Ghana Developing Communities Association and EU Aid Volunteers project ends

Tamale-Ghana, Nov 14, GNA – The Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) under its European Union (EU) Aid Volunteers Support Humanitarian Action for Resilience and Empowerment (SHARE) project has ended.
The project was designed to support non-EU partners in their ability to prepare, manage, and evaluate interventions aimed at supporting local communities in recovering from natural or fabricated disasters and resilience building.
As part of the project, 34 experienced European volunteers were sent worldwide for six to 12 months.
Alhaji Osman Abdel-Rahaman, Executive Director of GDCA, who made a presentation at an event in Tamale to end the project, said the partnership was to help strengthen organisational capacities through volunteerism to enhance community development, especially in the Northern Region.
He said “GDCA, as a member of a consortium, we hosted three volunteers within the SHARE project to strengthen our capacities in the field of microfinance, fundraising and human resource.
He commended the volunteers for their selfless and dedicated service towards improving the policies and programmes of the organisation.
Mr Philip Gmabi, Technical Advisor, Governance and Policy at GCDA, said although the SHARE project had ended, the organisation was planning to host more European volunteers in future with the European Solidarity Corps Programme.
He said, “The European Solidarity Corps Programme is replacing the EU Aid Volunteers from 2023 to host groups of volunteers for shorter periods to work on more specific projects.”
He emphasized that the European Solidarity Corps Programme would work on establishing social enterprises to generate sustainable income for the organisation and support the management of the Dalun Simli Centre and the Simli Radio.
Miss Julie Deleligne, EU Aid Volunteer under the SHARE project in-charge of Fundraising, commended GDCA for the partnership and said it had helped to build their professional competence and expertise.