Advocates for Community Alternatives helps West African communities that are threatened by the destructive impacts of extractives-led development to take control of their own futures. We do this by working with communities to design their own sustainable development plans and advocate to achieve those plans. And we build networks of lawyers and other experts to help the communities’ plans come to fruition.
What's New
Donkro Nkwanta Communities Break Ground on Community Projects
In the past month, two of the communities at Donkro Nkwanta in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana – Salamkrom and Kyeredeso – have broke ground on community-driven development projects with ACA’s support…
Donkro Nkwanta Residents Become Active and Engaged Citizens Through CICONET
Fifty residents of the villages of Donkro Nkwanta, Kyeredeso, Nwoase, and Salamkrom have completed their fourth month of activities through the Citizens Community Network, or CICONET…
Zoghota Massacre Victims Accuse Mining Company of Complicity in Murder
One August night in 2012, police, public security, and military forces attacked the village of Zoghota in southeastern Guinea.
Want to work with us?
We are building a regional professional community of lawyers.
We have an ecosystem of lawyers and other experts
who collaborate with communities to defend communities’ rights
and pursue their own vision of development