Ghana · Food security and agriculture
Friends of the Earth-Ghana
Non Governmental Organization
We aim to protect the earth against further degradation caused by human activities; to empower people to reduce their poverty through participatory sustainable livelihood strategies; to ensure food security for all; to overcome poverty and inequality; to preserve the earth’s ecological, cultural and ethnic diversity; to facilitate climate change resilient farming systems; and to promote sustainable resource use at the local, national and global levels. We do this through a range of activities: -- train communities to monitor the activities of forest logging companies to ensure compliance with VPA and FLEGT regulations and Ghana's forest laws -- train women and other rmarginalised and vulnerable groups in sustainable livelihood activities; we provide services to communities, such as boreholes for potable water; -- raise awareness in communities about their rights to a fair share of local resources and the benefits from those resources, especially forest resources); -- train subsistence farmers in agroforestry and organic agriculture to help them adapt their farms to climate change; -- build the capacity of communities to monitor for transparency, accountability and good governance in the activities of institutions, corporations and government; -- provide food processing and storage centres to poor rural communities to help strengthen their food security -- help communities to advocate that their rights to services (e.g. water, sanitation and health) are met by the government; -- help communities use their local resources in a more sustainable way, e.g. Lake Bosumtwe and its environment -- campaign for change towards environmentally and socially equitable development in the activities of governments, institutions, business and industries.
- Founded
- 1986
Accounts
No accounts available from the sources we use.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Countries with projects published on IATI
Ghana ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improving the productivity and environmental sustainability of farming systems for 1,000 women farmers in Ghana | Ghana | 2013–… ongoing | $457,169 |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Official checks
- Public register
- DSW (Ghana) 258 — number declared on IATI; that register is not one of our sources of accounts
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Timeline
- Founded
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
GH-DSW 258 · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata