ACA, Fanteakwa South jointly open soap-making business at Juaso
“Here in Juaso, we have lost almost all our farmlands to mining activities, thereby creating food insecurity in this area. By working at this soap-making mini-factory, I will make some income and be better positioned to fend for my dependents. Even though I’m a...
FCAP model makes remarkable impact in Ghana’s deprived communities
Every country or community craves for development in various forms – development that has positive impact on various facets of human endeavor. This insatiable quest for development calls for pragmatic measures to bring it to fruition. One tested model that holds the...
PRESS RELEASE: Zogota Massacre Victims In Paris For Justice
Survivors of the 2012 massacre by state security forces in the village of Zogota in the West African country of Guinea are asking the Tribunal Judiciaire in Paris, France, to ensure that justice is finally served in their lawsuit against the Guinean state. The...
Ten Eastern Region communities sign Microgrant Agreements with ACA, celebrate kick-off of community-driven development projects
It was all joy at Saamang, Abompe, Dome, Hemang, Nsutam, Dwenase, Bosuso and Kplandey in the Fanteakwa South distric…
CiCoNet introduces Ghana media to mining company devastation in Eastern Region villages
On July 6, 2023, the Citizens Committee Network (CiCoNet), a group of concerned community members in the Eastern Region of Ghana, led a group of journalists to tour three towns that have been badly affected by mining activities. The field trip, which took the...
Koidu residents disappointed and devastated by ECOWAS court ruling
Koidu City, Sierra Leone (June 20, 2023) Koidu and its surrounding communities could not hide their utter shock and dismay over a judgement announced on Monday June 19, 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria, by the ECOWAS Court of Justice, regarding gross human right abuses they...
Press Release – ACA Partners Ghana Government to Accelerate Development in 100 Communities
Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) has launched a massive expansion of its community-driven development (CDD) work to one hundred communities in Ghana. The project will put communities threatened by extractive development in control of their own development...
ACA trains university students in citizen science approaches to soil and plant analysis
More than 60 soil science students and technicians at the University of Ghana have benefitted from a three-day workshop on community-based agricultural science. Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) organized the workshop with the university’s Department of Soil...
Communities hold Third FCAP meeting
Ahead of the execution of development projects under ACA’s community-driven development (CDD) module, beneficiary communities have held their third weekly meetings to further deliberate on their collective futures. These communities, which include Abompe,...
2022 ACA Update
2022 was an amazing year, during which ACA’s internal investments increasingly paid off in terms of concrete results for communities and civil society partners across West Africa. At ACA, we help West African communities that are threatened by the destructive impacts...