30/04/2026
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐คโจ
๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐-๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ continues to grow as a powerful platform, bringing together 21 organizations committed to advancing community wellbeing locally driven solutions.
๐ฏWith a shared vision of a world where communities drive their own change and wellbeing, the Collaborative is working towards ensuring that CLD is increasingly adopted, resourced, and institutionalized within education planning and delivery across communities, NGOs, and government actors ๐.
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Following Cohort 2โs participation at the Tostan Training on community led development in Senegal, members gained practical insights into Tostanโs Community-Led Development model an approach that places communities at the heart of decision making.
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Building on this experience, the Collaborative successfully held its April Monthly Learning Call, convening 39 partners to ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก. The session emphasized a critical shift: ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
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Partners shared reflections from the Tostan Training Center Senegal learning visit, highlighting key lessons and exploring how these can be integrated into our work in Ghana as a collaborative. The meeting also outlined a clear roadmap for the Collaborativeโs next steps, alongside an initial leadership structure to guide this two-year learning journey.
At Young Visionary Leaders Ghana we are proud to be part of this transformative collaborative, one that fosters shared learning, collaboration, and a renewed commitment to empowering communities to lead, champion, and sustain their own development ๐ฑ. We are as well honored to serve as one of the coordinating organizations from the southern sector.
To ensure effective coordination and inclusive decision-making, the Collaborative is guided by a shared leadership structure representing Northern and Southern sector organizations, as well as funders and learning partners.
Key institutions such as School for Life Ghana and AfriKids represent the Northern sector, while Street Children Empowerment Foundation (SCEF) and Young Visionary Leaders represent the Southern sector. This structure is further strengthened by the support of partners including Global Fund for Children, and Participatory Development Associates LTD, ensuring a coordinated, collaborative, and learning-driven approach throughout the two-year journey.
Together, with partners across the Northern and Southern sectors, funders, and learning organizations, we are building a future where development is not done for communities but with and by them.
Mother of all Nations Foundation the world Achievers Ghana West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) ICDP Ghana Youth Advocates Ghana-YAG education Agency fifty initiative foundation village GlobalGiving fans Global Fund for Community Foundations STAR-Ghana Foundation Ministry of Education GH Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection
