The FAITH in Ghana Alliance held two learning festivals in Southern and Northern Ghana in November 2023 to advance multi-faith community organizing as a strategy for transforming Ghana. More than 110 clergy and grassroots leaders participated, with the majority from…
Photo: In the densely populated community of Chockor, Accra, people are pressing the government to remove garbage which is overwhelming their community. Muslim and Christian leaders have an ambitious plan to bring grassroots organizing to hundreds of communities across Ghana…
Rwanda is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, which is bringing stronger floods and mudslides and drier dry seasons. In September, heavy storms severely damaged buildings and crops in Eastern Rwanda, killing four people in Nyarubuye, including…
The FAITH in Ghana Alliance's regional alliances identified eighteen communities across Ghana to pilot multi-faith community organizing. The regional alliances met with local religious and civic leaders, talked with local residents, and organized trainings for people to learn about multi-faith…
Faith in Action International’s approach to grassroots organizing is built on the fundamental notion that power to cause change lies in the connections everyday people make with one another that enables them move together to take informed action. In El…
Thirty grassroots leaders gathered for their second national leadership development session at the end of June to develop skills to expand their organizing efforts into new communities. Faith and government leaders provided testimony about the success of this organizing approach…
At the invitation of Anglican Bishop Godfrey Mbelwa, forty clergy and lay leaders gathered for a third training session on community organizing. Participants reported on one to ones they had done and all agreed to go back to local villages…
At a May meeting in Rome with Pope Francis and Cardinal Czerny, FAITH in Ghana Alliance coordinator, Zan Akologo reported, “For us one-on-one LISTENING has become our DNA and modus operandi! It has helped our Actors to develop a deeper…
Thirty-eight grassroots leaders from across Rwanda gathered in Rusumo for two days to map out plans to grow their successful organizing efforts across Rwanda, starting in Kirehe District. They moving ahead with hiring four veteran leaders Ezra Nkubana, Poline Usabyemeza,…
The following remarks on the global challenges facing Africa and the role of Caritas Africa and multi-faith cooperation in Africa were made by Mr. Samuel Zan Akologo at the CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS GLOBAL ASSEMBLY IN ROME: OPENING PLENARY: 12TH MAY, 2023…
