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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Rural Initiatives for Self Empowerment-Ghana |
| Street 1: | Ministries Block A, Department of Social Welfare/Community Development |
| Street 2: | Room 30 |
| City: | BOLGATANGA |
| Province: | Upper East Region |
| Post Code: | +233 |
| Country: | Ghana |
| Phone: | 233266195156 |
| Organization Email: | humbleafricanus@yahoo.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.riseghana.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| VISION: A WORLD IN WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INFORMS ALL ACTIONS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO LIVE IN DIGNITY. MISSION: TO FACILITATE AND INITIATE PROCESSES/PROGRAMMES THAT EMPOWER POOR PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS TO ACCESS AND UTILIZE THE SOCIAL, HUMAN AND NATURAL RESOURCES THEY NEED IN SUSTAINABLE AND TIMELY MANNER TO BECOME SELF-RELIANT. INTEREST IN TB: TB is not getting the attention is deserves despite the fact that it cause more loss of lives and productivity that other common diseases. We consider the lack of access to treament and services as a human rights violations and a major obstacle to the development of poor households hence it has a strong linkages to our vision and mission as started above. One of our motivation is the growing reality that efforts to stopt TB, find and treat affected people can not continue to be left with the health sector only. We seek to use our knowledge of local dynamics and media and other networks to increase the dialogue and commitments to fight TB at the grassroots. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Resource mobilization |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | Ghana |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| We participate in meetings and make inputs to Global Fund Processes of Ghana. We are planning a project to build capacity of CCM and CSOs to fully participate and influence Global Fund Processes such as Country-level Concept Notes among others. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Ghana |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Ghana |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: Mobilising and building capacity of affected populations and community and health service providers to upscale and reach out to more people. Drug-Resistant TB: Creating spaces for identification of cases and linking notified cases to health centres. TB-HIV: Mobilising and building capacity of affected populations and community and health service providers to upscale and reach out to more people. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: None | |
| Application date: | March 25, 2014 |
| Last updated: | April 8, 2014 |