{"id":"a1856c6b-6328-4be3-a19b-7cf8ecdda6dd","short_name":"foe-ghana","human_readable_name":"Friends of the Earth-Ghana","dataset_count":2,"created_date":"2025-12-01T11:41:00+00:00","data_portal_url":"","default_licence_id":"cc-by","description":"We aim to protect the earth against further degradation caused by human activities; to empower people to reduce their poverty through participatory sustainable livelihood strategies; to ensure food security for all; to overcome poverty and inequality; to preserve the earth’s ecological, cultural and ethnic diversity; to facilitate climate change resilient farming systems; and to promote sustainable resource use at the local, national and global levels.  \nWe do this through a range of activities: \n-- train communities to monitor the activities of forest logging companies to ensure compliance with VPA and FLEGT regulations and Ghana's forest laws\n-- train women and other rmarginalised and vulnerable groups in sustainable livelihood activities; we provide services to communities, such as boreholes for potable water; \n-- raise awareness in communities about their rights to a fair share of local resources and the benefits from those resources, especially forest resources); \n-- train subsistence farmers in agroforestry and organic agriculture to help them adapt their farms to climate change; \n-- build the capacity of communities to monitor for transparency, accountability and good governance in the activities of institutions, corporations and government;\n-- provide food processing and storage centres to poor rural communities to help strengthen their food security \n-- help communities to advocate that their rights to services (e.g. water, sanitation and health) are met by the government; \n-- help communities use their local resources in a more sustainable way, e.g. Lake Bosumtwe and its environment\n-- campaign for change towards environmentally and socially equitable development in the activities of governments, institutions, business and industries.","exclusions_policy_url":"","first_publication_date":"2014-11-07T00:00:00+00:00","hq_country":"GH","organisation_identifier":"GH-DSW-258","organisation_type":"22","region":"","reporting_source_type":"primary_source","website":""}