The Achievers Ghana is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonreligious organisation with a simple mission:
Education for all girls in slums in Ghana, which was incorporated under the Companies Code,
1963 (ACT 179) on the 22nd of November, 2011 with a registration number G-38,950. Poverty, underdevelopment, mass illiteracy, ignorance, urban backwardness and conservatism cause a majority of girls in slums to be deprived of their basic right to education. Various other social problems such as child marriage, trafficking and discrimination leads toward the undermining of girl’s right to Education. In this scenario, Achievers Ghana has been trying to ensure these vulnerable girls in slums have been provided with education support. Achievers Ghana is presently at the community level with over 350 girls in the program. Building
the capacity of a girl child in a slum community will add up to a human capital and hence the
development of our mother Ghana. Achievers Ghana’s main objectives are to inspire, educate, and equip girls in slum communities with the necessary skills to pursue every opportunity that is available to them in order to be responsible and useful citizens. Achievers Ghana Education intend to achieve its mission and vision through:
Technology: Using technology to advocate, connect, and increase awareness of key issues
affecting girls and to support girls in slum communities that are constantly learning,
mobilizing and evolving. Critical issues include security, advocacy, and mapping. And also to inspire, educate and equip a girl child in a slum community with the computing skills. Achievers Tech Girls program believes to close the
gender gap in technology in the country. We have to inspire girls to pursue computer science by exposing them to real life role models. We engage engineers, developers, executives, and entrepreneurs to teach and motivate the next generation. Our guest speakers, mentors, and instructors are leaders in their fields, working in positions our girls aspire to attain. Achievers Coding Girls programs are providing unparalleled computer science education to girls at the community level — giving them
the hard and soft skills needed to become the technologists of tomorrow. We don’t just offer
exposure to technology, we train tomorrow’s engineers. Achievers Tech Girl’s vision is to reach gender parity in computing fields. We believe this is paramount to ensure the economic prosperity of women, families, and communities across the slums communities in the country, and to equip citizens with the 21st century tools for innovation and social change. We believe that more girls exposed to computer science at a young age will lead to more women working in the technology and engineering fields. Education/Scholarships: Using a variety of educational approaches to build knowledge, skills, and self-confidence. This includes advocating for change through increasing public awareness and influencing attitudes in support of women’s and girls’ human rights. The top priority of Achievers Ghana is providing funds for school fees, books and uniforms. The
level of funding support is decided after certain selection criteria are met for each girl. Girls of
primary school age are favoured to maximise long-term impact. The progress of each girl,
including grades and attendance are regularly evaluated. Leadership and Mentorship: To change attitudes and systems, women and girls must be leaders – in protest, advocacy, representation and mobilization. This includes providing young women with important leadership and mentoring opportunities. Meeting and hearing from role models that girls can relate to is invaluable in sparking their
interest in various careers. We invite female who are professionals to share information about their career paths, professional and personal life, and why they think their careers are interesting. This discussion is done in small groups, inspirational talks or round table discussions. We try to avoid lecturing and let girls ask questions freely. Career Skills Development: Girls are stalled between school and productive work: more than a third—34%—of young women in developing countries are jobless—out of the labor force and not in school (World Bank, 2014). Although the gender gap in school enrollment has been closing, the gender gap in labor force participation is on the rise. Reaching girls during adolescence is critical—decisions made and behaviors established during this period affect their horizons later in life. During this formative period in their lives it is important to provide adolescent girls with the tools they need to become economically empowered young
women. Achievers Ghana teaches deprive girls in batik, tie & dye, liquid soup making, bead
making, painting etc. in order to be empowered economically. Community Advocacy: Achievers Ghana across the communities have long been advocating
for more protections to prevent adolescent girls from being forced to get married before they areready. Fundamentally, child marriage is a violation of human rights. It’s also a harmful practice
that drags down communities and economies. When girls are safe, healthy, educated, and
empowered, research has shown that they help have healthier children, earn more income, and
help grow economies – making them powerful agents of positive change.
