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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Sensitizing and Empowering Ayawaso Communities to Eradicate Poverty in other to Achieve the SDG Goal 1

    Description
    Description
    Poverty according to Ghana Living standards survey by Ghana statistical Service is the inability of household to meet its daily nutritional requirements even if it devoted all of its income to consumption. We seek to find the causes and dimensions of poverty at Ayawaso Municipal Assemblies in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We have therefore look at some of the policies and initiatives the government has setup to eradicate poverty, and how effective are these initiatives impacting positive changes in the lives of beneficiaries. We also look at some possible programs that can be carried out to reduce poverty.
    Expected Impact

    The Initiative will be carried out in Ayawaso Municipal Assemblies of the greater Accra Region of Ghana. But concentrations will be given more to Ayawaso North and East constituency. We will research on policies, initiatives and programs of the government to alleviate poverty, is it accessible by all, has it reach its target, how effective is the programs and what can be done to improve it.<br />
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    The project will also do case study of Mamobi a community in Ayawaso North to collect and document information about the community to serve as a planning tool for community development in other to eradicate poverty. As at now there is no written history of the community and most of the people who knows the history of Mamobi are few, so we wish to get this done and put it on the internet for people to access it anywhere in the world. The organization will also collaborate with other organizations, corporate and governmental institutions to organize a leadership and entrepreneur development workshop and seminars to build the capacity of the people. We also plan to advocate and lobby this organization to partner our organization to organize skills training's for the youth and also look for a soft loan for them as start-up capitals. And if possible establish Community Youth Entrepreneurship Centre (CYEC)<br />
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    The organization will open itself and also ready to partners other organizations that give free access to their facility or partner to organize free health screening including eye screening and surgery to members of the community who are sick but because they do not have money they stay at home with the sickness or uses local medication that is not good for their health, so that they can use the small money they have for income generation activities.

    Capacity

    The organization will collaborate with financial institutions, corporate bodies, governmental institutions, Local and International NGOs to organize a periodic community leadership and entrepreneur development workshop and seminars to build the capacity of the community to be self-reliance and productive for sustainable development of the individual and the community, people will also be encourage to share knowledge or experience they gain to other. With technology transfer we plan to put the data on the history of Mamobi in the internet for people to access it anywhere in the world. Community Leaders including Municipal Chief Executives, opinion leaders, chiefs, Imams, Pastors, Youth Leaders and Assembly members will be encouraged to take a very active role in achieving the objectives of the initiatives in other to help end poverty in the community and Ghana at large. Strengthen the role of volunteerism to achieve the SDGs

    Governed

    The Executive Members of the Sensitization Centre is collaborating with other stakeholders, Ministries and the Local Government Authorities coordinate and implement the project; facilitators will be selected according to their field. Community involvement and participation will be given the very high priority for the project to achieve its objectives, the program director of our organization will plan out Activities, how to reach out to the partners and the community; awareness creation, lobbying and Advocacy.

    Partners
    Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development
    Ijahra Company ltd
    Muslim Family Counselling Services
    Ayawaso North Municipal Assembly
    Office of the Second lady of the Republic of Ghana
    Ministry of Business Development
    Ayawaso East Municipal Assembly
    Ayawaso Council of Zongo Chiefs
    Community Youth Organizations
    Qatar Charity
    The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP)

    Goal 17

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

    Goal 17

    17.1

    Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

    17.1.1
    Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
    17.1.2
    Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

    17.2

    Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

    17.2.1
    Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

    17.3

    Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

    17.3.1

    Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

    17.3.2
    Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

    17.4

    Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

    17.4.1
    Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

    17.5

    Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

    17.5.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

    17.6

    Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

    17.6.1

     Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

    17.7

    Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

    17.7.1

    Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

    17.8

    Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

    17.8.1
    Proportion of individuals using the Internet

    17.9

    Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

    17.9.1

    Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

    17.10

    Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

    17.10.1
    Worldwide weighted tariff-average

    17.11

    Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

    17.11.1

    Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

    17.12

    Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

    17.12.1

    Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

    17.13

    Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

    17.13.1
    Macroeconomic Dashboard

    17.14

    Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

    17.14.1
    Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

    17.15

    Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

    17.15.1
    Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

    17.16

    Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

    17.16.1

    Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    17.17

    Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

    17.17.1

    Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

    17.18

    By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

    17.18.1

    Statistical capacity indicators

    17.18.2
    Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
    17.18.3

    Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

    17.19

    By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

    17.19.1
    Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
    17.19.2

    Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

    Goal 1

    End poverty in all its forms everywhere

    Goal 1

    1.1

    By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day

    1.1.1

    Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)

    1.2

    By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

    1.2.1

    Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age

    1.2.2

    Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

    1.3

    Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

    1.3.1

    Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable

    1.4

    By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance

    1.4.1

    Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services

    1.4.2

    Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure

    1.5

    By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters

    1.5.1

    Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

    1.5.2

    Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)

    1.5.3

    Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

    1.5.4

    Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

    1.a

    Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

    1.a.1

    Total official development assistance grants from all donors that focus on poverty reduction as a share of the recipient country's gross national income

    1.a.2

    Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)

    1.b

    Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

    1.b.1

    Pro-poor public social spending

    Name Description
    17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
    Survey on history of Mamobi and Research on policies, initiatives and programs of the government to alleviate poverty
    Poverty study in the Ayawaso sub metro case study of Mamobi and Ayawaso leadership and entrepreneur seminar
    Selection and Training of Field Education and Lobbying and advocacy for skills training
    Community outreach Education and partnershi p for health screening and Periodic Leadership and entrepreneur seminar
    Empowering some selected you to gain employment
    Community Entrepreneurship Forum
    Community Entrepreneurship Forum
    Ayawaso Skills and Entrepreneurship Training
    Financing (in USD)
    800
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Active Field Educators and Partner institutions
    Financing (in USD)
    for organization of Forums and Skills Training
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    False
    This initiative does not yet fulfil the SMART criteria.
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    Timeline
    01 June 2017 (start date)
    01 May 2020 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Sensitization Centre
    SDGs
    Geographical coverage
    Ayawaso / Accra / Ghana
    Website/More information
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    Contact Information

    Abdul Samad Said, Mr