End of Internship Speech: Bridget Abiem – WACSI Node Next Generation Intern
Distinguished colleagues, esteemed guests, my supervisors and mentors, fellow interns, ladies and gentlemen. It is both an honour and a privilege to stand before you today. At the same time, …
WACSI – A living Expression of Ubuntu
In 2025, WACSI celebrated its 20-year milestone since its inception. As part of the celebration, we’ve pieced together a beautiful memoir showcasing some of our beautiful stories over the years. …
A Case Study for Local Fund Raising and Sustainability in Africa: Seven Lessons on Financial Sustainability from Better Breed Cameroon
Founded in 2013 by Monique Kwachou, Better Breed Cameroon began with a simple but powerful question: when today’s leaders are gone, who will be ready to take their place? What …
One Woman Champions Efforts to Rescue Women from Maternal Mortality in Ghana
In Ghana, maternal mortality remains a critical public health challenge. The World Bank estimates that the maternal mortality ratio was 234 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023, a modest …
Local Giving Restores Dignity to Women Accused of Witchcraft in Ghana
In just a few months, a women-led civil society group in northern Ghana mobilised over GHC 100,000 (about USD 10,000) in cash and in-kind contributions to restore dignity to elderly …
Not Too Young to Lead: WACSI’s Internship Programme Breaks Career Barriers in Nigeria
Nigeria is home to one of the largest youth populations in the world. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), about 60% of Nigeria’s population are under the age …
DIGITAL SECURITY CAPACITY STRENGTHENING AND OUTREACH PROJECT 2022-2024-Change Story Report
The report presents eight change stories documented from the implementation of WACSI’s Digital Security Capacity Strengthening Programme across West Africa. The stories cover organisations in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Côte …
Dare to Dream: How WACSI’s Internship Opened Doors for a Burkinabe Graduate
“The skills I gained from WACSI have been instrumental in my current role. From organising workshops to managing participants, I draw on my experiences at WACSI every day.” – Carmelle …
Unlocking Dreams: How Community-Led Fundraising Ignited Hope for Over 300 Children in Ghana
In Ghana, the pursuit of computer literacy is likened to mining for precious gold. Recognising the transformative power of digital skills, the nation is steadfast in its commitment to equipping …
Weaving Women’s Prosperity in Northern Ghana
Agriculture stands as a cornerstone of Ghana’s economy, particularly in the Northern region, playing a pivotal role as a vital source of sustenance. According to a report by the Food …
WACSI’s Training ‘Opened My Eyes’ to the Reality of Being a Youth Leader- YALI Trainee Recounts Her Experience
“WACSI’s training was exceptional. The modules were the best I have encountered since 2002, and the facilitators demonstrated a deep understanding of the content”, said Isatou Secka, cohort 43 member …
Grooming Influential Actors for Civil Society in West Africa: The Story of Leandre Banon
Unemployment and underemployment are dire challenges facing many developing countries. In West Africa, the youth are worst hit by this menace. Moreso, many youths endowed with valuable potential to contribute …
WACSI: Striving for Sustainability
By late March 2018, with the economy improving in West Africa in general, and in Ghana in particular, civil society organisations (CSOs) in the region were feeling the pinch of …
Empowering Grassroots Conservation Organisations in Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and Sierra Leone
Though civil society organisations (CSOs) have significantly contributed to addressing a wide array of rights-based topics in West Africa, they still have an essential role to play in complementing governments’ …
CEM Optimises its Resource Mobilisation Efforts
Sea turtles constitute an endangered species across the world. In the southern coast of Cote d’Ivoire, in the town of Grand Béréby, sea turtles experience a dilemma in life. On …
FID Sierra Leone Stands Out as an Organisation of Choice in its Community
Ibrahim K. Kawa is the Programme Manager at the Foundation for Integrated Development-Sierra Leone (FID/SL), which focuses on community development, environmental rights and protection, livelihoods, and agricultural support. Kawa and …
The Rebirth of GREENLIFE West Africa
Domestic resource mobilisation is a daunting challenge faced by many civil society organisations (CSOs) in Sierra Leone. GREENLIFE, an organisation that focuses on addressing economic challenges and improving the wellbeing …
Carbone Guinea is on track towards Becoming a Reference Organisation in Africa
Ibrahima Sory Sylla, National Coordinator of Carbone Guinée is happy his organisation took part in a two-year capacity development programme implemented by WACSI with support from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership …
IBGRN Records Ground-breaking Resource Mobilisation Gains in 2021
The Initiative de Base pour la Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (IBGRN) is increasingly gaining recognition as a credible civil society organisation (CSO) that responds to the biodiversity challenges plaguing the …
Clarity of Roles, Better Functioning Characterises a Young and Vibrant Nature Conservation Organisation in Cote d’Ivoire – IDEF
Initiative Pour le Developpement Communautaire et de la Conservation de la Foret (IDEF) has positioned itself on the path of good institutional governance; one that makes the staff, management and …
‘This Programme has helped us to Improve our Way of Working’, Says Prof Egnankou Mathieu, Board Chair of SOS-Forêts
A visit of four personnel from WACSI to SOS-Forêts on Tuesday 16 November 2021 was characterised by high sense of gratitude shown to WACSI by the over 10 members of …
THE CASE OF RESOURCE LINK FOUNDATION, GHANA
As we witness donor fatigue in the global economic context, some civil society organisations, including Resource Link Foundation (RLF), still depend on international partners for more than 70% of their …
Like-minded Liberians collaborate to respond to educational needs-YUCDA
YUCDA started with seven people, including the Chairman, the Director of Operations, the General Secretary, the Financial Secretary and an Auditor. These individuals were the promoters of the initiative. They …
The Story of We Can Clean Up Our Town Foundation
“From the We Can Clean Up Our Town experience, it has been established that community philanthropists, when properly mobilised can contribute positively to addressing humanitarian or development crises.” The We …
History made in Sierra Leone as Sierra Leoneans raised over $100,000 to combat rape.
