern Ghana with the soon to lunched “Big SISTER Ghana “ project which will bring in young women in leadership position to champion the cause for children and women’ rights in Northern Ghana. Business model (compulsory) How will your business be sustainable and funded long term? What are the next steps? Presently we have some available funding from donors for the continuation of the scholarship program for children within Northern Ghana for 2011-2012 school year, this include donors like Playing for Change


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Sweden, Global Fund for Women USA, Trull Foundation USA and Women Inter-Church Council of Canada. Our unrestricted funding to support general organization activities will partly sustain our on-going programs for the coming year. We are putting in place sustainable business-like projects where additional income will be generated to support the scaling up of planned activities of the organization for the coming years. Here we are talking of the Pan African Wood Processing project in Cameroon that has been providing some additional income for the operation of our activities within Ghana and Cameroon. We are also soon to put in place a Pan African Organisation Medical Centre in Cameroon to generate additional income to run our activities with lesser dependency on donors in the near future. Our Youth Vocation Training Center in Bolgatanga Ghana will also provide services to the general public where additional income will come in to scale up our activities to sustainability. Traditionally we will continue with aggressive fundraising to other interested partners ready to support our activities to scale up. Our Micro-credit scheme is scaling up to reach more and more women from the little interest of less than 15% charged on loans to women beneficiaries. We have acquired 2 years grants starting 2012-2013 from Women World Day of Prayer Germany to reach out to additional 10 communities practicing witchcraft allegation as traditional form of sanction on women. This Harmful Traditional Practices has negative impact putting women and children in disadvantage position within our target communities. Description of method or working model. Our methods to meet up with our business plan include but not limited to the following:-

• Conduct research on issues related to the advancement of women and children

• Capacity Building using Gender Sensitive Participatory Approaches (GSPA) • Provision of Scholarship to needy children from poor families

• Run skill training within our youth vocational center in Bolga.

• Running After School Learning and Play Centers within Tamale and Bolgatanga

• Provide Micro-credits to more women and Youths groups to go into self sustaining businesses • Carry out constant community entry to lobby for the rights of children and women • Fundraise for additional funds to sustain our operation on the ground within target communities

• Enhance the skills of our partner schools and teachers working with us • Continue with the training of Parents “School the Old” to know the rights of their children towards

education and become responsible.

• Initiate exchange visits and exposures among our women to learn from each other • Organised “BIG SISTER Ghana” and Pan African Human Right Protection Golden Prize Award

by 2012 starting in Ghana.

Description of the organization Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children (PAORP-VWC) is a Non-Governmental Human Rights and Development Organisation created on the 05/02/2008 and registered in Ghana on 12th September 2008 under the Registrar General’s Department and Social Welfare as a Charity no G-25,584. Though being a charity, we believe in integrated and participatory approach in


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promoting meaningful Change that will provide a safer environment for women and children rather than just being charitable to them by providing their basic daily needs of food, Shelter and clothing. PAORP-VWC works in all domains where discrimination against women and children is taking place. To combat this societal ill, the organization indulges itself in series of research and facts-finding mission to be able to identify all causes of violence, abuses and discrimination militating against women and children.

The mission statement of PAORP-VWC is to research, organize, support, expand and strengthen the activities of women and youth groups to work to achieve their rights and empowerment within their communities. This will be done by, providing them desired services and representing their interest with the governments as well as national and international organizations.

Our child policy is to provide safer environment where children are fully emancipated and empowered to participate in community development through freedom of expression and communication, which are advocated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our child protection policy is crucial to ensuring that children under 18 years of age have the rights, confidence and environment in which they can make choices, express their views and communicate effectively with other children and adults. PAORP-VWC policy safeguards the child from abuse, discrimination and harm of any kind. As a working condition with PAORP-VWC, all trustees, employees, volunteers and advisers are required to abide to this policy and code of conduct for working with children. All witnessed, suspected or alleged violations of any child’s right is reported to PAORP-VWC Child Protection Officer, who will record and act in a confidential manner for the best interest of the child

