About Us

We are a Ghanaian, community based, NGO, not-for-profit organization that facilitates and improves the health, education and socio-economic status of our beneficiaries. Our work focuses on women, children, young people, persons with disabilities including people with mental health conditions.

Who we are

HFFG was established in 2001 as a national, community based, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization to facilitate and improve the health, education and socio-economic status of women, children and young people through empowerment, rights based approaches, innovative and acceptable participatory strategies.

Past and current funding sources for HFFG’s operations include Ghana AIDS Commission, IPAS Ghana, World Vision Ghana, Plan Ghana, UKaid, SIMAVI of the Netherlands, Palladium Group, Netherlands Forign Ministry, Global Fund, USAID, UNFPA, ILO, Gavi Alliance and UNICEF, among others.

Vision

To form partnerships that will facilitate and improve the health, education and socioeconomic status of women, children and young people through empowerment, right-based approaches, innovative, acceptable, sustainable and participatory strategies.

Mission

To form partnerships that will facilitate and improve the health, education and socioeconomic status of women, children and young people through empowerment, right-based approaches, innovative, acceptable, sustainable and participatory strategies.

Our Focus Areas

Access to primary healthcare

Disability Rights

Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights

Women Empowerment

Our Strategies

We approach our focus areas strategically through Advocacy, Networking and Outreach; Capacity building interventions, trainings and facilitations; Monitoring and evaluation, data tracking and collection. This transformational approaches to community mobilisation, participatory decision-making processes, and women and youth leadership has made a critical difference in developing government accountability, equality, respect and dignity or marginalised communities

Our Core Values

Our initiative has helped over 2 million women, children and the disabled in general health, education, reproductive health and sanitation in rural communities.

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Teamwork

O

Openness

P

Professionalism

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Honesty

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Accountability

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Non-discrimination

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Dedication

Our Objectives

 

 

  • Strengthen the capacity of communities toward universal and accessible healthcare.
  • Ensure gender mainstreaming and the meaningful participation of women, children and young people at all levels of our work.
  • Promote sustainable access and utilization of sexual reproductive health and rights services.
  • Strengthen the capacities of community members to lead advocacies at all levels.
  • Promote sustainable access to quality education for underserved communities.