{"id":18657,"date":"2024-07-01T13:19:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/?p=18657"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:00:58","slug":"citizens-watch-q2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/citizens-watch-q2-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens’ Watch Q2 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Q2 2024 edition of Citizens\u2019 Watch<\/strong> focuses on SEND GHANA\u2019s ongoing efforts to promote education, improve healthcare policies, and advocate for economic justice<\/strong>. This quarter, the organization has made notable progress in improving school infrastructure, advocating for a Public Health Emergency Fund, expanding access to credit for cocoa farmers, and achieving a major milestone with the #DontTaxMyPad campaign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Highlights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Power in Education<\/strong> \u2013 Exploring the role of education in empowering vulnerable communities to self-organize and advocate for policy change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Improving School Infrastructure<\/strong> \u2013 Through the Fair4All<\/strong> project, SEND GHANA facilitated a public-private partnership<\/strong> that led to the construction of a new school in Nyankomase<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Advocating for a Public Health Emergency Fund<\/strong> \u2013 Calling on the government to establish a permanent fund<\/strong> to better respond to future health crises.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Boosting Cocoa Farmers’ Productivity<\/strong> \u2013 Supporting access to low-interest loans<\/strong> for cocoa farmers in Twifo Praso through financial inclusion initiatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. ictory for the #DontTaxMyPad Campaign<\/strong> \u2013 Successful advocacy efforts led to the removal of taxes on raw materials for locally manufactured sanitary pads<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Who Should Read This Report?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    This publication is essential for policymakers, civil society organizations, development partners, journalists, and citizens<\/strong> invested in governance, economic justice, and sustainable development in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Introduction The Q2 2024 edition of Citizens\u2019 Watch focuses on SEND GHANA\u2019s ongoing efforts to promote education, improve healthcare policies, and advocate for economic justice. This quarter, the organization has made notable progress in improving school infrastructure, advocating for a Public Health Emergency Fund, expanding access to credit for cocoa farmers, and achieving a major<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[153,152],"class_list":["post-18657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-citizens-watch-newsletter","tag-citizens-watch","tag-newsletter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t