Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has today (Wednesday 21 February), recognised Hayford Siaw, as the 15th Commonwealth Points of Light...
Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA) is a youth-led, volunteer-driven NGO based in Ghana. It aims to improve opportunities for people in underprivileged communities through better education, health, sanitation and sustainable development.
VPWA runs a range of projects which rely on the support of volunteers from around the world. Its varied work supports the principles of the UN Global Compact and aims to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals. Our work has been twice recognised by the United Nations Volunteers Award in 2010 and 2011.
You can support VPWA’s valuable projects in West Africa in three different ways. You can become a volunteer on a VPWA project, partner through sponsorship, or by making a donation.
VPWA projects aim to lift people out of poverty
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Educating
Promoting education and reducing illiteracy
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Promoting
Promoting good governance, human rights, energy and environmental policies
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Developing
Building skills to help individuals and communities fight the threat of poverty, for example, through the provision of micro-finance and business training
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Fighting
Fighting the spread of diseases, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis through educating both communities and policy makers


Volunteer News

VPWA ED, Hayford Siaw Speaks to students in Ghana on ”Building Sustainable Social Enterprise”.
Hayford Siaw, Founder of Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA) on 21st September 2017, spoke to about 500 students from...

VPWA hosts Prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) in Ghana
VPWA Executive Director hosted the Prosecutor of ICC, Dr Fatou Bensouda in Ghana at a roundtable discussion with civil society leaders in...
Partnerships

United Nations Volunteers Award Winner – 2010, 2011

Coalition for the International Criminal Court

United Nations Volunteers

United Nations Global Compact