Market research: What do you offer that nobody else does? Our activities target those silent emergencies on the plight of women and children that one hardly finds on TV Screens or on the print media because of their complex nature. We work on neglected issues that most organizations or people may see as having any impact or contribution towards sustainable community development; whereas these are the little issues needed to bring about positive social change within our target communities. By investing in the education of the girl child we are helping children in Northern Ghana to rise up and shine as responsible Ghanaians. By investing in After School Learning and Play for children we are helping to bring out the hidden talents in children to be discovered by their parents and teachers. This goal has also enabled children to perform well in school to become successful citizens of Ghana. By investing on Micro-credits for women within our target communities, we are breeding a new group of women business entrepreneurs ready to invest in those businesses that were considered a no-go area for women. This goal also helps to give financial autonomy to women thereby providing them a safer environment free from violence and abuse. By investing into vocational training for youths within Northern Ghana, we are scaling down high rate of children trafficking and worst forms of labour abuse vulnerable children in Northern Ghana have for years been subjected to. Further development (compulsory): - How will you develop your idea for sustainable impact on the society? Our business plan is on-going and has a multiplier effect on the lives of the people we are serving. Our scholarship program will continue to sustain children to stay in school to acquire basic education for the


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next 5 years. Our After School Learning and Play Centers will continue to bring in approximately 350 children or more for 2012 to learn issues related to children’s rights and revise their school work to improve on their performance in class. By encouraging children to play while learning we are promoting social inclusion and unity among children in a volatile region where inter-tribal war from chieftaincy disputes has played a lot of negative impact and refuse children this natural right to Play. PAORP-VWC Micro-credit scheme will continue to provide small loans to women to go into petty business to make profits that will enable them take care of themselves and their children etc. Tentative timeline for the upcoming year (2012)

January – June July - December 1. Continuation of on-going child focus

projects including research in Communities 2. Expand After School Learning and Play to

Yorugu Bolgatanga. 3. Training and Capacity Building 4. Micro-Credit follow-up 5. Meeting with Parents/PTA/Schools 6. Start of Youth Vocational Training Program 7. Work at the Witch Camps 8. Monitoring/evaluation and Reporting to

partners 9. Putting in place “BIG SISTER Ghana”

Project

1. Lunch of Pan African Human Right Protection Prize Award

2. Continuation of on-going child focus projects- After School Learning and Play.

3. Advocacy/ Lobby/ Training sessions in Communities

4. Expansion of Micro-credits to new groups 5. Exchange Visits by groups 6. Award of scholarships to children 7. Meetings with opinion leaders etc. 8. Continuation of on-going activities 9. Fundraise for Projects

Overall, what are the next steps to make further progress? We are aware of the needs and the constant problems faced by women and children within other African Countries when it comes to issues related to violence and abuse of their rights as citizens. Giving the fact that we have very limited resources to expand on our work to these countries, we have developed a new strategy for our impact to be felt within all regions of Africa. This approach needs lot of support and encouragement from different stakeholders to see this dream realised. We have developed a Pan African Human Right Protection Golden Prize Award to encourage Africans either individually or as group to work to protect Human Right within their countries or regions. This strategy will see prizes dished out to Human Right activities from the 5 regions of Africa as follow:- � West African Countries.� East African Countries � Southern African Countries � Northern African Countries � Central African Countries � Founders Prize. What are the challenges ahead? Scaling up and expansion needs both material and financial resources to achieve our objectives which is the major challenge we are facing. However once we successfully put in place our Medical Center in Cameroon


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and the Pan African Youth Vocational Center in Bolgatanga Ghana, these projects will be able to sustain our activities financially for us to expand. What remains to be done? We are looking at the future of our organization and its activities carefully and working out strategies that will make us lesser donor dependant. In this regards there is an urgent need to open up The Pan African Organisation Medical Centre Cameroon which a building has already been acquired by the organization for this purpose and The Pan African Organisation Youth Vocational Training Centre, Ghana. Why we are interested to investing in the local economy and profit making enterprises, is to achieve absolute financial sustainability to avoid too much donor dependency and reliance on charitable handouts. Once achieved, this goal will mean that PAORP-VWC projects in Ghana and Cameroon will be funded with profit from the services provided to the general public by these projects. What is there to be learned from the experiences? Our approach and intervention has awakened target communities and given hope to hopeless faces of women and children. The importance of investing in children’s education which we are promoting through scholarship is bridging the gap in education between the poor and the rich and also the gender gap among male and female children. Our work has immediate and long term impact on the society since the children we are supporting now will be future leaders of Ghana.

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