The 2023 batch of honorees for the highly anticipated Humanitarian Awards Global has been announced. In their quest to inspire the next generation of change-makers, honorees from dozens of different countries will be recognised at the awards ceremony on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in Accra, Ghana. The awards ceremony, which…
There is the need to change the existing model where local humanitarian actors are only regarded as implementers of humanitarian assistance in emergency situations. Local humanitarian actors must be considered as essential components of the humanitarian response chain to ensure the successful implementation of humanitarian projects. Mrs Fatou Ndour, Programmes…
As part of efforts to mark this year’s World Humanitarian Month, the Vodafone Ghana Foundation has embarked on a series of socially impactful projects within the Ashanti, Oti, and Ahafo regions. They include its Homecoming initiative to rescue distressed patients, the Instant Schools activation to introduce its e-learning portal to…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has called on African countries to institute pragmatic and sustainable measures to address the issue of internal displacement. This, according to the UN agency, was one of the surest ways to improve the lives of their people to help achieve the desired sustainable development…
Africa must not rely on external agencies for humanitarian assistance in the wake of the current global economic crisis. Brigadier General Alois Hirschmugl, a representative of the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports, said the continent must train and build the capacities of its people to be able to respond…