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Choice Ghana is a Ghanaian Non-Governmental Organization founded in 2005. Prior to its registration in 2007, the organization existed as a Community Based Organisation (CBO) and implemented projects with other smaller groups such as women groups and other CBOs in the areas of Sanitation management, Human rights (engagement with the district assembly on the rights of the brilliant but needy to attain quality tertiary education), HIV/AIDS awareness creation, and women participation in local governance.
Choice Ghana places the marginalised or vulnerable people at the centre of development and focuses on empowerment and protection of the vulnerable to have access to development through active participation in development decision making. Choice Ghana focus on the need to maintain a minimum quality of life that has been defined as freedom from fear, freedom from want and freedom to take action on one’s own behalf.
We are committed to working with our communities, state and non-state institutions and other CBOs so that we will be able to network the relevant stakeholders to enhance our working environment through effective collaboration and innovation to be able to fulfil our vision. This approach will help stimulate the required development in our communities.
OUR MISSION
To achieve well informed, empowered and active communities that fully participate in their own development process and capable of demanding their rights from duty bearers to create or influence the needed change leading to an equitable, prosperous, peaceful and just society. The organisation seek to work with communities and other development partners for sustainable socio-economic development through a rational choice-led approach to human needs. People’s needs and therefore their choices are central to their development and of the economy as a result. Choice Ghana therefore strives towards the realization of these choices through research, collaboration, advocacy, capacity building, service delivery and information sharing among stakeholders.
STRATEGIC PROGRAMME DIRECTIONS
Gender and community health are cross cutting areas across our programs.
OUR VISION
‘A community in which everyone has a choice’. In other words, poverty or surplus should be a matter of choice rather than one of an absolute lack of option. Opportunities and alternatives should exist for everyone to live the lives that they willingly choose to; in which case poverty would be a hobby rather than a social problem to which people have no option than to belong.
ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The overarching aim of the organization is contribute to poverty reduction. Towards this end, the organization among others seeks to:
OUR VALUES
Our core values are the fundamental principles and standards to which we adhere. They reflect our rich and diverse organizational history, our culture and our identity.
Choice Ghana Core Values |
Integrity-unwavering commitment in promoting the dignity of all people based on the principles of human rights and social justice. |
Innovation-encouraging the exploration of new ideas and developing workable approaches to benefit our communities. We shall particularly make use of indigenous knowledge and practices in our approaches to problem solving. |
Effectiveness and responsiveness-Resources allocated for any activity shall be appropriately used in a transparent and accountable manner for maximum benefit of our communities/beneficiaries |
Inclusiveness and participation-embracing impartiality and diversity; standing in solidarity with all communities (women, children, PWDs, youth etc) and acting to improve lives. Recognising the critical role everyone has to play and respecting the diversity of views. |
Mobilising and empowering-organise our people to get united for the common purpose of improvement in their wellbeing. To help reorient the mindset of the people towards recognising their rights and responsibilities and hence the power to demand from duty bearers their due share or efficient utilisation of public resources .we also seek to equip the people with the requisite information to build confidence for effective participation. |
Equality and equity: where gender, sex, religion, social class, colour, etc. do not in any way constitutes a barrier to available opportunities. |
Choice Ghana seek to empower communities to be capable of accessing opportunities for a better life.
