Our partnership with Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI)

COVID-19 has posed one of the most urgent health, economic, and social crises Ghana has faced in decades and has the potential to erode development gains made over recent years. Specifically, the education system has been massively disrupted after the shift to “home-school environments,” due to the fact that many do not have access to the internet, learning materials, or virtual teaching methods. It is imperative to strengthen preparedness to the threat of COVID-19 in rural Ghana, especially among high-risk individuals or groups already vulnerable due to economic or educational disparities, such as the elderly, women and girls, school children, people with disabilities, people who cannot read and people with pre-existing medical conditions. 

One Day’s Wages partnered with Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI) to implement the Safe Villages Project – a 12-month multifaceted strategy that saved lives and helped villages prepare for the health, educational, and economic consequences that they were confronted with as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, we are protecting school students and providing critical information and services to vulnerable people through trusted channels of communication in a responsive, empathetic, consistent, and transparent manner. This collaboration will prevent misinformation and rumors regarding COVID-19 through proactive two-way communication channels and engagement with rural populations.