To addressing common socio-economic problems facing poverty prone rural communities, targeting mostly women and the girl child.
Promote basic education in deprived communities through school
infrastructure and other supplies
Support to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Sexual Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS prevention activities in Schools, churches, Mosques and communities.
Civic engagement of women in their roles in community development and widow support programme
Darlings currently embarks on the following activities to economically and socially empower women, children and their communities.
Darlings International currently has eighteen (18) Widows groups consisting of 4000 women in the Eastern, Central and North East Regions. These clubs are located in Somanya, Sra, Adelakope, Adukrom Awukugua, Abonse, Dawu, Apirade, Abiriw, Aseseeso, Bindi, Kambatiak, Najong 1, Najong 2, Yunyoo, Kufouk, Jimbale. All these groups have benefited from interest free micro support scheme and annual distribution of relief items for them to improve on their livelihood.
...The organization currently operates two basic schools in the Central and Northern Regions. These schools were established to provide access to basic education to the poor rural communities where pupils have to journey for about 5km before accessing basic education. Currently, the schools are government assisted providing quality education to 1000s of children who could have been drop outs to increase the illiteracy rate of Ghana.
...First major project established in 1998. The centre was created to provide free entrepreneurial skills training for female school drops outs and teenage mothers to acquire skills to improve on their standards of living. Since its establishment, the centre has trained about 450 women who are currently engaged in meaningful enterprises in Accra, Tema, Kasoa, Swedru, etc. Institutions such as the French Embassy, Australian High Commission have played significant role in the development of the centre through infrastructural and logistical support.
...Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV project has been integrated into the various programmes of the organization. The aim of the project is to reduce new infections of HIV and AIDS in all the programme areas of the organization. Sensitization activities are carried out in communities, schools, churches, mosques, etc. The major project implemented in the Agona East district is funded by the Ghana AIDS Commission through the Presbyterian Relief Services and Development.
...There are so many ways in which you can help us to bring positive and lasting change in the lives of the many people we serve especially the deprived, marginalized and less privileged in society. You and or your organization can become a partner by identifying with any of our intervention areas.
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Vocational Training for poor and vulnerable women especially teenage mothers.
Micro Credit facilities for Women farmers especially widows