Volunteer Partnerships
for West Africa

Welcome to Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA)
- a youth-led, volunteer-driven NGO based in Ghana.

We work for better opportunities for people in underprivileged communities through improved education, health, sanitation and sustainable development. 

Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa 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 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our work has been twice recognised by the United Nations Volunteers Award in 2010 and 2011. Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA) was officially granted consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on January 4, 2022

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 by:

Educating
Promoting education and reducing illiteracy.

Promoting
Promoting good governance, human rights, energy and environmental policies.

Developing
Building skills to help individuals and communities fight the threat of poverty, for example, through the provision of micro-finance and business training.

Fighting
Fighting the spread of diseases, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis through educating both communities and policy makers.

Partnerships

United Nations Volunteers Award Winner – 2010, 2011

Coalition for the International Criminal Court

United Nations Volunteers

United Nations Global Compact

Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa(VPWA) is implementing the ACP Street Libraries -Culture for All Project 

with funding from the African, Carribean and Pacific States(ACP) and the European Union (EU)