As part of its commitment to equip civil society organisations (CSOs) with the needed skills to mobilise more funds for their activities, Livelihood Environment Ghana (LEG), a Sunyani-based non-governmental organisation, has organised a day’s intensive training for four CSOs.
Participants in a group photograph
The training workshop, which was held on 28th January 2025 at Chareleva Hotel in Kumasi, focused on Resource Mobilisation under the Mutual Capacity Strengthening, Power of Voices and Fair for All Project.
The training was on the theme: “Developing Fair for All members’ skills in resource mobilisation for improved advocacy and sustainable organisation”.
Madam Aba Oppong making a presentation
The training workshop was participated by some Fair for All members in Ghana, who are partners of Oxfam in Ghana and TWN Africa consortium.
Participants included the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), Women in Law and Development and Friends of the Nation, Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) as well as the members of LEG.
The workshop was organised by LEG in the ticket of “Mutual Capacity Strengthening-MCS” under the Power of Voices and Fair for All Project with financial support from Oxfam Novib.
Mrs. Aba Oppong, the Executive Director of Rights and Responsible Initiatives Ghana, who was the key facilitator for the training programme, encouraged the participants to embrace “life-long learning”, ask questions when necessary and keep themselves abreast of relevant laws pertaining to their line of work.
She urged participants to be disciplined and committed to their work and make conscious efforts to understand corporate values and apply themselves to them. “You, as a worker, should also create a niche for yourself by making significant contributions to the work,” he added.
Madam Aba Oppong also encouraged the participants to develop good working relations with other colleagues, ensure mutual respect amongst them and cross-check pieces of information before acting on them.
“Every worker in a CSO should have good communication skills and be able to relate well with all manner of persons,” she added.
Speaking with the media after the programme, the Executive Director of LEG, Richard Adjei-Poku, said “resource mobilisation is a big challenge to many non-governmental organisations, especially rural and community- based groups.”
“The issues are, many at times as a result of lack of capacity and linkages.Therefore, it is a great opportunity for the three-colleague organisations and LEG to have been sponsored by Oxfam Novib to undergo a very useful training exercise,” he added.
LEG is research, policy and advocacy not-for-profit and non-governmental organization established in 2004 to promote active citizenship to enhance social and resources benefits, environmental justice and Climate change, environmental sustainability, sustainable livelihoods for the marginalized and engage with duty bearers and policy makers for policy change.
Source: tntnewspapergh.com with additional file by mordenghana
