Dr. Sulley Gariba, Executive Director or
Issifu Lampo, Programme Officer Social Accountability Initiative

233-71-22743

• Training development practitioners, researches, and members of parliament and their staff on development issues.

• Research on development policies.

• Development advocacy for economic growth without endangering "cultural richness and social diversity".

• Launched the Social Accountability Initiative to support social accountability activities in civil society, Parliament, and public institutions.

• Released Community Voices: a civil society assessment of the pro-poor policies and programs of Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) from 2004-2005.

P.O. Box 341, Tamale, Northern Region

• Small scale business development and management.

• Reproductive health, nutrition and HIV- AIDS education.

• Peace education, conflict resolution, and management.

• Participatory training, monitoring, and evaluation.

• Micro-finance and development.

• Gender training and development.

• Organizational development.

• Farmer's co-operatives and credit union development.

• Supported families in the cultivation of the Soya bean, which led to the doubling of per capita income and improved nutrition levels for participating families (nearly 3500 people).

• Educated 7 rural and poor communities (more than 100,000 people) about HIV/AIDS using a community-based approach.

• Supported small business development through credit facility and training services, in which more than 200 rural artisans participated.

• Developed and strengthened community-based credit unions with more than 500 members.

• Used theatre and drama to teach rights, gender, and peace issues.

• Established the Ghana HIPC Watch to specialize in economic literacy and policy advocacy through participatory monitoring and evaluation of poverty reduction programs.