8:30am – 5:00pm

Monday to Friday

P. O. Box CO 1816

Tema Comm, U 16

0303 200 585

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Community rights education and Empowerment

Organisation of mining, oil and gas communities and sensitising them on their rights and responsibilities .

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Human rights Advocates

Advocating for the protection of rights and environment of marginalised mining communities

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Environment and human health

We campaign for the protection and improvement of mining communities' livelihood

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Peer Learning and Experience Sharing With Stakeholders

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Financial Goals

Local Communities Seek Meaningful Involvement in Mining CSR Initiatives

Participants in a forum have urged mining companies to increase community engagement in the planning and implementation of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects.

They emphasised that meaningful involvement was ...

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Wacam Technical Director Urges Government to Halt Forest Reserve Mining

The Technical Director of Wacam, Kwaku Afari, has added his voice to the growing calls for the government to halt issuing mining licences to companies operating in forest reserves.

This ...

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Farmers Demand Fair Compensation After Company Destroys Cocoa Trees

Tension is brewing in Breman-Brofoyedu, a mining town in Central Region's Upper Denkyira West District, after Perseus Ghana Mining Company Limited (PMGL) destroyed cocoa trees belonging to three Concerned Farmers ...

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Regulatory Capture Fuels Ghana's Environmental Crisis

Weak regulation is a major contributor to the numerous issues associated with surface mining in Ghana, according to Wacam, Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), and Centre for Environmental ...

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Ghana's Mining Crisis: Wacam, CEPIL, CEIA Call for Non-Partisan Solution!

Wacam, the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), and the Centre for Environmental Impact Analysis (CEIA) have advocated a non-partisan approach to address the destructive effects of surface mining operations, ...

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Call For Expression of Interest - Citizens-Led Mining Impact Assessment Tool

Wacam, with support from Oxfam in Ghana, has launched a call for a consultant to design and implement an assessment tool to evaluate the impact of Newmont's Ahafo North and ...

What we do

Our work is focused on community mobilisation, organisation and rights-based education for empowerment, at the local, national, sub regional and international levels to influence practices changes
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About Us

Wacam is a premier community based human rights and environmental mining advocacy NGO in Ghana with a community-based focus. Formed in 1998, Wacam has worked to respond to the social, environmental and economic problems that had resulted from the increased mining investment of the third gold rush. Our work is focused on community mobilisation, organisation and rights-based education for empowerment, at the local, national, sub regional and international levels to influence practices changes. With a modest beginning of work in eight communities in one region, Wacam is now working in over ninety mining affected communities in Ghana. Wacam has worked to share its experiences with CSOs, community groups and intellectuals worldwide. Our belief in the rule of law led to the use of court room litigation, representation and negotiations for affected communities. Wacam has made a number of submissions to regulators as our contribution for policy change and have served on a number of organisations including the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) at the national and international levels.

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We empower affected mining communities to demand the protection of their rights

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