Projects

We work on the following projects aimed at empowering children and young people regardless of their social status.

Our Funding Priorities Areas

JUNIOR HIGH SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ICT QUIZ COMPETITON

The Junior High School Science, Mathematics and ICT Quiz Competition is an annual educational programs which was launched in 2017 in the Ga-West Municipality Accra Ghana. This is organised for public Junior High Schools in the Ga-West and North Municipality Amasaman Accra Ghana.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITON

The Junior High School Debate competition is one of the YVLG leadership, mentorship, literacy and educational programs, which was launched in the year 2018 among 30 public schools in the Ga-West Municipal Accra Ghana. The project is aimed at training young people to become outspoken leaders through public speaking. It is also to help young people improve on the use of the English language and promote literacy in Ghana. Over 4000 young people have already benefited through this project.

HIGH SCHOOL SDGs AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

The High School SDGs Awareness Campaign was launched in partnership with United Nations in Ghana as part of our educational and capacity building programs for young people. The campaign was aimed at sensitizing young people most especially students from the Senior High Schools on the Sustainable Development Goals and how they can contribute towards its achievement in Ghana. Selected Senior High Schools participated and benefited from the campaign from different regions in Ghana. Over 17,000 young people were sensitized throughout the campaign.

YOUNG VISIONARY LEADERS SCHOOL CLUBS

As part of our educational, leadership and mentorship programmes, we established school clubs at the Primary Schools, Junior and Senior High Schools in Ghana. The main purpose of the establishment of the club is to empower and build the capacity of young people and children to become responsible and law abiding citizens in Ghana. Moreover, we have also in partnership with United Nations in Ghana formed a High School SDGs Awareness Clubs in some selected SHS, which is building on previous SDGs sensitisation programmes in schools, aim to encourage young people to be role models, doing things that will help protect the environment, and helping to sensitise their peers, families and the communities on issues that the global goals seek to address. Over 20,000 children and young people have already benefited from our club activities.

OUR WATER PROJECTS

As part of our efforts in promoting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, which is to ensure clean water and sanitation for all, we drill and donate mechanized boreholes for communities that are in special need of water with funding support from our partners. We have so far drilled four (4) major boreholes for some deprived communities in the Greater Accra and Volta Region respectively. Our efforts to ensure that every child and young person have access to portable water remains our priority going into the future.

SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION

We promote and advocate for social protection intervention programs through research to examine citizens’ (children, women and young people) level of awareness of selected social protection interventions and identified challenges affecting the implementation of those social inventions. The program is at strengthening citizens’ ability to hold state and corporate actors to account and make economic development work for the poor. This we do with children and young people welfare and protection at the center of our engagement.

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAYS

Every year, the Alone, gathers young people from all over the country to observe the United Nations International Youth Days. Young people are center to our work and operation. In our quest to empower and create a common platform for all young people to advocate for their right and to hold policy makers accountable, we provide young people with the avenue to voice their concerns on this important day of the young people across the world. On the day, young people are giving the opportunity to share their own stories with their fellows and policy makers. To us, we believe young people should be engaged at every decision table that is of their interest. This we believe is the roadmap for achieving the SDGs in Ghana.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAYS

Every year, the Young Visionary Leaders observe the global day together with children from various schools within the country. Children are brought together to share their concerns with policy makers across the nation. The day is observed in the form of advocacy, public campaign, children’s forum in support of the right of the child.

WORLD EDUCATION DAY

Every year, we observe the world education day to project the importance of education and why it should be prioritize in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4. On this day, stakeholders of education including, the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, development partners, CSOs, teachers and school children gather to deliberate on the successes, challenges, government educational policies what works and what is not working. The day is commemorated in the form of forum, media advocacy, and campaign in our areas of work.

WORLD WATER DAY

The Young Visionary Leaders joins millions of people across the world to observe the World Water Day on every 22nd March. Ensuring access to potable water remains our core area of priority, hence the need to mobilize water sector stakeholders to commemorate this day is key to our advocacy for water for all across all regions in Ghana. This day is observed to project the importance of potable drinking water and the need to ensure the SDG6 is achieved.

COVID-19 ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN

The Young Visionary Leaders, as part of it social intervention for economic empowerment trained hundred (100) young girls and women in the COVID-19 affected communities within the Ga-West Municipality in Greater Accra on soap and hand sanitizer making during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also provided and supported vulnerable ones including children and people with disabilities with Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).