The Community Development and Advocacy Centre (CODAC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), is implementing a pilot project dubbed, 'Women Against Violent Extremism (WAVE),' in some border districts in the Upper East Region.
The districts include the Bawku West, Binduri and Pusiga, all under the Kusaug Traditional Area, targeted as part of efforts to prevent violent extremists who operate in neighbouring countries such Burkina Faso from entering the country through those border districts.
The project, sponsored by the Common Wealth Development Organisation, under British High Commission in Ghana, is expected to enhance capacities of at least 540 young men and women in 12 border communities to detect and respond to early warning indicators.
As part of the project implementation, community volunteers would be formed and their capacity built will be linked up with WANEP-Ghana and the security agencies to enable them report on incidents on violent extremism in their respective communities.
