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SPEECH BY THE AG. PRESIDENT OF CHALLENGING HEIGHTS AT THE INAUGURATION CHALLENGING HEIGHTS NORTHERN GHANA PROGRAMS OFFICE IN TAMALE ON 9TH MAY 2024. Members of the Challenging Heights Advisory Board present, members of Challenging Heights Management Board present, staff of Challenging Heights, invited NGOs and CSOs, traditional and religious leaders present, invited stakeholders from selected district […]

We are still raising awareness on issues of sexual violence against boys. Our advocacy team organized another training today for assembly members to draw their attention to this prevalent issue in our communities and how to curb it. Most of them had no idea of the existence of this issue and how it is affecting […]

Our research team, as part of gathering quality data for our #BlueGreen projects and strengthening our advocacy on climate change, recently embarked on a field data collection exercise across seven coastal communities in the Central Region. This activity focused on understanding the causes, effects, and challenges associated with sea and environmental pollution in these coastal […]

We are thrilled to announce the commencement of 19 graduates from the Halsted Women’s Center! Congratulations, ladies!   These graduates over the past two years gained valuable and marketable expertise in the field of fashion. They were extensively trained in fashion, design, and garment making. Today, we are proud to say we have graduated great fashion […]

Ahead of the 2024 World Day Against Child Labour, we, together with our partners are organizing a community sensitization durbar with the theme “LET’S ACT ON OUR COMMITMENT: END CHILD LABOUR” in Tamale to commemorate this important day. The Durbar is expected to bring stakeholders from all across the country to ponder over this year’s theme, […]

CHALLENGING HEIGHTS AND PARTNERS COMMEMORATE 2024 WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR IN TAMALE Challenging Heights in collaboration with three NGO partners in Northern Ghana (RAINS, CALID and CCEYD), organised a durbar to commemorate the 2024 World Day Against Child Labour. The event which took place on Tuesday 11th June, 2024 in Tamale, was chaired by the […]

As an organization that has issues of child trafficking, child labour, and the worst forms of child abuse situations at heart, we always enjoy hosting workshops where we empower other stakeholders to become outstanding advocates.  In the course of our efforts to address the problem of child abuse in Northern Ghana, we trained leaders from […]

Did you know that through our annual Olonka Cup, we’ve been able to secure permanent teams for 8 footballers outside Ghana? We are excited to announce that this year’s launch of the Olonka Cup matches come off on Sunday, July 14 at the Winneba United Park in the Central Region. During this sporting activity, our […]

Challenging Heights, a human rights organization based in Ghana, has in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, rescued 82 human trafficking and forced labor victims since the beginning of the year 2025. These rescues included 57 children (31 boys and 26 girls) rescued from the fishing industry, while 25 of the victims (all girls) were […]

Challenging Heights has urged the government of Ghana to fully implement the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development (RCOMSDE) Program, in honor of Dr. Edward Omane Boamah (Minister for Defense), Honorable Alhaji Dr. Murtala Muhammed (Minister for Environment, Science and Technology), and the six others who lost their lives in Wednesday’s fatal Ghana Air Force helicopter […]