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So What's the Big Picture Now?
Reduced domestic violence and FGM amongst Women in Ghana...
30,000 farmers in N Ghana have increased production through sustainable farming...
Strengthened the only women led Maasai organisation in Tanzania...
Secured Land for 200,000 Maasai Pastoralists and 5,000 hunter gatherers...
Raised awareness of issues of EU trade policies in Northern Ghana...
Maasai Women Breaking Barriers
In Tanzania, pastoralists such as the Maasai struggle for legitimacy, land and representation. Women are oppressed and discriminated against. This project will work with and strengthen a Maasai, women led, community organisation to empower girls and women to claim their rights, increase access to services especially education, benefit from natural resources, provide credit and income generating opportunities, reduce domestic violence and increase their participation in local decision making.
‘Educate one woman and you educate a whole community'
Swahili saying.
Sustainable Livelihoods in Ghana
African Initiatives has been working in northern Ghana for 12 years on sustainable agriculture and women’s rights. During that time around 30,000 people living in the project area have seen some important changes in their lives. Our partners address issues of local concern, such as access to land and sustainable agricultural practices. The position of women in Ghana makes them particularly vulnerable as they have restricted access to land and natural resources, power and decision making, capital, access to basic services (education, health legal) and physical security. The overall aim of African Initiatives programme in northern Ghana is to improve the rights of women.
“We are unified and speak with a common voice. And we know African Initiatives Is dancing with us”
Philip Ayamba, farmer in Northern Ghana.
Trustees Required
African Initiatives is a Bristol based social justice organization with 4 part time staff, working with communities and organisations in Ghana and Tanzania by providing resources, advice, training and advocacy. We advocate the right of all people to a life of dignity and to fully participate in the social, political and economic decisions that affect their lives.
African Initiatives Board seeks to strengthen its size and expertise by recruiting an additional 3 Trustees to join an existing team of 5. The work is unpaid but rewarding. As a trustee you will strengthen the governance of a small innovative organisation and contribute specific skills and expertise in one or more of the following:
- Fundraising; Programme Management.
- Advocacy and Campaigning.
- Land Rights and Women’s Rights.
- Charity Law and Management.
- Education and Global Citizenship.
For Further Information and an Application Pack please contact:
val@african-initiatives.org.uk
T: 0117 9150001
Closing date: Monday 14th July Interviews Wednesday 23rd July
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