Our focus areas
We combine research, local knowledge and practical action to help people and landscapes thrive.
Climate change is increasingly affecting everything in Ghana and Africa and poses a significant threat to our vision of a world of hope and social justice where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. That is why AiG must do all it can to ensure that all its actions are part of an urgent, effective and equitable response to climate change.
We promote sustainable land restoration through afforestation, reforestation, and agroforestry initiatives that restore degraded landscapes, improve biodiversity, and strengthen climate resilience. By integrating tree planting, ecosystem restoration, and climate-smart agricultural practices, we support healthier environments, enhanced food security, carbon sequestration, and improved livelihoods for farming communities.
AiG works with an active local network and community-based environmental groups that can help raise environmental awareness, conduct environmental education, engage in environmental advocacy and serve as a local environmental watchdog. AiG maintains a long-term vision of the advancement of the environment and natural resources.
AiG is committed to helping build stronger local communities as well as developing and supporting projects that alleviate poverty in rural communities by improving the sustainable management of natural resources, increase rural production and productivity and strengthen community groups to help design their own long-term initiatives and strategies.
One of the core mandates of AiG is to create environmental leadership opportunities and support the development of youth and local capacity in Ghana to respond to environmental issues through environmental education, training activities and the positive spirit of volunteerism.
AiG believes in promoting sustainable agricultural technologies by working in partnership with national authorities, NGOs, CBOs and target farmer groups in climate vulnerability hotspots in Ghana. Our strategic and sustainable interventions are based on farmer knowledge and skills, their innovation based on local conditions.
The ability of an area to satisfy its food needs with locally grown food has a high potential to improve health, protect the environment, enhance local economies and create employment opportunities for all. With this concept in mind, AiG is committed to developing and supporting self-sustaining projects.