Challenging Heights overhauls governance in landmark reforms to outlast its founder

Clear supervisory authority, credible succession planning, rigorous safeguarding and data protection, and an independent evaluation that we do not control the conclusions of — these are the things that allow an organisation to outlast its founders.

The reforms reconstitute the organisation's governance structure, strengthen safeguarding and data protection systems, tighten procurement controls, place succession planning on a constitutional footing, and commission an independent evaluation of the organisation's impact over the past decade.

The Board of Challenging Heights (CH) has approved a comprehensive package of governance reforms following two days of deliberations in Accra, in what the organisation describes as the most significant restructuring of its governance architecture in its twenty-year history.