Challenging Heights

A traditional naming ceremony

As the Challenging Heights Community Stakeholder’s Manager, Mr. Mensah settles disputes between families quarrelling about who should be responsible over a child. In one case, a man impregnated a woman and she had a little boy. For years, though, the man never accepted his role as the child’s father. In Ghanaian culture, the father is […]

Ghana Minister commits to expand LEAP benefits after our research finds room for improvement

“I hope that my appeal will be granted so that together we can create a country safe for all children while enabling all children to enjoy their basic rights to education and proper parental care and support.” This passionate request was made at the press conference launch of Challenging Heights-led research on Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment […]

Research identifies important ways that benefits of LEAP can be improved

Research results launched in Ghana today have highlighted how the Government’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme can be optimized. The study shows that LEAP has positive effects regarding both material and non-material aspect of well-being and care for children. It further shows that these advantages can be increased if implementation challenges such as delay […]