Community rights education and Empowerment
Organisation of mining, oil and gas communities and sensitising them on their rights and responsibilities .
Human rights Advocates
Advocating for the protection of rights and environment of marginalised mining communities
Environment and human health
We campaign for the protection and improvement of mining communities' livelihood
Newmont Ahafo Mine Killings CSOs Call On IGP, Government To Act!
A coalition of civil society organisations and human rights defenders has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate the conduct of police personnel deployed to protect Newmont's ...
Call for Expression of Interest: Investigating Threats to Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Ghana's Tano North Municipality
Wacam, with support from Oxfam in Ghana, invites expressions of interest from consultants to investigate and produce a video documentary exposing threats to human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society ...
Local Communities Seek Meaningful Involvement in Mining CSR Initiatives
Participants in a forum have urged mining companies to increase community engagement in the planning and implementation of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects.
They emphasised that meaningful involvement was ...
Wacam Technical Director Urges Government to Halt Forest Reserve Mining
The Technical Director of Wacam, Kwaku Afari, has added his voice to the growing calls for the government to halt issuing mining licences to companies operating in forest reserves.
This ...
Farmers Demand Fair Compensation After Company Destroys Cocoa Trees
Tension is brewing in Breman-Brofoyedu, a mining town in Central Region's Upper Denkyira West District, after Perseus Ghana Mining Company Limited (PMGL) destroyed cocoa trees belonging to three Concerned Farmers ...
Regulatory Capture Fuels Ghana's Environmental Crisis
Weak regulation is a major contributor to the numerous issues associated with surface mining in Ghana, according to Wacam, Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), and Centre for Environmental ...
What we do
Our work is focused on community mobilisation, organisation and rights-based education for empowerment, at the local, national, sub regional and international levels to influence practices changes
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About Us
Wacam is a premier community based human rights and environmental mining advocacy NGO in Ghana with a community-based focus. Formed in 1998, Wacam has worked to respond to the social, environmental and economic problems that had resulted from the increased mining investment of the third gold rush. Our work is focused on community mobilisation, organisation and rights-based education for empowerment, at the local, national, sub regional and international levels to influence practices changes. With a modest beginning of work in eight communities in one region, Wacam is now working in over ninety mining affected communities in Ghana. Wacam has worked to share its experiences with CSOs, community groups and intellectuals worldwide. Our belief in the rule of law led to the use of court room litigation, representation and negotiations for affected communities. Wacam has made a number of submissions to regulators as our contribution for policy change and have served on a number of organisations including the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) at the national and international levels.
