DCI-GHANA Defence for Children Internation
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 implemented two main projects namely; the Girls Advocacy Alliance and Combating Child Trafficking with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through DCI-ECPAT, Netherlands and Agir Ensemble/Foundation for Human Rights 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 as well as the national advocacy in Accra, Ghana. Key strategies used during project implementation involved linking &
networking, Lobbying, advocacy, campaign and capacity support. Key activities for the year 2018 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 kits developed by the Department of Community Development /UNICEF. Some achievements in 2018 from the projects implemented included; strengthening of referral networks in Kumasi Metropolis and Obuasi municipalities; awareness raising to estimated 250,000 households; capacity building for some 49 government officials, 5000 children and 11 community leaders; lobbying and advocacy with 20 government officials and 40 CSOs; socio-legal protective services to some 289 girls/young women and 162 boys and young women through mediation, referrals and counseling; monitoring of the living conditions of 153 ex-trafficked children in Ghana.
