The United Foundation For Africa Non Governmental Organization has been working in Ghana since 2008 and is empowering partners in 49 epicenter communities to end their own hunger and poverty. Through its integrated approach to rural development, the Epicenter Strategy, is working with partners to successfully access the basic services needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and
lead lives of self-reliance. Ghana is the first country in which UFFA is scaling up its Epicenter Strategy to provide coverage to a set geographical area and reach significantly more people. By the end of the one-year commitment, The UFFA- Ghana aims to have mobilized enough epicenter communities so that each villager in the Eastern Region is within walking distance to an epicenter building. By the end of the second year of its scale-up program, The UFFA- Ghana had successfully completed construction of 12 epicenters. Scaling-up has presented a number of challenges to UFFA- Ghana, such as acquisition of land and the mobilization of construction materials. Our staff, however, is equipped with the training and skills to continue to mobilize partners to end their own hunger in the Eastern Region.
