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PNACB148.Pdf .. -.~.~_.",_.".- . ..........~"',~:,,'=~. s y PR T PREPARED BY [lSAID/GHA.NA TO SUPPORT THE }vfINISTRY OF EDUCATION PROGRAA1FOR FREE~ COlvlP[lLSORY UNIVERSAL BASIC EI)UCATIO]'If (FCUBE) APRIL 1996 I I I I TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Acronyms and Abbreviations I Executive Summary Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 I 1.1. Purpose . 1 1.2. Survey Scope · 1 1.3. Methodology . 2 I 1.4. Findings . 2 1.5. Content and Organisation of the Study . 6 I Chapter 2: NGOs Profiles ·· 7 2.1. Ghanaian Chapters of International NGOs . 7 I 2.1.1. Action Aid/Ghana (AA/G) . 7 2.1.2. World Vision International, Ghana (WVI/G) . 9 I 2.1.3. Plan International/Ghana (Pi/G) . 11 2.1.4. Voluntary Service Overseas/Ghana (VSO/G) . 12 2.1.5. Ghana Institute of linguistics, literacy and Bible Translation (GlllBT) .. 13 I 2.1.6. Childcare International/Ghana (CI/G) . 16 2.1.7. Forum for African Women Educationalists/Ghana (FAWE) .. 17 2.2. Ghanaian NGOs in Partnership with International Organisations . 19 I 2.2.1. School for Life (SFL) . 19 2.2.2. Ghana Danish Community Programme (GDCP) . 21 2.2.3. Ghana Book Trust (GBT) . 23 I 2.2.4. The Educational Sponsorship Programme (ESP) .. 25 2.2.5. Task-Oriented Physical Science learning Systems (TOPS) . 26 2.2.6. Westphalian Children's Village (WCV) . 28 I 2.2.7. Global Community Ghana (GCG) .. 30 2.3. local NGOs . 31 2.3.1. African Development Programme (ADP) . 31 I 2.3.2. Children's Literature Foundation (ClF) . 33 2.3.3. la Mansaamo Kpee (lMK) - la Town Development Association . 34 I 2.3.4. Organisation of Rural Primary Education Developers (ORPED) . 37 2.3.5. Mayday Rural Project (MRP) . 38 2.3.6. Ghana Society for the Blind (GSB) . 39 I 2.3.7. Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) : . 41 2.4. Denominational Religious Mission Development/Relief Organisations . 42 2.4.1. Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) . 42 I 2.4.2. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) . 44 2.4.3. Pentecost Social Services (PENTSOS) . 46 2.4.4. Assemblies of God Development and Relief Services (AGDRS) . 47 I 2.4.5. AGAPE Relief Fellowship International. .48 2.4.6. Remnant Development and Relief Organisation (RDRO) . 49 I I I I I 2.4.7. Ghana Muslim Ladies Association (GMLA) . 2.4.8. Evangelical Bible Mission . 5°152 2.5. Religious Education Units . 52 2.5.1. Background . 52 2.5.2 Catholic Educational Unit... 531 2.5.3. Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Educational Unit... 53 2.5.4. Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana . 54 2.5.5. Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana - Educational Unit.. .. 541 2.5.6. Seventh-Day Adventist Educational Unit... .. 55 2.5.7. F'Eden Mission Church . 56 2.5.8. Salvation Army Education Unit... 571 2.5.9. Ahmadiyya Muslim Educational Unit.. 2.5.10. Other Religious Educational Units .. ~~I 2.6. NGOs Providing Other Community Services . 58 2.6.1. Save the Children Fund (UK), Ghana (SCF) .. 58 2.6.2. SNV-Netherlands Development Organisation, Ghana . 591 2.6.3. Oxfam/Ghana . 60 2.6.4. Professional Network Association (PRONET) .. 2.6.5. Freedom From Hunger/Ghana (FFH/G) .. 6°161 2.6.6. Integrated Social Development of People (ISODEC) . 62 2.6.7. Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) . 64 2.6.8. Centre for Community Studies, Action and Development (CENCOSAD) . 66 1 2.6.9. Nima 441 Welfare Association .. 67 2.6.10. Friends of the Nation (FN) . 68 2.6.11. Tongu Youth and Children Evangel (TOYACE) , . 69 1 2.6.12. Amasachina Self-Help Association .. 70 2.6.13. Opportunities Industrialization Centre, Ghana (OIC/G) . 71 2.6.14. Junior Achievement/Ghana (JNG) . 72 1 2.6.15 Green Earth Organisation (GEO) . 72 Chapter 3: Umbrella Organisations and Networks for NGOs .. 74 1 3.1. The Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organizations in Development (GAPVOD)... 741 3.2. Inter-NGO Consortium for Relief Rehabilitation .. 75 3.3. The Participatory Methods, Training and Information Facility (PMTIF) and the Northern Ghana Network for Development (NGND) . 761 3.4. Volta Region Association of NGOs (VORANGO) . 76 3.5. The Consortium of International NGOs . 771 Chapter 4: The Legislative Framework within which NGOs Operate in Ghana .. 78 4.1. A Brief History of NGOs in Ghana . 78 I 4.2. Government Registration of NGOs . 78 4.3. The Bill on the Proposed Non-Governmental Organisations Act 1993 . 80 1 APPENDIX 1: NGO MATRIX APPENDIX 2: NGO CONTACT DETAILS I I ,1- I I List of Acronyms and Abbreviations I ANG Action Aid/Ghana I ADF African Development Foundation ADP African Development Programme ADRA Adventist Development Relief Agency I AGDRS Assemblies of God Development and Reli6f Services A/R Ashanti Region I B-A/R Brang-Ahafo Region CAFOD Catholic Fund for Overseas Development I CSO Community-Based Organisation CEDEP Centre for the Development of People I CENCOSAD Centre for Community Studies and Development CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CIIG Childcare International/Ghana I ClF Children's Literature Foundation CMA Christian Mothers' Association I CODE Canadian Organisation for Development through Education COWAP Community Water Project I C/R Central Region CRS Catholic Relief Services I CUSO Canadian Universities Service Overseas DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DWM 31st December Women's Movement I E/R Eastern Region ESP Educational Sponsorship Programme I EU European Union FAWE Federation of African Women Educationalists I FFH/G Freedom from Hunger/Ghana FIDA International Federation of Women lawyers I FN Friends of the Nation GAPVOD Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development G-A/R Greater Accra Region I GBT Ghana Book Trust GC/G Global Community/Ghana I GDCA Ghana-Danish Communities Association I I I I I I GDCP Ghana-Danish Community Project GEO Green Earth Organisation I GES Ghana Education Service GILLBT Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation I GIWC Ghana International Women's Club GMLA Ghana Muslim Ladies' Association GNAT Ghana National Association of Teachers I GNCC Ghana National Commission on Children GOG Government of Ghana I GSB Ghana Society for the Blind GSMF Ghana Social Marketing Foundation I GWSC Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation IAE Institute of Adult Education lAS Institute of African Studies I ISODEC Integrated Social Development Centre IUCN World Conservation Union (formerly International Union for the I Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) JA Junior Achievement I LMK La Mansaamo Kpee (La Town Development Association) MESW Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare I MFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning MRP Mayday Rural Project MOE Ministry of Education I MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture MOH Ministry of Health I MOWH Ministry of Works and Housing NCWD National Council for Women in Development I NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NFED Non-Formal Education Division I NUENGO National Union of Environmental NGOs ODA Overseas Development Agency OIC/G Opportunities Industrialisation Centre/Ghana I ORPED Organisation of Rural Primary Education Developers PENTSOS Pentecost Social Services I PIIG Plan International/Ghana I I I I I I PPAG Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal I ProNet Professional Network Association PTA ParentlTeacher Association N/R Northern Region I RDRO Remnant Development and Relief Organisation SCF Save the Children Fund I SFL School for Life SIDA Swedish International Development Agency I SIL Summer Institute of Linguistics SNV Netherlands Development Organisation I STME Science, Technology and Mathematics Education for Girls TOPS Task Oriented Physical Science Learning Systems TOYACE Tongu Youth and Children Evangel I TTC Teacher Training College U.E/R Upper East Region I UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation I UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees I UNICEF United Nations International Children's Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development UST University of Science and Technology I U.W/R Upper West Region VORANGO Volta Region Association of NGOs I VIR Volta Region VSO/G Voluntary Service Overseas, Ghana I WB World Bank WCV Westphalian Children's Village I WID Women in Development WILDAF Women in Law and Development in Africa W/R Western Region I WVI/G World Vision International, Ghana YPIC Youth for Population, Information and Communication I YWCA Young Women's Christian Association I I I I I Executive Summary I I USAID/Ghana is pleased to present a "Survey of NGO's providing services to the basic education sector". The survey is an information resource for governmental and non-governmental organizations and bi-Iateral and multi-lateral development I agencies working on programs to improve the quality of basic education services in Ghana. I The survey illustrates the wide range of services currently being provided by NGO's including infrastructure development; the provision of school materials, including furniture, books and other specialized learning materials; school feeding programs; I and strengthening school management. A common theme throughout the survey is the various strategies NGO's use to promote community and beneficiary participation in the development process. I More specifically, each NGO profile in the survey includes information on administration and management, major services to education, sources of funding, I coordination with government agencies, as well as illustrative constraints and successes. I We appreciate the time and effort put into this survey by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, the Ghana Association of Private I Voluntary Organization in Development(GAPVOD), and NGO representatives. The state of NGO's in the education sector is changing, so it is likely that information in the survey will change as well.
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