The management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has launched an educational ini­tiative to build the needed human resources to transform the lives of residents of it's host and surround­ing communities.

Dubbed: 'the Vice-Chancellor's Community Initiative Programme (VCCIP),' the project seeks to create an avenue to improve the standard of education, provide financial support for needy students and skills development.

Hinged on three thrust area, the initiative has neighbourhood academic initiative programme, fi­nancial support for needy students, especially in STEM programmes and community apprenticeship initiative programme.

It formed part of the commit­ment of management of the Uni­versity in reaffirming their role as a socially responsible institution- one that recognises the challenges facing the youth, families, and com­munities of Effutu, Ajumako, and beyond and takes decisive action to address them.  Focusing on areas such as edu­cation, health, economic empower­ment, and social welfare, the project seeks to create opportunities, uplift lives, and pave the way for sustain­able development.