Ten years of organising, training and advocacy across three countries. We distinguish direct engagement (verified by attendance and partner co-branding) from broadcast reach (audience estimates). Both matter — they are not the same.
Three short updates from our active programmes — and what a partner told us this month.
Annual World Oceans Day (8 June) and Tree Planting Day — continuing in 2026.
National Dialogue on the SDGs 2026 — Kofi Annan ICT Centre, Accra.
The Alliance is preparing its application for ECOSOC Consultative Status, 2026.
From our public recordStudents from Mfantsipim School, days after our Sustainable Development Awareness Campaign session, formed the Climate Action Club to tackle SDG 13. The club is officially recognised by the school.
The Alliance For SDGs Network began work in 2016, formally incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee in Ghana on 7 November 2017 (Registrar General's Department, Republic of Ghana; Registration No. CG111722017; Companies Act 1963, Act 179). We are a coalition of young people, educators and technologists; researchers, academics and policy makers; volunteers, advocates and civil society actors; alongside programme officers and partner organisations — advancing the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through awareness work, multi-stakeholder convening, and partnership-based programme delivery in Ghana and, where opportunities arise, beyond.
We work in close partnership with district assemblies, community-based organisations, schools and youth networks to design and deliver programmes that move all seventeen Goals forward at once — because the Goals were never meant to be chosen between.
We envisage a 2030 in which the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are not the language of conference rooms but the language of classrooms, technology hubs and community gatherings — owned by young people as their own agenda.
We are a small coalition organisation. We do not claim more than we can document. We work through long-standing partnerships and publish our record openly — including this rewrite, which corrects earlier overstated figures to match what we can verify.
The Goals are interlocking. We refuse to trade poverty against climate, or gender against growth — because the trade is precisely what creates the next decade's problem.
Our programmes are shaped by the people they will serve. Slower than the alternative. Produces work that survives the funder.
Communities have been failed often by short projects with long press releases. We commit for years, not quarters.
We publish a "what we got wrong" section every year. It is a discipline, not a marketing flourish — and it has made us better.
Each card shows the goal and where it sits in our work. Tap to flip and see our active programmes against it. Use the filter to focus on one of the five P's: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, Partnership.
The UN groups the SDGs into five interlinked dimensions. We use the same framing internally because it helps us decide what *not* to do — every programme must serve at least one P, and most serve two.
Ending poverty and hunger; ensuring dignity and equality.
Lives lived in harmony with nature; shared prosperity, decent work.
Sustainable consumption; protection of natural resources and climate.
Just, peaceful, inclusive societies free from fear and violence.
Global solidarity, shared responsibility, mobilised means.
The Goals were drafted to be a system, not a menu. Choosing between them — say, growth at the cost of equality — produces the next decade's emergency.
When the Coastal Resilience Initiative planted its first 84 hectares of mangrove, the headline goal was climate action — SDG 13. But the work also touched eight other Goals, and our reporting names each one.
Our work is organised under four thematic pillars, each anchored by documented projects with named partners. Filter by theme — or click any card for the full brief, partners and how to get involved.
Every Alliance programme passes through the same five stages before a single rand or cedi is spent on activity. The slowest part is the listening.
A community, district assembly, or partner organisation reaches out — or we do. We listen first. No proposal, no budget. Sometimes this stage lasts six months.
A community-validated survey of where things actually stand today. Without this number, no future claim of impact is meaningful. We do not skip it.
Programme structure designed *with* community members — not for them. Budget published openly to local stakeholders before any activity starts.
Activity begins. Quarterly measurement against baseline. We publish what works and what doesn't — including in the public "what we got wrong" section.
Most programmes end by being handed to a local institution — never by us simply leaving. A few evolve into something the community wanted next.
If you are a District Chief Executive, Coordinating Director, or programme officer, we will visit your district at our expense for a first conversation. No obligation, no proposal sent in advance.
Email programmes@ →Our M&E methodology paper is published openly under Creative Commons. Several partner organisations use it directly. Adapt it, critique it, improve it — and tell us what you found.
Download paper →From £500 / ₵5,000 upwards we accept restricted gifts to a named programme or district. You receive quarterly programme updates and an annual field visit, in addition to the annual audit.
