The government of Ghana introduced the school feeding programme in the public basic schools in 2005 as a social intervention programme aimed at improving learning outcomes. Among other things, the programme seeks to enhance food security, reduce hunger in schools and subsequently improve school enrolment rates. Studies assessing the returns of the programme show different outcomes of interest. One of the interesting impacts of the intervention is on child marriage – a key sociocultural problem that affects education attainment in the country.

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Dr Emmanuel Kumi, who recently authored a report with STAR-Ghana Foundation on influencing political party manifestos, represented CSPS at a meeting with the NDC Manifesto Committee on Monday, 13th May 2024, along with representatives from 35 other civil society organizations including West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI). The meeting was to present ideas and recommendations on local philanthropy as a tool for sustainable development in Ghana.

The African continent is often perceived and presented as a homogeneous entity.  This trend is certainly reductive since it erases de facto the differences and socio-cultural, political and even the trajectories of each country.  However, these contextual elements are to be considered in particular in attempts to explain or explain their difficult « take off» or then their «refusal of development».  Therefore, to question the springs of the problematic of the development of African countries is sometimes a complex exercise.  For this exercise, we assume the bias of questioning the place of