Past Project
PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH AND AFFECTED BY TB TO HEALTH SERVICES
This is a 17-month project (December 2023 to May 2025) implemented in 500 communities of 9 districts (Tamale, Sagnarigu, Karaga, Gushegu, Yendi, Bimbila, Savelugu, Mion, and Kumbungu) in the Northern region of Ghana.
The project seeks to protect and promote the human rights of key populations and vulnerable people with and affected by TB using rights-based approaches to overcome stigma and discrimination. Inspire To Act, in partnership with Dawah Academy, will build partnerships with faith-based actors and other community influencers (Imams, pastors, queen mothers, and traditional leaders) within the communities to increase their knowledge about TB in order to advocate against stigma and discrimination of people with or affected by TB.
In addition, there will be capacity building for health staff on client-centered care to reduce hostilities towards people with and affected by TB as a way of health systems strengthening. Finally, social marketing will be used for activism where key populations and vulnerable people with and affected by TB come together to share their experiences, identify common struggles, and begin collectively organizing to change harmful practices against them.
The project’s expected long-term outcome is “to address and remove human rights-related barriers to TB services and guarantee access to quality healthcare by people with and affected by TB to health services in Northern Ghana.” The project is funded by the Stop TB Partnership and the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) Challenge Facility for Civil Societies Round 12 with funds from USAID and the Global Fund Initiative on TB and HIV.
Power To Women (PtW) Project
The project is implemented in Northern Ghana and seeks to ensure that women and girls in Ghana realize their human rights and utilize social justice institutions to report situations where their rights are affected. Thus, young women and adolescent girls are educated on their human rights and those of others using an approach dubbed “Heart Connect” Adolescent and Young women are more comfortable discussing their reproductive health issues with people who are closer to their age or situation.
Hence, Survivors of Gender Based Violence are connected with others who have experienced similar situation to help them to overcome the trauma.
The Project also engage “yellow yellow” operators in their small groups to discuss their role in ending gender related violence as recent sexual abuse issues emanated from among them. Those who support the project brand their tricycle with the project campaign flyers and are awarded a T- shirt which they wear on Tuesdays and Thursdays to support advocacy campaign against Sex and Gender Based violence. The project is supported by Haella Stichting Foundation in the Netherlands.
Girls for Girls (G4G) Rights Project
The organization piloted the G4G Rights project in the Northern Region where adolescent girls and young women were empowered with knowledge and skills to challenge discriminatory norms in their homes and wider community using art. The girls were mobilized through the formation of school and community Girls Clubs with Mentors and Peer Educators to develop various advocacy messages on their rights using art. The project was funded by norsaac under the PoweTo Youth Ghana Youth Initiatige Small Grants (YiSG).