Est. 2005 · East Gonja, Savanna Region
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Choice
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Valuing People's Choices.

A Ghanaian Non-Governmental Organisation empowering the marginalised and vulnerable through active participation, education, and sustainable community development in the Savanna Region and beyond.

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5,500+
Pupils Enrolled (CBE)
3,000+
Wing School Children
20+
Communities Reached
Who We Are

Championing the
Marginalised Since 2005

Choice Ghana is a Ghanaian Non-Governmental Organisation founded in 2005. Prior to its official registration in 2007, the organisation operated as a Community Based Organisation (CBO) — supporting women and youth groups, advocating for access to quality public services, and raising awareness on human rights and community sanitation.

Choice Ghana places the marginalised and vulnerable at the centre of its development programs, focusing on empowerment and protection of the vulnerable so they may access development through active participation in decision-making.

We are committed to working with communities and collaborating with state and non-state actors, CSOs, and other entities to create lasting impacts. Our work centres on people's freedom from fear, freedom from want, and the freedom to take action on their own behalf.

Location: Salaga, East Gonja Municipal, Savanna Region, Ghana.

Poverty or surplus should be a matter of choice rather than one of absolute lack of option. Opportunities and alternatives should exist for everyone.
— Choice Ghana Founding Principle
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Organisational Objectives

What We Set Out to Achieve

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Promote social cohesion for community peace

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Facilitate community access to information and resources for development

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Promote access to quality basic education and health care delivery

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Empower communities to actively participate in decision making and demand accountability

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Promote environmental quality and integrity to sustain livelihood systems

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Promote gender equity and mainstream gender into public and local institutions

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Promote community health through improving food and nutrition security

Direction

Our Vision & Mission

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Our Vision

"A community in which everyone has a choice."

In other words, poverty or surplus should be a matter of choice rather than one of absolute lack of option. Opportunities and alternatives should exist for everyone to live the lives they willingly choose.

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Our Mission

To achieve well-informed, empowered, and active communities that fully participate in their own development process and are capable of demanding their rights from duty bearers — creating or influencing the needed change towards an equitable, prosperous, peaceful, and just society.

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What Guides Us

Our Core Values

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Integrity

Unwavering commitment to promoting the dignity of all people based on the principles of human rights and social justice.

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Innovation

Encouraging exploration of new ideas and developing workable approaches to benefit our communities — utilising IT and indigenous knowledge.

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Effectiveness & Responsiveness

Resources allocated for any activity are appropriately used in a transparent and accountable manner for maximum benefit of our communities.

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Inclusiveness & Participation

Embracing impartiality and diversity; standing in solidarity with all communities — women, children, PWDs, youth — and respecting the diversity of views.

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Transparency & Accountability

We make the people we work for part of our processes — including planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and lesson learning.

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Equality & Equity

Where gender, sex, religion, social class, colour, and other factors do not in any way constitute a barrier to available opportunities.

Our Work

Strategic Programme Areas

Gender and community health are cross-cutting areas across all our programmes, ensuring no community member is left behind.

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Quality Basic Education

Improving access and quality of foundational education for all children, especially in hard-to-reach communities.

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Public Participation in Local Governance

Empowering citizens to actively engage with local government structures and demand accountability from duty bearers.

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Food and Nutrition Security

Promoting access to nutritious food and community-level food security systems for vulnerable households.

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Environment, Natural Resources & Livelihood

Sustainable management of natural resources to preserve livelihoods and protect the environment for future generations.

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Climate Change

Building community resilience and adaptive capacity in response to the growing impacts of climate change on the Savanna Region.

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Peace and Security Governance

Promoting social cohesion, conflict resolution, and peaceful co-existence within and across communities.

Impact Stories

Key Projects

Delivering tangible change through evidence-based, community-led project implementation across the East Gonja Municipal and beyond.

Education · 2012–2016

Complementary Basic Education (CBE) Programme

With funding from DfID through Ibis Ghana, Choice Ghana implemented the CBE programme in East Gonja District — providing formal education access to out-of-school children aged 8–14 years through a non-formal arrangement using mother tongue as the medium of instruction.

The programme used the National Literacy Accelerated Programme (NALAP) approach to help learners achieve minimum proficiency standards in numeracy and literacy before transitioning into the formal school system. Monitoring data confirmed that transitioned pupils who received instruction in their mother tongue outperformed those who entered with English from the start.

5,500
Pupils Enrolled
3,000
Phase 1
2,500
Phase 2
Education · 2013–2016

Christmas Calendar Project — Wing School Concept

Funded by Danida through Ibis Ghana, the Wing School Concept targeted hard-to-reach communities where children aged 4–8 could not commute to the nearest "Mother School." Wing schools were established within communities, removing distance as a barrier to early education.

The project is named after specially designed Christmas Calendars sold in Denmark, depicting educational challenges in developing countries. By the end of the third year in East Gonja, the project had exceeded its initial enrolment target of 2,000 by 50%, bringing hope and a brighter future to previously forgotten communities.

3,000
Children Enrolled
20
Communities
4–8
Age Group (yrs)
Our Approach

How We Work

Choice Ghana deploys a hybrid of implementation strategies to create real, lasting impacts for community members.

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Community Sensitisation

Raising awareness at the grassroots level to inform and mobilise communities around development priorities.

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Capacity Training

Building the skills and capacities of community members, local structures, and staff for sustained impact.

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Research & Advocacy

Evidence-based research and strategic advocacy to influence policy and improve service delivery for communities.

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Learn & Share Visits

Facilitating cross-community learning, peer exchanges, and stakeholder collaboration for widened impact.

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Collaboration

Our Partners

Choice Ghana cherishes working closely with relevant local and international stakeholders to ensure legitimacy, sustainability, and widened impact.

Coginta Ghana
Canadian Embassy in Ghana
Ibis Ghana
Ibis / Oxfam
European Union
Flora Hewlett Foundation (TAP)
Participatory Development Associates
East Gonja Municipal Assembly
Ghana Education Service
NNED
GNEC
EGOCSA
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Contact Us

Get In Touch

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Head Office
Salaga, East Gonja Municipal
Savanna Region, Ghana
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Organisation
Choice Ghana NGO
Reg. 2007 · Founded 2005
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Phone
+233 24 574 3291
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Email
choiceghana5@gmail.com
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Partnership Enquiries
We welcome collaboration with donors, CSOs, government agencies, and community organisations.