Under the Innovation for Localization Project, STAR-Ghana Foundation is partnering Songtaba to pilot local giving to support the needs of aged women allegedly accused as witches and are banished to the witches camps.
And so, on Friday June 25, 2021 the Foundation joined Songtaba to make some donations to the alleged witches camp at Kukuo community in Bimbilla District.
Some of the items donated included clothing, food items and some funds. We are happy to indicate that all of these resources were mobilized from the communities which gives us the hope that together in the communities with efforts we can solve the challenges that we face.
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Election 2012
In November 2011, STAR-Ghana put out a call for proposals for Election 2012 on the theme: CONSOLIDATING GHANA'S DEMOCRACY THROUGH TRANSPARENT, FREE AND PEACEFUL 2012 ELECTIONS: THE ROLE OF CSOs and other Non-State Actors. This call invited registered Ghanaian civil society organisations to undertake activities that will enhance transparency, fairness and peace in the 2012 elections. The overall goal of this initiative is to guarantee a transparent and peaceful election devoid of intimidation and conflicts.
The call received 236 expressions of interests under the competitive window, out of which 152 applicants were shortlisted and invited to go through the application process. 98 applications were subsequently received out of which 45 applicants were awarded grants.
Under the non-competive window (strategic opportunities), 9 civil society organisations were invited to submit proposals for specific projects.
STAR Ghana Foundation hosts fellows from Ford Foundation
On 24th May 2021, fellows from the Ford Foundation and the Kenyan Community Development Foundation visited the STAR-Ghana Foundation.
Their visit was to acquaint themselves to appreciate the evolution of STAR Ghana and how as a foundation, STAR Ghana is influencing civic space in Ghana. The Executive Director gave an overview of the transition from the STAR-Ghana Programme to the now STAR-Ghana Foundation. He highlighted the distinct role that the Foundation plays now- as a national coordinator for civil society and as a national promoter of active citizenship.
The nuances in the donor landscape and how it should influence civil society leaders wasalso discussed. Using the Kenya Community Development Foundation experiences, Janet Mawiyoo shared the KCDF implementing experience on building alternative non-profit resourcing.
The 2021 Cohorts of the Non-profit Leadership Transition Fellowship (NLTFP) presented to the Foundation, a certificate of appreciation.
Fellows were grateful for the sharing experience and looked forward to more interactions.
STAR Ghana Foundation appoints Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh as a safeguarding trustee
STAR-Ghana Foundation has appointed Professor Takyiwaa Manuh as the organisation’s safeguarding trustee in accordance with the update of the safeguarding policy. Her appointment is as a result of the Foundation’s commitment to ensuring a safe working environment for staff, partners and clients.
Rationale for the Safeguarding policy
The STAR Ghana Foundation’s Safeguarding Policy is implemented as a measure to prevent and respond to instances of abuse and harm that might be occurring as a result of the Foundation’s work. It provides common rules, regulations and principles, and a strategy as a guiding document to staff and partners. The policy has been developed in line with international best practices, including the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and the International Agency Standing Committee core principles on sexual, abuse exploitation and harassment. The policy also adheres to national policies and laws, including the Children’s Act and Disability Act, Domestic Violence Act.
Who can report?
This Safeguarding Policy is intended to inform all Foundation activities, and the actions and behaviour of all associated with the Foundation – including staff, partners, representatives, beneficiaries, third parties and the communities the Foundation engages.
How to Report? Contact details.
Email: TManuh@star-ghana.org safeguarding-stargh@star-ghana.org safeguardingtruste-stargh@star-ghana.org
Professor Takyiwaa Manuh, safeguarding trustee of the STAR-Ghana Foundation is an academic with a long-standing relationship with international development and civil society. She is an Emerita Professor of the University of Ghana and was previously Director, Social Development Policy Division, of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from February 2014 to May 2017. Before joining the ECA, she had been Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana, where she also served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 2002-2009. She has received several awards and recognitions including the University of Ghana’s Meritorious Service Award in 2007; Ghana’s Order of the Volta (Officer Class) for services to education in 2008; and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Sussex in 2015. She is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and is also currently a member of the GAAS Council. In addition, she has served as a member of several international, continental, and national organizations and bodies including the Board of the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), the UK; the Board of the Society for International Development (SID; the Scientific Committee of the Association of African Universities (AAU), the Chair of the Scientific Committee of CODESRIA, Dakar; , the Governing Board of UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), the Board of the African Gender Institute Board, the Steering Committee of the South-South Exchange Program on the History of Development (SEPHIS), the Steering Committee of NETRIGHT, Chair of ABANTU for Development’s Board, and member of the board of the Media Foundation for West Africa. Professor Takyiwaa Manuh published widely in the areas of African development; gender, women’s rights, and empowerment; higher education; and contemporary African migrations.
Refer to the Safeguarding Policy: https://star-ghana.org/learning-2/publications-and-resources/manuals-strategies-frameworks/150-star-ghana-foundation-safeguarding-policy/file