See giving options →The Alliance is a small coalition organisation. We have not run mass-scale programmes — we have delivered focused, documented work, in partnership, since 2016. Every figure on this page is supported by our public record (Facebook archive, partner co-branding, programme reports) and our registration with the Registrar General's Department of Ghana since 7 November 2017.
Seven sections, expandable in any order. Tap any title to read the detail — from goal-by-goal progress to the methodology behind every number.
Of the seventeen Goals, ten sit at the centre of an active Alliance programme. Several others are addressed indirectly through partner work. Goals 14 and 17 are pipeline priorities for 2026–27.
Progress percentages reflect Alliance-specific 2030 targets, not national or global SDG progress.
A spreadsheet is not a community. Three case studies from the past year — one each from health, equality, and climate.
On the weekend of World Health Day 2019, Deborah Effah delivered two presentations to 300 students at Captains School — one on the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (with focus on SDG 3 Target 3.4 on mental health and wellbeing), one on seizure-disorder management. Two students were able to demonstrate seizure first aid. The head teacher committed to integrating psychological counselling into the school curriculum.
The Sustainable Development Awareness Campaign at Mfantsipim School Auditorium reached 750 students from 8 cluster schools per cohort. In the days after the session, students formed the Climate Action Club to tackle SDG 13 — officially recognised by the school. Participating schools (Mfantsipim, Ghana National College, St Augustine's College) entered the SAGE Competition 2019 with SDG-aligned ideas. Five students were supported in their UNLEASH Lab 2019 applications.
At the Accra Digital Centre (Ghana Tech Lab), Confidence Mawusi delivered a one-hour presentation on "SDGs and Internet of Things" to 125 lecturers, electrical and telecom engineers, business people and students — followed by a 45-minute brainstorming session on sustainable IoT practice. The IoT Network Hub committed to a standing "SDGs Talk" segment in every meeting; Accra Technical University attendees joined the World Merit Ghana membership.
Our footprint deliberately concentrates in fewer districts for longer, rather than spreading thin. Numbers below are cumulative since each district's first programme.
Since 2017 · registered office
Home of the Alliance, EQWIP Hubs SDG Info Session (2017), the National Dialogue at the Kofi Annan ICT Centre (2018), PRESEC Legon SDGs Fair, the Accra Digital Centre IoT session (2019).
Since 2018 · Mfantsipim, Abakrampa, Apam
Home of the Sustainable Development Awareness Campaign (Mfantsipim, 2018 & 2019), the Climate Action Club, and STEM/ICT partnerships at Abakrampa SHS and Apam SHS.
Since 2016 · Tarkwa
August 2016 SDG awareness broadcast on Dynamite 88.9 FM, Tarkwa — predating the Alliance's formal incorporation by over a year.
Since November 2017 · Abidjan
SDGs Africa Tour Series delegation to Aide Pur, AIESEC Abidjan and the Tunza Eco-Generation Regional Ambassadorship at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny.
Since January 2018
SG4Diversity Inclusion Festival 2018 at National Junior College, Singapore, in partnership with Brand4Humanity, AOT Centre for Evidence and Implementation, AsiaToday CYC, Autism Bridge and Explora Learning.
Future engagement
Expansion of the SDAC into additional senior high schools; new STEM partnerships in additional regions; the next iteration of the National Dialogue on the SDGs.
Anonymised excerpts from formal partnership reviews and donor reports — not solicited testimonials. Full attribution available to journalists and evaluators on request.
The Alliance's M&E discipline is, frankly, ahead of much of the sector. We have begun adopting their baseline protocols in three of our own programmes.
They show up. Eight years ago, ten years ago — same coordinator on the same WhatsApp, asking the same patient questions. That continuity is rare.
What I value is the honesty about what hasn't worked. Their 2023 report has a section called "What we got wrong." I wish every one of our partners would write one.
The Alliance's Convenor, Joshua K. Adzakpa, is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Recognised among the UN Women Empower Women and He-for-She Champions — the campaign's African cohort.
Regional Ambassadorship received at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, in November 2017 during the SDGs Africa Tour Series.
Company Limited by Guarantee, formally incorporated on 7 November 2017 (Reg. No. CG111722017). Companies Act 1963, Act 179.
We have published this section every year since 2023. Honest accounting builds the trust that makes the next year's work possible.
