Media Briefing: Legacy and Sustainability Grantees Launched
A photo of participants during the launch.
8th November 2022
About the Grant
Ghana Somubi Dwumadie has awarded four Sustainability and Legacy grants to disabled people’s organisations and women’s rights organisations in Ghana. One additional grant has been awarded to a capacity-building partner to work with us to strengthen our new grantees. The awardees are expected to harness the unique contribution and strengths of small and grassroots organisations, by strengthening their capacity to bring about sustainable change in the lives of people with disabilities, including people with mental health conditions, particularly women with disabilities or mental health conditions. The grants, totalling nearly one million cedis, will last for 12 months. This provision of funding support for disability and mental health is in line with Ghanaian calls for better disability inclusion, and greater investment in mental health.
Grant Objectives
The main objectives of the Legacy and Sustainability grants round are:
• To strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of small and grassroots women’s rights organisations and disabled people’s organisations to enable them to play a greater role in user-led approaches to claiming the rights of people, especially women, with disabilities, including people with mental health conditions
• To improve the well-being of, and empower people, especially women, with disabilities, including mental health conditions, through interventions implemented by small and grassroots organisations
Recipient Organisations
1. Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) (Capacity building partner)
2. Duapa Mothers Union
3. Ghana Blind Union (GBU)
4. Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD)
5. Women with Disability Development & Advocacy Organisation
About Ghana Somubi Dwumadie
Ghana Somubi Dwumadie (Ghana Participation Programme) is a four-year disability programme in Ghana, with a specific focus on mental health. This programme is funded with UK Aid from the UK government. The programme is run by an Options’ led consortium, which also consists of BasicNeeds-Ghana, Kings College London, Sightsavers and Tropical Health, and focuses on four key areas: 1. Promoting stronger policies and systems that respect the rights of people with disabilities, including people with mental health disabilities 2. Scaling up high quality and accessible mental health services 3. Reducing stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities, including mental health disabilities 4. Generating evidence to inform policy and practice on the effectiveness of disability and mental health programmes and interventions
Ghana Somubi Dwumadie also undertook a range of activities to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities, including people with mental health conditions. In 2020, this COVID-19 related work included the award of seven small grants to provide COVID-19 psychosocial support and resilience. This grant call has successfully ended. In 2021, the Programme also launched an Evidence and Effectiveness grants for Mental Health and Disability Inclusion round. The overarching objective of that call is to ensure that people with disabilities, including people with mental health disabilities, are in the lead on approaches to improve their well-being, social and economic outcomes, and rights. The Legacy and Sustainable grants call is Ghana Somubi Dwumadie’s third grants round.
Contact information
For further information, please contact: Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Team Leader; 0543443755; l.adwan-kamara@ghanasomubi.com. Dorcas Efe Mensah, Communications Manager; 0504701239; d.mensah@ghanasomubi.com