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• Major or Current Achievements *: • It aided 125 women (charcoal producers) to establish viable micro enterprises, leading to improvement in their incomes and food security in 2 natural resource-dependent communities in rural Ghana. • Improvement in income levels of over 80 women households led to increased spending on their children’s education and health needs in Wa municipality of Ghana. • It supported volunteering initiatives in at least 93 rural communities to develop plans on how the community could initiate and sustain school development plans that improve children learning outcomes and school completion. • It contributed in widening the political and social space for women and youth participation in local governance. • 198 out-of-school children were enrolled, retained and integrated into 9 basic schools in 5 communities through our integrated community advocacy. • 350 at risk children and their mothers were supported with school uniforms, stationery, clothing and household items as a result of our research findings we shared with donors. • It contributed in improving teaching and learning outcomes of over 900 children in Wa municipality by providing 6 deprived primary schools with furniture, stationery and computers. • It enhanced the incomes and food security of 40 women fuel wood extractors and their households by supporting them to undertake rabbit production as alternative businesses in Ghana. • Provided business support services to 11 agribusiness companies and FBOs, supporting them to access grants and credit worth US$900,000. • Rabbit production ventures established for 85 women charcoal producers have improved their access to sustainable incomes and reduced their dependence on fuel wood for livelihoods, thereby reducing pressure on the Savannah ecosystem. • Built capacities of youths to demand accountability from Assembly members. The beneficiaries were trained to use community score card to track the level of community involvement in project planning and implementation in the areas of service provision in education, health and agriculture. • Facilitated entrepreneurship and records keeping trainings, saving and access to micro and small loans for over 600 underserved people involving Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and rural women. • It facilitated HIV testing and counseling and used Behavior Change Communication (BCC) to disseminate messages on safer sex behaviors, care and support and stigma reduction to over 18,900 people involving women, children and out-of-school youth in Wa West district. • Using Communication for Development (C4D), it has increased at least 23,000 community members’ awareness and behavior changes in support of Exclusive Breast Feeding for the first six months; complementary feeding from Six months; Hand Washing With Soap; Birth Registration; Prevention of early child marriage; Routine Immunization, and Early enrolment and retention of children in schools among others in Ghana. • Built and Strengthened capacities of 80 community institutions and networks which has enhanced their effectiveness in undertaking community integrated health initiatives on maternal and child health across 2 districts. • Successfully used advocacy to whip up support of state institutions, notably Ghana Health Service, Ghana Education Service, and Department of Social Welfare etc to • The 120 rabbit farms that were established for rural women in the previous years have provided direct employment to 125 women charcoal producers, improved their access to sustainable incomes, enhanced their food security and reduced their dependence on fuel wood for livelihoods, thereby reducing pressure on the Savannah ecosystem. • Contributed in improving active participation of the marginalised people in governance process in Bongo and Builsa South districts by ensuring that 90 per cent of the Community Health Assistants or volunteers recruited were women, youth, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and the aged. • “In 2015, up to 400 most needy and poor families were supported with computers, uniforms, household items and clothing. Our follow ups on the field have revealed a 40 per cent reduction in the incidents of truancy in 4 of our beneficiary schools in Wa municipality.” Mr Eliyasu Issah, Board member, LifeCare Ghana (Wa, Ghana).
• Functional Board *:
• Number of Board Members *: 5
• List Expertise of Board Members *: environment & Natural resource management, Governance, Food security, women empowerment
• Organisational Strategic Plan *:
• Head of Organisation *: Abdul-Rahman Moomin
• Name of Contact Person *: Abdul-Rahman Moomin
• Position of Contact Person *: Executive Director
• Number of Staff *: 11
• Number of Males *: 9
• Number of Females *: 2

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