Our Mission & Impact
MISSION STATEMENT
To train and empower head teachers, teachers and learners at basic education level in literacy, numeracy and reading using community empowerment, moral leadership, gender sensitive and empathetic learning approaches, transforming the culture of reading through the promotion of reading, moral education and high quality/relevant reading materials to improve learning outcomes and empower children in order to reach their full potential.
Over 25 Years of Dedication
The Olinga Foundation for Human Development is a nongovernmental organization which has been working to improve the literacy and moral leadership practices among teachers at primary level for the last 15 years in Ghana. The Foundation has actively been engaged in the eradication of illiteracy in eight of the most deprived districts in the Western and Eastern regions of Ghana.
Our approach focuses on equipping the teachers both professionally with the attitudes, skills and behaviours to assist primary school children “break through to literacy” in the shortest possible time. The literacy approach targets children at the upper primary years who have not been able to achieve basic literacy attainment (reading and writing to grade level).
We assist teachers in integrating a phonic-based local language programme into the ongoing school curriculum through well-tested methods and Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs). The Olinga Foundation’s books and methodology are approved by the Ghana Education Services (GES) headquarters and have been recommended to all districts across the country.