About us
Who we are
We are the voice of the voiceless pushing our ways and methods across African countries. We see no borders and are driven by our mission to help women and children.
Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children (PAORP-VWC) is a Non-Governmental Human Rights and Development Organisation created on the 05/02/2008 and registered in Ghana on 12th September 2008 under the Registrar General’s Department as a Charity no G-25,584 and the Department of Social Welfare Ghana under registration number DSW/4437.
The organisation is also registered in Cameroon with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development under registration number NW/GP/040/10/13150 in compliance with law no 92/006 of 14th August 1992 and its decree of application no 92/455/PM of 23rd November 1992.
Though being a charity, we believe in integrated and participatory approaches in promoting meaningful Change that will provide a safer environment for women and children rather than just being charitable to them by providing their basic daily needs of food, Shelter and clothing.
PAORP-VWC is an Non-Sectarian, Non-Political and Non-Profit-making Organisation out to lobby with policy makers and opinion leaders on behalf of women and children who are the most vulnerable in the society and whose voices are never been taken into consideration when major decisions are to be taken.
PAORP-VWC is the voice of the voiceless pushing its way across African countries. It founding members are 7 experts’ humanitarian professionals drawn from Ghana and Cameroon presently working and living in Ghana.
With many years of staff experiences in the field of complex humanitarian emergency across Africa, PAORP-VWC is created to intervene where other organisations may not dare because of the complexity of the crisis.
We work using gender sensitive participatory approaches to obtain sustainable solutions to our core values.
Our approach
Our Goals
Our mission is to make sure all young people children and women are empowered.
To create a safer environment for women and children to live and enjoy their human rights values like any other human being.
Lobby with traditional authorities and policy makers to end all forms of violence and discrimination militating against women and children.
Research on development and root causes of violence and discrimination on minority groups within our target communities.
Empower women and children as partners in community development.
Integrate women and gender in the development process of target communities.
Fight to alleviate poverty among our target vulnerable groups of women and children through capacity building promotion of income generating projects and better health practices.
Our Objectives
We are dedicated to delving and intervening in areas other organisations have not been.
- Conduct Research on human rights issues.
- Build capacities of community stakeholders on issues related to human rights and conflict management
- Promote programs on women and children’s health.
- Work against human trafficking of women and children.
- Research and support Projects meant at developing the economic potentials of women and children.
- Conduct seminars/training on issues related to women and children
- Lobby for funds from international bodies to support women and children activities within their communities.
- Place local and international volunteers on programs of human rights and development within target communities.
- Organise workshops/conferences meant at promoting peace and co-existence within target communities
- Carry-out sensitization programs within communities on children’s rights to education and other facilities to promote their hidden talents.
- Undertake sound environmental Projects aimed a protecting the environment, such as managing water catchments, carrying our proper waste disposal and tree planting projects as means of labour saving techniques for women and children.
- Provide welfare services to women and youths with assistance from local and foreign agencies.
- Lobby with traditional and governmental agencies for the eradication of discriminatory laws and practices against women.
- With many years of staff experiences in the field of complex humanitarian emergency across Africa, PAORP-VWC is created to intervene where other organisations may not dare because of the complexity of the crisis.
- We work using gender sensitive participatory approaches to obtain sustainable solutions to our core values.