Present Projects
REDUCING BULLYING BEHAVIOUR AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
This proof of concept is supported by Being—an international mental health initiative hosted by Grand Challenges Canada and funded in part by Fondation Botnar, the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care using UK aid through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Government of Canada, in partnership with the Science for Africa Foundation, Orygen, and United for Global Mental Health. The project aims to recruit and form Anti Bullying Clubs (ABC) of 1,800 young people aged 10 to 24 in 10 junior and 10 senior high schools in underserved communities of 4 districts (Tamale, Yendi, Gushegu, and Kpandai districts) in the Northern region of Ghana, where bullying is common.
The project will train 80 teachers and 80 student peer educators from the project schools who will facilitate the SEL lessons. Parents and caregivers of 1,440 young people will be involved in the project to observe young people’s behavior at home and provide feedback on the effect of the program on young people’s attitudes towards bullying. Ghana Education Service Guidance and Counselling officers from each of the 4 districts will be formed into “SEL Teams” to observe teacher facilitation and complete observation questionnaires.
The innovation aims to prevent and reduce bullying and violence by fostering a positive school culture, enhancing students’ empathy and respect, and teaching them how to resolve conflicts peacefully using the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) approach.
100WEEKS
The Cash+ program, in partnership with 100 Weeks, supports women in escaping extreme poverty by strengthening their business-oriented initiatives. Cash transfers can increase school attendance for both girls and boys, with no marked difference by sex. In addition, cash transfers can increase women’s decision-making power and choices, including those on marriage and fertility, and reduce physical abuse by male partners.
The current Memorandum of Understanding between ITA and 100weeks is to pilot the Cash+ program for 40 women in the Northern region who are below the daily minimum wage of GHS 19.97 in Ghana. In addition to the CASH transfers, women will receive capacity building on planning, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, climate-smart agriculture, and life skills, among others.
MOBILIZING SUPPORT TRAINING COURSE
The project is funded by the West African Civil Society Institute (WACSI) in partnership with Wilde Ganzen to enhance civil society’s capacity in local fundraising (classroom and online), mobilizing support (classroom and online), and social accountability (classroom) using the Change the Game Academy Approach. This is expected to improve 2 staff and the organizational capacity to influence policies, practices, and behavior of different targeted stakeholders that are most influential on the issue, involving beneficiaries and increasing their ownership and capacity on the issues.
The objectives are to:
Strengthen the ability of target partners to mobilize the required support to effectively hold duty bearers accountable.
- Explore different approaches to mobilize support to help trigger positive social change.
- Understand the context in which you work to be able to design an effective mobilizing support strategy for your advocacy projects.
THE HEARD PROJECT
(HEARD EVERYWHERE AND REPRESENTED DAILY)
The Heard Everywhere and Represented Daily (HEARD) program is designed based on the systemic challenges from the neglect of the voice, participation, and representation of rural populations, particularly youth and women, in the governance of Ghana.
The project will therefore change the narrative of conversation and advocacy on women and youth inclusion in Ghana’s governance beyond just elected or appointed members to include women and youth representation as technocrats in key technical leadership in Ghana’s governance structures.
The project intends to enhance the agency of rural vulnerable youth and women’s membership organizations through promoting their active leadership in advocacy, campaigns, and solidarity actions to achieve the project’s goal.
Through funding from Norsaac, Inspire To Act is implementing the HEARD project from June, 2024, to June, 2025, in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly and Sagnarigu Municipality to build the capacity of 1,600 vulnerable rural youth and 3,000 rural women from 2 youth and 2 women membership organizations to have increased funding, capacity, and tools for advocacy on youth and women’s representation and voice in governance processes and structures.
GLOBAL FUND GC7 TB CASE-FINDING
The project is a 3-year project from January, 2024 to December, 2026 implemented by Inspire To Act in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to carry out TB missing case findings with the following objectives:
- To address the low level of knowledge on TB and associated effects of discrimination, stigma, abuse, and violence among 7,000 families, primary caregivers, religious/traditional leaders, and people with and affected by TB in 20 communities of the Mion District in Northern Ghana by October, 2024.
- To promote early detection and screening for TB among 7,000 families using open day community events at markets, mosques, churches, and lorry parks in 20 communities of the Mion district of Northern Ghana by October, 2024.
- To strengthen the capacity of 4 health staff each from 20 communities on the health rights of people with and affected by TB to reduce related stigma, discrimination, and human rights barriers that affect their access to health services in the Mion district of Northern Ghana by October 2024.
The project will collaborate with the Tamale Health Directorate of Health Services to conduct TB awareness, screening for TB eligibility at the health facility and communities, sputum collection and transportation, and commencement of treatment for confirmed TB cases. In addition, there will be follow-up screening for high-at-risk contacts to confirm TB clients to ensure early detection and treatment. The project is in partnership with Stop TB Partnership Ghana with funding from Global Fund and AGAMAL.