Organisation for Indigenous Initiatives and Sustainability - ORGIIS.Ghana - Ghana

Organisation for Indigenous Initiatives and Sustainability (ORGIIS), is a Ghanaian local NGO and social enterprise. ORGIIS aims to support the building of sustainable healthy communities for present generations and posterity, with equal opportunities for women, youth, men, children, traditional authorities, and the whole community; to facilitate and support the application of indigenous knowledge for sustainable human development, poverty alleviation and climate change mitigation, and environmental degradation using women empowerment and youth entrepreneurial skills and capacity development. It was established in 2010 as a community-based youth organization, and legally registered in 2011. The geographical focus of ORGIIS is on northern Ghana, with operations in 22 districts covering the  

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Upper East, Upper West, and North-East regions. ORGIIS programme areas are agricultural development; environment and climate change, water and natural resources management; accountable governance: business development; renewable energy; as well as ICT for youth and economic development.