District Chief Executive launches ANAM Small Grant Call for CSOs
By RCN Ghana · 23 April 2020
On April 23, 2020, in Kenyasi, IRC Ghana in collaboration with the Asutifi North District Assembly with the support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation launched the Asutifi North Ahonidie Mpontuo (ANAM) Small Grant Call on the District Learning Alliance Platform. The two-fold session entailed an overview of the call, the equity and inclusion highlights and the launch of the call by the District Chief Executive.
In his keynote address to launch the event the DCE, Hon. Anthony Mensah called on the CSOs to take the opportunity to work together in responding to the call to enable them to actively participate in the district advocacy space. He stated that the Assembly alone could not do it all but needed both international and local partners including CSOs to achieve the ANAM objectives.
Call Overview
Abubakari Wumbei, the communication learning and advocacy coordinator of IRC gave an overview of the small grant call stating that within the WASH masterplan civil society organisations (CSOs) have been identified to support WASH through allied action, advocacy, and engagement with the people to build popular support and transparency within the initiative. He stated, “the intent of the call is to get selected CSOs in the Asutifi North District to develop advocacy initiatives in defined categories of equity and social inclusion. The grant will support CSOs to carry out public education and sensitization in the district to complement ongoing efforts by the ANAM partners to achieve the universal WASH coverage.”
Mr. Wumbei stated that the Grant Opportunity was opened to all registered NGOs operating in the Asutifi North district. And that to be considered in this grant, NGOs need to submit advocacy proposals on any of the defined areas using the proposal template provided to be implemented in 2021 in Asutifi North District.
On eligibility criteria, Mr Wumbei indicated that the civil society organization should be a body registered with the Government of Ghana and the Asutifi Nor…
In his keynote address to launch the event the DCE, Hon. Anthony Mensah called on the CSOs to take the opportunity to work together in responding to the call to enable them to actively participate in the district advocacy space. He stated that the Assembly alone could not do it all but needed both international and local partners including CSOs to achieve the ANAM objectives.
Call Overview
Abubakari Wumbei, the communication learning and advocacy coordinator of IRC gave an overview of the small grant call stating that within the WASH masterplan civil society organisations (CSOs) have been identified to support WASH through allied action, advocacy, and engagement with the people to build popular support and transparency within the initiative. He stated, “the intent of the call is to get selected CSOs in the Asutifi North District to develop advocacy initiatives in defined categories of equity and social inclusion. The grant will support CSOs to carry out public education and sensitization in the district to complement ongoing efforts by the ANAM partners to achieve the universal WASH coverage.”
Mr. Wumbei stated that the Grant Opportunity was opened to all registered NGOs operating in the Asutifi North district. And that to be considered in this grant, NGOs need to submit advocacy proposals on any of the defined areas using the proposal template provided to be implemented in 2021 in Asutifi North District.
On eligibility criteria, Mr Wumbei indicated that the civil society organization should be a body registered with the Government of Ghana and the Asutifi Nor…
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