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Scoping Brief: Development Action Association DAA
Vision
What would you love to achieve as a team? i.
Curb child labor and trafficking of children. ii.
Improve the method of fish processing - value addition iii.
Women’s group formation and capacity building of the groups. What are the primary objectives and goals for your activities on the project?
i. Reduce the incidence of use of children for fishing activities in the Winneba
and Apam areas of the Central Region.
ii. To understand the fish value chain and build the capacity of fish processors
through inputs and training in modern methods in fish processing.
iii. Bring the women together to form groups and build their capacity on how to
manage the groups.
What are your top priorities? iv.
Child labor and anti-trafficking. v.
Understanding and improving the fish value chain. vi.
Strong women’s group dynamics
vii. Ensuring post-project sustainability through consultative and participatory
approaches involving all stakeholders including the District Assemblies.
Assets
What resources and capabilities would you bring to a partnership? e.g. convening power, funding, local networks, etc. In other words, what might the project have to offer to a
private sector partner? iv.
Well-formed women’s groups, able to manage funds.
v. Increased knowledge of women processors to undertake meaningful processing
and supply appropriate quantity and quality of fish.
Limitations
What constraints do you face? e.g. time, budget What are your main challenges in carrying out your work on this project?
iii. Coordinating activities with other partners.
iv. Delay in the release of funds for activities.
v. Working to increase the cooperation of other non-targeted fishing groups who
have complained of being left out. vi.
Lack of diversified livelihood opportunities in Apam and Winneba.
Stakeholders
Who are the key internal and external stakeholders in your work? Internal- SNV and CEWEFIA; External
– District assemblies, Traditional Leaders, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Chief fishermen and women fish
processors. Who do you work with? Internal and external stakeholders
Who are your beneficiaries? Women fish processors Do you have existing relationships with the private sector? No
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Scoping Brief: Daasgift Quality Foundation Daasgift
Vision
What would you love to achieve as a team? iv.
Improved income from jobs creation in diversified livelihoods. v.
Reduction in the rate of environmental pollution along selected coastal communities in the Western Region.
vi. Improvement in fish value chain.
What are the primary objectives and goals for your activities on the project? iv.
Knowledge development of the fish value chain. v.
Provision of capacity development services to women ’s groups in the Western
Region. vi.
Promote recycling of plastic waste. vii.
Sensitization and education of fisherfolk in selected coastal communities in the Western Region on environmental pollution through indiscriminate
plastic waste disposal.
What are your top priorities? viii.
Fish value chain improvement ix.
Reduction in environmental pollution. x.
Diversified livelihoods for the women’s groups in the fishing communities.
xi. Capacity strengthening of the women’s groups, including enterprise
development training. xii.
Microfinance to the women’s groups
Assets
What resources and capabilities would you bring to a partnership? e.g. convening power, funding, local networks, etc. In other words, what might the project have to offer to a
private sector partner? vi.
Well-formed women’s groups, able to manage funds.
vii. Improved input for the
women’s groups to do effective and efficient fish processing
viii. Increased knowledge of
women’s processors to undertake meaningful fish processing and supply appropriate quantity and quality of fish.
ix. Knowledge of approaches to curb environmental pollution.
x. Ability to undertake microfinance services effectively.
xi. Knowledge in
women’s the sale of efficient energy saving gadgets for processing and household usage.
Limitations
What constraints do you face? e.g. time, budget What are your main challenges in carrying out your work on this project?
vii. Difficulty in accessing some communities earmarked for support.
viii. Managing expectations from the fisherfolk
– fisherfolk requesting certain support outside the realm of the project.
ix. Lack of commitment and involvement of opinion leaders in the communities due
to negative behaviors and disappointment from some NGOs. x.
Lack of vehicles and motorbikes to commute to communities in the hinterlands.
Stakeholders
Who are the key internal and external stakeholders in your work? Internal- Hen Mpoano, FoN and SNV; External
– Suppliers of household energy items, women fish processors and NGOs into environmental advocacy.
Who do you work with? Internal and external stakeholders Who are your beneficiaries? Women fish processors and other women groups in the
intervention areas. Do you have existing relationships with the private sector? Yes. Suppliers of
household energy items.
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Scoping Brief: Friends of the Nation FoN
Vision
What would you love to achieve as a team? i.
Formulation and implementation of policies and affirmative actions that address diverse issues in the fisheries sector.
What are the primary objectives and goals for your activities on the project? viii.
Minimize the incidence of child labor and trafficking in target fishing communities in the Central and Western Regions of Ghana.
ix. Develop mitigation measures that address climate change vulnerability and
environmental degradation.
x. Assist the regulatory bodies and security agencies to effectively enforce the
