Wacam in International Meetings
The Associate Executive Director of Wacam participated in a number of events organised by Oxfam America. These activities included planning meeting in South Africa in which the Associate Director shared ...
Wacam participates in May Day celebrations
As part of the programme of Wacam to work with Faith-Based organisations, Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, the Associate Executive Director of Wacam, made a presentation on ‘The Christian and Environmental Stewardship’ at ...
Wacam together with ACEP, CEPIL and CEIA have started mobilising communities in and around Sheini to demand for responsible exploitation of iron ore by Cardero in their communities. This is ...
CSOs Call on Government to Internalise ECOWAS Directive on Miningby Samuel Akapule, GNA
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and regulatory bodies have called on government to internalise the provisions of the ECOWAS Directive on Mining in Ghana.
The CSOs and the regulatory bodies ...
WacamEmpowers Women in Alternative LivelihoodSupport Activities
The growing negative effects of mining operations demand a corresponding empowerment of mining communities in the protection of their rights. Poverty in mining communities has worsened because mining companies have ...
CSOs Engage Minerals Commission on the Sample Mining Bill
A group of Civil Society Organisations comprising Wacam, CARE Ghana, Kasa,Centre for Public Interest Law and Centre for Environmental Impact Analysis have engaged the Minerals Commission on a draft sample ...
Mining Communities Adopt ICT Tools in Demanding Responsible Mining
Affected community people within the Asutsifi North and Fanteakwa districts are using innovative waysto address rights violation concerns associated with mining operations within their districts. These two districts are hosts ...
BRAHABEBOME LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION DEMAND THEIR RIGHTS FROM GOLDFIELDS GHANA LIMITED
Residents of Brahabebome, a mining community in the Tarkwa area, are demanding their rights from Goldfields Ghana Limited after a protracted experience of terrible environmental disruptions. Buildings in the community ...