October 10th every year has been declared World Mental Health Day, to help raise public awareness of mental health concerns globally and to motivate society to support mental health. This theme for this year’s commemoration “Make Mental Health and Wellbeing for All a Global Priority” is a wake-up call for us in Ghana. While significant progress has been […]

At the core of STAR Ghana Foundation’s work is increasing the effectiveness of civil society influence for inclusive development, and access to public services for citizens, particularly women and girls. With funding from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is implementing Gender Rights and Empowerment Programme with an overall goal to contribute to increased […]

A cohort of Master of Arts students at the Centre for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) of the University of Ghana, Legon have paid a study visit to STAR-Ghana Foundation. The visit was aimed at helping the students access practical experiences of organizations involved in social policy advocacy. The Executive Director, Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu received the students, […]

“A couple of months ago,” recalls Stephen Kwame Coffie, a 24-year old electrician based in Kumasi, “I saw it on TV that a building had collapsed on school children at Jamara and the Multimedia group was undertaking a campaign to mobilize resources to build a new school block for the community.” When Stephen heard that […]

For many years, the people of Kusali, a farming community in the Sisala West District of Ghana’s Upper West Region yearned to have their own health centre. Their motivation stemmed from a prolonged conflict with a neighbouring community which robbed them of a Community Health Planning Service (CHPS) facility funded by the Japan International Cooperation […]

STAR-Ghana Foundation and the West Africa Civil Society Institute look forward to hosting its first Webinar and learning series on Alternative Financing for CSOs. The virtual learning series, slated for the months of September, October and November, primarily focuses on introducing CSOs to alternative funding strategies through shared learning and experiences from community foundations and […]

As calls for power shift between the global north and south in areas of development deepen, International NGOs continue to fashion out ways to prepare the south for a paradigm shift in power. In Ghana, Norsaac is modelling Participatory Grants Making (PGM) with a core country team including STAR-Ghana Foundation, Oxfam and WACSI providing support. […]

Hundreds of children living in parts of the Central and Northern regions can look forward to receiving education for a brighter future. This is because the Multimedia Group through the Giving for Change (GfC) Project, under the auspices of STAR-Ghana Foundation (SGF) and WACSI is constructing classrooms in selected districts in the two regions to […]

To promote and encourage Active Citizens’ engagement toward national development, an effective and seamless implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Law is required. This is according to Executive Director of STAR-Ghana Foundation, Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu. He told a gathering of the Civil Society representatives, public interest individuals and a cross-section of state institutions during a […]

More than 50 partner representatives of the Giving for Change (GfC) programme attended the opening session of the five-day partner learning and reflection meeting which has begun in Accra, Ghana.   The event which started on Monday 11 July 2022 will create a platform for the partners coming from Africa, Asia, and South America to reflect […]

Launched on 17 June 2021 in Ghana, the Giving for Change (GfC) programme seeks to transform the way development is done by promoting local giving as a strategy for achieving community-led development.   The programme is designed to strengthen local ownership, buy-in and rights claiming, challenging the notion that development is something that is “done to” communities […]