About Us

Poverty is a reality in contemporary Ghana   especially in rural Ghana. The poverty analysis report of 2009 indicates that about 65% of rural inhabitants in Ghana are poor and can not afford basic human needs. Mostly affected are rural human and the virile youths. Consequently, Ghanaian rural women shoulder the burden of the country’s poverty. Reducing urban-rural disparity and gender inequality is therefore crucial  for our poverty reduction strategy just as mobilizing the potential productivity of  rural people particularly  women  is indispensible to achieve the resilient economic growth  that will  pull people above the poverty  line. At mount  Zion welfare  centre, inc,[MZWC]the city of hope builders we provide exceptional local efforts by fostering community  participation  and empowering people through culturally sensitive education and training. We create systems  change by  investing time, expertise  and funding to improve the quantity  and circumstances of life that reflect values and interests .we earned  the name hope builders because we provide inspirational leadership.

At Mount Zion, we provide the mobilizing link by serving as bridge builders between marginalized rural communities and donors. We encourage the communities to make our programmes their own. In the process, we build in-depth strategic partnership among the business, public and civil society sector and thereby restore peoples self confidence, help them develop expertise and assist in creating new and thriving communities out of the ashes of the old by response with local, indigenous, creative and far reaching solutions that are changing lives- proven innovation programmes and practices that have been developed, and sufficiently tested overtime to meet women and youths need. We strongly believe there is a correlation between a community’s quality of life, their ability to address basic human needs, and to achieve transformation. Education, strategic and effective mobilization of resources and the ability of the poor to work are the links.

Established in the year 2000 but incorporated in 2007 by a group by group of economically, socially educationally, occupation ally and culturally disadvantaged rural women as an expression of faith in their collective ability, awards winning MZWC has now become a giant in  the non profit sector by delivering cost effective ,yet ,all  inclusive, integrated ,employment readiness, literacy skill training  and preventive programmes in health, nutrition ,environment etc.  we are cost effective in the sense that we change lives as much as possible for as little as possible while we serve as laboratory that discerns what and what does not work in rural education  developmental and preventive programmes. 

Our mission

A volunteer led ,women led organization, awards winning MZWC is  a recognized non profit leader which an integrated mission deeply rooted in communities initiatives and partnership and driven by entrepreneurial leaders indirect ,hands –on, employment readiness, [mostly through community cooperative micro enterprises] and literacy skills training and preventive education interventions in  nutrition, health, environment etc  to marginalized, rural women youth groups including indigenous communities using the bottom up approach, we work with rural communities to develop a plan  and identify projects that truly reflect the true necessities of those communities.

Common themes drawn include: to improve the social, cultural, educational and economic situation of rural women and youths, to promote girls education through scholarship programmes, improve women literacy and financial education skills, motivate grassroots women to form self help group’s  and access bank/government loans and scheme for their economic development, raise awareness among grassroots women and youths on collective work and collective responsibilities, promote nutrition education and other disease prevention programmes including STDs, HIV/AIDS, family life education, help grassroots women and youths to become economically independent, (through the formation or producers  co-operative micro enterprises), encourage sexual and reproductive health education, sports and educate the public on violence prevention against women etc.

OUR VISION: To create a rural world where no one lives in poverty, fear or oppression and where everyone has access to decent standard of living and opportunities essential to long, healthy, and creative world by equipping the unskilled, marginalized, vulnerable, rural women and youth groups and mainstream them into the broad national economy.

OVERALL GOAL: To empower rural women and youth groups with relevant skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to develop professional careers to enable them take responsibilities for their own health and environment, and enter the world of work, as well as active citizenship and lifelong learning so that they can rediscover themselves and live productively and independently.

GOVERNING BOARD: There is an all women, volunteer free, independent board of seven who are thoughtful, careful, curious and well educated about rural women and youths affairs and an all female, including youths, advisory board of five. They all serve with no recompense for time, energy, travel, or all other expenses. They have drive, initiative, and leadership skills. They meet every month and are closely involved in all our programme activities and management. They all serve on community boards, charities, churches, and other community service organizations. They represent all the constituencies of the organization’s mission and activities. The board is responsible for sanctioning the operations of the organization and provides feedback to the fulltime management team. They oversee the organization’s mission and its legal and financial accountability. Their collective watchwords are team work, professionalism, collaborative networking and higher standards.

A volunteer led organization, there are nine full time staffs, three are paid staff- the Vocational Director, Projects and Volunteer Coordinator, and Education and Strategic Planning officer while the rest nine are all non paid volunteers who are retired officers with extensive non-profit background. They serve in such capacities as public relations, marketing and purchasing, negotiation monitoring and evaluation, secretarial administration, participatory management, legal matters, accounting and finance etc. There are also several other volunteer workers who serve as support staff in clerical and other such areas.

FINANCIAL CONTROL: MZWC maintain a strong financial team led by a qualified accountant and independent and skilled clerks, maintain sound system of internal control as evidenced by unqualified and timely audit report-internal audit, financial statements audit, and funding audit, close monitoring by senior management and board, a positive attitude to openness via publicity, evidence of value for money initiatives for benchmaking the application of project and other financial resources while we have skilled and committed board with good attendance at meetings.

  Affiliation and Membership :::

This organization is affiliated with the National Institute of Technical and Vocational Education and also a member the Bureau of Non Governmental Organistion, which is a national membership organization of all charitable Non-Governmental organization which also co-ordinates, supervises and monitors all non-profit, NGO activities. They can be reached at ngossupervisoryagencyorg@yahoo.com or Box 109, Agona Nyakrom, c/r, Ghana .