African Outreach

We work with African communities on the continent and in the diaspora to promote and support self-help efforts out of poverty. We do this by:

providing training, information and advice to transfer skills, improve livelihoods and empower poor people
raising awareness of the development issues facing marginalised African communities
working with community based organisations to improve their ability to run their own projects

In Ghana we are working in partnership with Self-Help Initiative Support Services (SISS) on the Urban Lifeline Project, a slum improvement programme with unemployed and homeless people in Agbogbloshie slum, Accra
In South Africa we are collaborating with AGAPE Skills for Development, a Durban based cooperative of local artisans and craftworkers, to help build their membership and capacity

The Househelp Training Project - a skills development and income generating program for female domestic assistants and young people in Accra, Ghana
Using computers supplied by ComputerAid International, the setting up of computer training centres for Dodowa Civic Association, Christians in Development (CID) and Sidik Buare Islamic school - all in Ghana
Producing Modern African Generation, an African development oriented magazine for young people in the UK and elsewhere
Hosting of discussion forums on the net and in our offices in the UK