Programs

There are four programs by WABA. These are;

  1. Democracy and Human Right Education
  2. Economic Empowerment and Self-Employment, Leadership & Vocational Skills Training Program
  3. Future Leaders of Ghana Program
  4. Organisational Development Program

ON-GOING PROJECTS

International Training Research And Vocational Centre (I.T.R.V.C)

WABA is developing the above oa Asafo-Akoko in the East Akim district in the Eastern Region which will serve as a multipurpose facility for all of WABA’s activities, as well as a venue for other organisations, institutions and an Eco-tourism-environmental preservation attraction.

    PLAN OF ITRVC PROJECT

    Organizational Development Program

    ODP is aimed at the development of training, resources, documentation centers and libraries, as well as the organization of conferences, workshops, reports, papers and lectures. WABA has since November 2005 established the WABA Children Community Library under the DHE.

     

    ITRBV- International Women and Youth Training, Research and Business Village

    WABA is developing the above at Asafo-Akooko in the East Akim district in the Eastern Region which will serve as a multipurpose facility for all of WABA’s activities, as well as a venue for other organisations, institutions and an Eco-tourism-environmental preservation attraction.

    Economic Empowerment Program

    This program area is established to provide micro-credit and revolving funds to rural and peri-urban women cooperatives, as well as offer income generating aid, including the provision of bread-making mills, palm oil processing machines and palm oil sheds for women cooperatives. Also included in this category are WABA’s Self-Employment Skills and Leadership Training Center (SESTRAC) and Business Sector Training and Advocacy program.

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    Future Leaders Of Ghana (FLOG) Program

    This program addresses adolescents in basic and secondary schools as well as their out-of-school counterparts. FLOG trains these young people in leadership, advocacy, life-planning skills and adolescent reproductive rights, in addition to making them peer educators in HIV/AIDS, health education and preventative measures in their communities.

     

    Institute of Democracy, Human Rights and Good Governance

    WABA’s DHE involves education and capacity-building programs for grassroots women groups and some men, women business cooperatives, District Assembly members and members of parliament, particularly the Women Caucus. The program has a civic engagement and media awareness component which seeks to promote national policy and legal reforms through national policy dialogue and to empower women to participate meaningfully in leadership positions and the decision-making process that affects their families and communities.