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2. Sensitized women to move away from using polluting forms of energy like fuel wood, to using clean cook stoves | 2. Sensitized women to move away from using polluting forms of energy like fuel wood, to using clean cook stoves | ||
3. implementing an advocacy and capacity building project that builds the capacity of women and gender based CSOs on five SDGs including SDG 5, 6, 7, 13 and 15. | 3. implementing an advocacy and capacity building project that builds the capacity of women and gender based CSOs on five SDGs including SDG 5, 6, 7, 13 and 15. | ||
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Foundation for Grassroots Initiatives in Africa (GrassRootsAfrica)
- Foundation for Grassroots Initiatives in Africa (GrassRootsAfrica) was founded in 2002 and is based in .
- Type of organisation: NGO
GrassRootsAfrica provides research, advocacy and capacity building in support of Citizens’ initiatives that promote 1. Good Governance, protect the environment and human rights, 2. Advance women’s empowerment and access to energy and equitable development, 3. Guarantee personal security and enhance well-being, particularly of the dis-advantaged in society.
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Key Activities
1. Advocated for a removal of import duties on solar equipment in order to enable many more people especially, low income groups and women to be able to purchase solar equipment for lighting and powering small scale businesses
2. Sensitized women to move away from using polluting forms of energy like fuel wood, to using clean cook stoves
3. implementing an advocacy and capacity building project that builds the capacity of women and gender based CSOs on five SDGs including SDG 5, 6, 7, 13 and 15.Main Activities
Target Groups
for clean cooking:
- Households
- Productive use and livelihoods
- Communities and social institutions (including schools and health centers)
- Households
- Productive use and livelihoods
- Communities and social institutions (including schools and health centers)
Themes
Energy Solution Focus
Clean cooking 
Electricity 
Biomass
Solar
LPG
Sizes
Where we work
Our regions of operation are: Sub-Saharan Africa.
Our countries of operation are: Ghana.
Our headquarter is based in:
Contact Details
Partnerships
We work together with the following ACCESS coalition partners: CIWED - Ghana.
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