Completed and Ongoing Programs

1. Adolescent reproductive health and rights project
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2. Increasing access to healthcare in the Ave traditional area
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3. Improving maternal and child healthcare
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4. Employable skills training for poor urban youth
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5. Capacity building for women in entrepreneurial skills
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6. HIV/AIDS prevention and training for young adults
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7. Care Net Community Hospital
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1. Project Title:
Adolescent Reproductive Health And Rights Education For Young Adults
Partner:               French Embassy, Ghana
Duration:             Twelve calendar months
Status:                Completed and still running
Location:             Hohoe, Volta Region

Programme Goal:

To improve the reproductive health care of the Ghanaian adolescents aged 10-24.

Specific project Objectives are to:

• Advocate for action on adolescents’ reproductive health rights and access to information and services.
• Promote access to resource materials, including adolescent health journals, books, and video films.
• Provide reproductive healthcare services specifically designed for adolescents, as well as referrals to adolescent-friendly institutions for further care.
• Create opportunities for the empowerment of adolescents.

Activities:

1. Establish an adolescent/youth friendly Centre in Hohoe to provide; Counseling, Training, Video, films, Library, Recreation and Referrals
2. Community sensitization programmes on Adolescent Reproductive health care issues
3. Capacity building for teachers and parents on Adolescent Reproductive Health
4. Vocational skills training in computer literacy, theater performance and public speaking skills.

Project Outcome:

A multi purpose youth friendly centre established in Hohoe, 1,700 young people trained in counseling and peer education Some 490 young adults referred for reproductive healthcare Some 900 young people trained in HIV/AIDS prevention

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2. Project Title:
Integrated community based healthcare improvement (ICB-HIP)
Partner:              Action Medeor, Germany
Duration:            Twelve calendar months
Status:               Ongoing
Location:            Ave-Afiadenyigba, Volta Region.

Project Summary:

Ghana has made significant progress in improving several aspects of Health Care system, with the recent introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Nevertheless, many poor and deprived communities in the Akatsi District of the Volta Region like the Ave traditional area lack rudimentary access to appropriate healthcare services. There are high incidences of maternal and child mortality according to findings of a pre-project feasibility and a wide range of factors impair the healthy rights of poor women and children. Malaria related mortality remains unacceptably high and accounts for more the 57% of all out patient cases in the district This program is aimed at improving maternal and child health in the Ave traditional area through increasing access to quality healthcare for the people through the construction of a community health centre.The health centre is expected to increase access to quality healthcare and provide the following services

• Maternal and Child healthcare (pre-natal, delivery and post natal care)
• Diagnosis and treatment of common disease (malaria, anemia etc)

Care Net will also educate the beneficiary communities to utilize the services of the heath centre and also to register with the Health Insurance Scheme in order to enjoy affordable healthcare. Care Net will also train traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in hard to reach communities to act as primary contacts for pregnant women and encourage TBAs to make prompt and timely referrals.

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3. Project Title:
Improving Maternal and Child Healthcare
Partner:               Women’s World Day of Prayer, German Committee
Duration:             Twelve calendar months
Status:                Ongoing
Location:             Dangme West, Greater Accra.

Project Objectives:

Improve maternal and child health care services.

Activities:

• Identify and train 30 Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in six communities
• Provide 30 TBA kits
• Train TBAs in income generating activities – backyard poultry and gardening

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4. Project Title:
Employable Skills Training For Poor Urban Church Women
Partner:               Mustard Seed Foundation, USA.
Duration:             Twelve calendar months
Status:                Completed and still running
Location:             Ogbojo, Greater Accra.

Background:

Women in most Ghanaian society are by culture and tradition responsible for up bring of children, taking care of the family and many others. However, church women have a lot more responsibility than they can carry, aside of their personal family problems of education, healthcare and shelter the church women again contributes towards the care of other vulnerable children like abandoned and street children, AIDS orphans and now people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The economic and social implication for the poor church woman is deepening poverty, stress and living in a vicious cycle of poverty. Unfortunately majority of church women in city are unemployed or simply lack employable skills to meet the ever increasing challenges they face. The overall goal of the project is to Empower Church Women to overcome poverty.

The project activities are;

Identify and train 60 women in two main employable skills;

• Baking and pastry making
• Beads and Batik making

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5. Project Title:
Care Net Community Hospital
Partner:               Local
Duration:             Twelve calendar months
Status:                Completed and still running
Location:             Fodome, Volta Region.

Summary:

Poor socio-economic status of rural women farmers in the Fodome Traditional Area Poor entrepreneurial skills and practices of rural women farmers in the Fodome traditional area Poor Income levels of rural women farmers in the Fodome traditional area

Project Objective/Purpose

To improve the income level of rural women cassava farmers in the Fodome Traditional area in Hohoe District

Output and Activities:

Output 1 – 3 women groups of 75 established and supported in cassava cultivation, processing and marketing
Output 2 – 25 hectares of cassava cultivated
Output 3 – 1 Gari Processing Plants established
Output 4 – 1 Group established and supported for marketing Gari and other

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6. Project Title:
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Training
Partner:               
Duration:            
Status:                
Location:             Hohoe, Volta Region

Programme Goal:

To raise HIV/AIDS awareness.

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