ABOUT US
CONTACT ADDRESS
C/o P.O. Box YJ83
Yeji –Brong Ahafo
Ghana-West Africa
Tel: +233245284043
/ +233243077713 /+2330209115899
Email:rudrangoghana@yahoo.com.uk
Website/blog:rudrangoghnnana.blogspot.com
Rural Development and Research Agents’ (RUDRA) was
formed in July, 2007 with the aim of Bringing Hope to Rural Communities. On 29th
November, 2010, RUDRA was formally registered to operate.
The NGO is a community based one with the aim of
Bringing Hope to Rural Communities through research and development in Ghana.
The NGO aimed at educating, building capacity, civic and human right activities,
supporting rural women by empowering them and children and physically
challenged as well as the youth throughout Ghana.
Our
Story
The mission of RUDRA IS bring out the challenges facing rural people and to
help develop the marginalized, especially, women, children, the youth, the aged
and the physically challenged, through research into socio-economic,
environmental and political.
While
solutions to many problems worldwide can be found on the global stage, the
unique challenges faced by diverse communities can only truly be addressed from
the inside. Successfully tackling the economic, social, environmental, and
political challenges communities face requires community leaders who have the
skills, knowledge, networks and attitudes to motivate and inspire others to
action. With this in mind, RUDRA was developed 2007 to strengthen leadership
that already exists in communities in need.
Our
executive director and founder, Emmanuel Kwabena Naami, was working on
community project with colleague students from the University for Development
Studies at Subinso no1a community under Wenchi municipality in the Brong Ahafo
Region of Ghana in 2007 when the idea formed. Emmanuel Kwabena Naami watched
poor people suffering in all aspect of their lives and how their children are
being affected day-in and day-out in the community. During his
project-research, he released that almost everybody in the community was poor
based on the indictors they used at that time. He watched how children born
from poor parents are been suffered .Emmanuel Kwabena Naami watched those
children grow up, still homeless and become school dropouts, thieves, and all
kinds of immoral behaviors. Emmanuel Kwabena Naami knew there must be a
solution to this cycle of poverty, unemployment, education, etc and that was
why he formed RUDRA.
Objectives:
RUDRA has the following objectives to achieve:
·
To promote
peaceful co-existence among ethnic, religious, and social groups in the various
catchments areas.
·
To access micro
credit to support productive ventures for the youth, women and children,
farming groups and the physically challenged.
·
To advocate for
the effective community participation of the vulnerable population through
educational fora.
·
To build the
capacities of the youth, women, and the physically challenged in environment
management through workshops, seminars and meetings.
·
To support rural
community schools in areas needed.
·
To support needy
and intelligent students.
·
To
carry out measures against child trafficking, labour and abuse
Programme areas:
In order to achieve the above objectives, RUDRA has engaged in the following activities;
In order to achieve the above objectives, RUDRA has engaged in the following activities;
HEALTH;
In the area of health, RUDRA seeks to enlighten its members on HIV/AIDS,
Hepatitis Breast Cancer, Blood Pressure, Stroke menace and other sexually
transmitted infection. They will be sensitized on how to prevent
HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis and healthy practice of personal hygiene, water
sanitation, and good home keeping.
Pandemics like guinea worm, tuberculosis and malaria, sanitation, drug
abuse, will also form part of our educational campaign. Women will be taught the importance and
benefits of immunization, antenatal care, the need for exercise when pregnant
and the importance of good nutrition as well as the importance of hospital
delivery and also family planning. Also,
we intend to provide family reproductive health service to our catchment areas.EDUCATION
RUDRA seeks to ensure the education of every child of school going age in the operational area by educating their parents of the importance of education and providing the needed support to children in kind or cash and also provide libraries to deprive community schools where needed in accordance with our objectives.
ECONOMICS:
RUDRA intends to train its members in the rural areas of the country who are not in pursuance of long-term formal education to acquiring entrepreneurial skills on wealth creation, especially business management and proper book keeping skills. These will enable the entrepreneur to expand from their ventures and to enhance their development. The economic benefits derived will have positive impact on their lives holistically. The economic ventures include farming, shea butter processing, gari processing, cassava dough processing, hair dressing, dress making, fabric designing, baking, carpentry, soap and pomade making.
EMPOWERMENT
RUDRA intend to empower women, the
youth, and all persons in areas of their interests. Our program will provide
the support and empowerment necessary for them to rebuild their lives:
- Individual, one-on-one counseling and support from
social workers
- Career mentoring
- Anger management classes
- Parenting Enrichment groups
- Professional clothing closet
- Domestic and family violence counseling
- Assistance with housing, health and legal resources
- A life-time support network and community
OTHER AREAS OF OUR INTEREST IS:
RUDRA is also into the following
areas
v Environmental protection and Disaster and Relief management.
Future plans:
1.
Network with
other NGOS and agencies with the objective of capacity building on women,
children, and physically challenged people in the rural areas of Ghana.
2.
Organising of
seminars, workshops and advocacy on pertinent economic, social, political and
gender sensitive issues.
3.
Identify
Specific needs of groups in the rural areas and making arrangement to meet
those needs.
Board
of Directors:They are the highest decision making body of the organisation and are put in place to formulate policies and programmes to ensure proper implementation and effective running and management of all activities of the organization. The directors are those who provided the vanity of support for RUDRA initiatives in the various rural areas of the country. David Agyampah Mensah is the chairperson of the board of directors and the rest are:
Naami Kwabena Emmanuel (MA. and Executive Director of the
NGO-RUDRA),Mprah Peace Ruhaimatu as Treasurer to the Board, Mr. Paruzie B.
Isaac, Mr. Kwame Attah Heerko, (Holland) and Dr. Augustina Naami (US), Mr. John
N. Badu, Abass Sagoe , Aaron Pumpuni as Secretary, Nyefule Owusu Emmanuel,
David Dei, Alu Richard Chamba, Daniel Asare,
PICTURES SHOWING SOME ACTIVITES WE DID IN THE NORTHERN AND BRONG AHAFO REGION RESPECTIVELY.
The Executive Director of RUDRA presenting some books to Lonto and Pentecost schools to the PTA chairman in the northern region of Ghana