“Purposeful embarked on a transparent communication process to inform the public about every single cent donated… This helped in building the confidence of contributors and encouraged more donations.” In 2020, …
Enhanced Technological Capacities Enhances Programmatic Efficiency of HRAC
In a fast-paced technological and digital age, the ability of civil society organisations (CSOs) to create impact and enhance their reach is affected by their skilfulness in leveraging technology for …
WACSI Strengthens Enoch Mensah’s Fundraising Skills
Hope for Children and Aged Rehabilitation Centre located in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region Ghana in West Africa was commissioned to combine measurement and actions in the medical and …
Local Fundraising is Possible in Ghana, NORSAAC Affirms
The issue of raising funds locally has been a major headache of most civil society organisations (CSOs). The absence of this, coupled with the dwindling donor funding in Ghana is …
WACSI Catalyses the Sustainability of Street Children Project
The need for CSOs to be buoyant, self-reliant, self-financing, and sustainable has dominated the civil society sector in recent years. As an organisation with a huge expenditure owing to the sheer weight …
Eight Child Marriages Annulled in Guinea
Child Fund is an organisation dedicated to all child rights-focused interventions in Guinea. The organisation primarily has a sponsorship system to match children with adult guardians. As an organisation that is concerned about children, …
Luseni Champions the Drug Policy Reform Process in Sierra Leone
West Africa has become a hub for drug trafficking. Drug use and trafficking have increased in volume, but the region has not been able to provide an adequate response by …
The Training that Transformed Dramani’s Organisation – SILDEP
Tumu, a semi-urban town in the Upper West region of Ghana is known to be a home to the rosewood, Ghana’s golden forest resource. It is a border town to …
Helping The Needy and Vulnerable During COVID-19
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) in Ghana now have the key to unlocking the barriers to accessing the resources they need to meet the expectations of their beneficiaries affected by …
30 CSOs in Northern Ghana Equipped with Practical and Effective Communication Skills
“A lot of lessons were learnt and the right answers were given to all questions. It was more of an open discussion. I just cannot wait for the next training. …
Reaping the Gains of Enhanced Capacities
In the fast-paced world, we live in now, it is imperative for civil society organisations to not only be abreast with the latest technological applications and tools but also master …
Promoting Human Rights through Technology
In today’s world where technology makes it easier to reach out to a wider audience thereby growing existing networks and amplifying the visibility of any organisation, the Human Rights Advocacy …
Enhancing CHRI’s Capacity through Technology
In this technologically advanced era, every organisation needs effective information technology (IT) tools to efficiently accelerate its operations. Organisations that work to collect, and document information have a dire need …
Interning with WACSI – A Career Shaping Opportunity
Kayla Green, Intern, Africa Program at the Center for International Policy Kayla Green shared an experience of her internship period at West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) where she said, “I took …
The Next Generation Internship Unlocked My Potentials
Rachad Bani Samari, Programme Assistant, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Rachad said, the ability to unlock people’s potential and lead them to a better future has always been his …
Enhancing CSCI’s Communication through Technology
Technology has become an essential tool for development in recent times. For the development sector, it has helped to amplify various organisational impact, causes and connected like-minded organisations to work …
Anthony Kolaco Gives Hope to Underprivileged Children in Liberia
Liberia is host to many underprivileged children, many of whom do not have access to quality education. Of the 740,000-primary school-age children in the country, 16 per cent were reportedly …
GDCA Enhances its Knowledge Management System
On 10th January 2019, the Techsoup West Africa team delivered the second phase of a training support in Knowledge Management System and Technology Planning for the Ghana Developing Community Association …
My Journey at WACSI, an Unforgettable Experience
Oyindamola Adegboye is a 2017 – 2019 Erasmus Mundus scholar in Education Policies for Global Development (Globed). She interned with the Knowledge Management Unit at the West Africa Civil Society …
