DCI-GHANA Defence for Children Internation
EXCUTIVE SUMMARY
Defence for children international – Ghana has been promoting and protecting the rights of children in Ghana for more than twenty years through various child protection programmes and activities. In the year under review, DCI-Ghana impplemented two main projects namely; the Girls Advocacy Alliance and Combating Child Trafficking with funding from the Dutuch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through DCI-ECPAT, Netherlands and Agir Ensemble/FDH as donors respectively. These projects were implemented in three districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana namely; the Kumasi Metropolis, Asokore Mampong and Obuasi Municipality. Key strategies used during project implementation involved linking & networking, Lobbying, advocacy, campaign and capacity support. Key activities for the year 2017 projects involved awareness raising, campaigns, capacity support for networking, life planning skills sessions and provision of socio legal protective services using the child protection and communication for development tool kit developed by the Department of Community Development/UNICEF.
