Hon. Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, MP for Ho West and a member of the STAR-Ghana steering committee, has launched the new STAR Ghana Foundation in the Volta region of Ghana. At the launch event at the Freedom Hotel in the regional capital of Ho, Hon. Bedzrah asked citizens to be concerned with issues that affect their […]

Active citizenship in a changing Ghana: context, challenges and opportunities Inaugural lecture on November 13, 2019, to mark the launch of STAR Ghana Foundation delivered by Charles Abugre, Executive Director of TAMA Foundation Universal and former CEO of Savannah Accelerated Development Agency (SADA) ‘I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens building […]

The STAR Ghana Foundation, a Ghanaian owned non-profit organisation has been launched in Accra, Ghana. As a Ghanaian-led, independent organisation, STAR Ghana Foundation is an example of Ghana going beyond dependence on aid, supporting locally-grown solutions to advance Ghana’s development and contributing to sustainable and inclusive change. The STAR Ghana Foundation builds on the successful […]

The STAR-Ghana programme was established as a multi-donor pooled funding mechanism in 2010 supported by UK aid, DANIDA, the EU and the USAID (2010-2015). Since then, STAR-Ghana has supported 233 grant partner organisations to articulate citizens’ concerns to the state, resulting in positive changes to policy, services and practice. These positive changes have translated into […]

The STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF), to be launched in November 2018, is a national centre for active citizenship and philanthropy. The Foundation works to strengthen civil society and enable citizens to engage with the state to ensure accountable, transparent and responsive governance at both local and national levels (see the Foundation’s Vision & Mission Statement in Section 2 below). […]

STAR-Ghana is implementing a non-grant strategy to enhance civil society sustainability. The objective of the strategy is to advance the sustainability of civil society organisations with regard to their legitimacy and mandate, organisational competencies and financial resources. Sustainability in this sense entails reforms and shifts in the way civil society organisations are doing business. Some […]

STAR-Ghana has been awarded for its contribution of funding, partnership and commitment towards the Justice for All Programme (JFAP) and the Reformation of the Criminal Justice System in Ghana. This was at an awards dinner in Accra organised by the Judicial Service of Ghana, in collaboration with the POS Foundation and DANIDA to mark the […]

Citizen representatives of the Asunafo North Municipal Assembly – majority of whom are women and people with various forms of disability (PWDs) have been sensitized on the local governance system and their role in the governance process. The training forms part of activities of the implementation of the local governance and accountability project (LOGAP) under […]

The third in the series of STAR-Ghana’s national convenings on the sustainability of Ghana’s Civil Society has begun in the capital city of the Western Region of Ghana, Takoradi. The event, organised in collaboration with the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), forms part of STAR-Ghana’s series of convenings with the broader range of stakeholders […]

CLOSING STATEMENT AT THE “GHANA BEYOND AID” FORUM HELD ON 19TH AND 20TH SEPTEMBER 2018 AT BOLGATANGA BY ESTHER OFEI-ABOAGYE, CHAIRPERSON, STAR-GHANA STEERING COMMITTEE STAR Ghana is delighted to have been associated with this important event. The notion of “Ghana Beyond Aid” and what that involves and implies for national development generally, and Northern Ghana in particular, was […]

Grants Officer – External Officer Salary (full time): GHS108,704.48 Type of contract: Fixed Term Contracted hours: 35 Contract length: Up to April 30, 2020 Location: Accra, Ghana Closing date:3 October 2018 Interview date:12 October 2018 Apply Now About us Christian Aid is working with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this […]