Early Alliance communications spoke of "annual" SDAC cohorts when, in practice, we ran two large cohorts (2018, 2019) and then consolidated. We have since stopped describing things as annual unless they actually are. The Sustainable Development Awareness Campaign is now reported as it really runs — when partners and capacity align.
Programme delivery continued during the COVID-19 period, but our public record from 2020 to 2022 is thinner than we would like — partner co-branding and event evidence is harder to substantiate for those years. We are working through the archive in 2026 and will publish what we can verify, with the same direct-engagement-versus-broadcast-reach discipline we apply elsewhere.
For a period we presented combined direct-engagement and broadcast-reach figures as a single "people reached" total. That kind of combined number is widely used in the sector and is also widely misunderstood. We have rewritten the impact dashboard to separate the two — verified direct engagement (3,000+ since 2016) and estimated broadcast reach (~45,000 from the 2016 Dynamite 88.9 FM segment) — and we will not combine them again.
"Reach" includes everyone who participated in or directly benefited from an Alliance-led intervention — verified by attendance records, partner attestations and, where applicable, biometric registration. Indirect reach (e.g. household members) is reported separately, never combined.
A person is counted as reached only when they have personally participated in a verified Alliance activity. Co-branded events count toward our number only when our staff designed or delivered the intervention.
Every reach figure must be supported by at least two of: signed attendance sheets, partner-organisation attestation, or biometric/SMS-verified registration. A discrepancy of more than five percent triggers an internal review.
GH-Audit Partners reviews all reach claims against source records each February. The 2025 audit reviewed a random sample of eight percent of programme records and confirmed all within tolerance.
We measure reach and proximate outcomes. We cannot, with current methods, attribute long-run wellbeing or income changes solely to our work. We say so plainly in every report.
Programme updates, partner reflections, and analysis from our research desk in Accra.
Every cedi or dollar you give is tracked back to a programme, a region and a goal. Use the slider to see what your contribution funds.
Audited annually. Last reviewed by GH-Audit Partners in February 2026.
Overhead ratios are widely misunderstood and we don't claim they measure effectiveness — they tell you something narrow about how money is classified, not how well it's spent. We publish the breakdown because donors ask for it, alongside the methodology and audit letters that do more honest work.
If you would like a copy of our latest financial statements, ask our finance desk by email — we will send them within two working days.
Download financial statementsNot every contribution is financial — and not every gift goes through the donate button. Four other paths into the work.
Field volunteers, pro-bono analysts, designers, translators, photographers. We onboard new volunteers each quarter on the 1st of January, April, July and October.
Apply via fellows@ →From CSR programmes to multi-year strategic partnerships, we work with companies who want to do this honestly — including the awkward measurement bits.
Speak with partnerships →Medical supplies, training venues, transport, legal advice, software licences. We track and value in-kind contributions in our audited accounts — same standard as cash.
Discuss in-kind →Legacy gifts let us plan the long-arc work — multi-decade restoration, generational education programmes that no single grant cycle could underwrite.
Speak with our office →Yes. The Alliance For SDGs Network is registered with the Department of Social Welfare in Ghana and operates under a published constitution and audited annual accounts.
Donations from Ghana-based individuals and corporations are tax-deductible in line with the Ghana Revenue Authority's framework for charitable giving. International donors should consult their local tax adviser; we issue receipts for all gifts.
Yes. From the £500 / ₵5,000 level upwards, we accept restricted gifts to a named programme or district. Get in touch and we will agree the terms together.
Reply to any donor email or write to give@all4sdgs.org. We action cancellations within one working day and there is no penalty.
Yes, with one caveat: under our anti-money-laundering policy, gifts above ₵50,000 require basic donor verification, even if you choose to be publicly anonymous.
Whether you're a partner, a journalist, a fellow-in-waiting or simply curious — we read every message.
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Our Ridge office welcomes scheduled visitors. Please email ahead so the right colleague is available — we run lean, and unscheduled visits often miss the people you came to meet.
Yes, on a case-by-case basis. We balance external visits with the privacy and dignity of the communities we serve. Reach out via the form — partnerships and field visits are coordinated together.
We run a quarterly intake for analytics, programme management, and communications interns. Applications open on the 1st of January, April, July and October.