🌿 SCAWS
Schools for Clean Air & Waste Segregation
Many schools in Ghana continue to rely on mixed waste disposal and open-air burning, contributing to poor air quality and avoidable environmental health risks. Through the SCAWS pilot, IFA seeks to support six senior high schools in Accra to improve waste segregation, composting and recycling practices while reducing open-air waste burning.
The project will combine practical waste management infrastructure, environmental education, school-level guidelines, environmental clubs and monitoring to help schools establish systems that can be maintained beyond the six-month pilot.
🌿 Our Programme
Alumni Circular Programme
As part of our continuous support for companies that were part of our parent company’s previous programmes, we’ve designed a business support programme to help them action transitional steps towards improving their circularity.
This is a 6-month support directed at formal and informal companies to improve their Environmental Impact, using circular economy principles.
Each company goes through a self-assessment and then sets their own targets for the change they want to make in the world. Through a series of expert-led workshops, we guide them to achieve their targets and improve their contribution to sustainable, inclusive development.
🌿Go Circular Programme
Go Circular Programme
The Go Circular Programme is designed to support 10 food retail and catering businesses in Greater Accra, Ghana, in adopting circular business practices. Through tailored, practical content, the programme will help participants reduce their reliance on single-use plastics and explore sustainable alternatives.
This project is financed by GIZ on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
🌿Graduate Fellowship
Graduate Fellowship
In Ghana, 40% of unemployment is amongst university graduates who take on average 5 years to find employment. Furthering the mandate of Footprints Africa, which previously supported the professional development of  24  interns  through Living Wage paid internships and fellowship programmes. Â
IFA hopes to empower  the next generation of changemakers in Africa by increasing our intake of fellows and continue to challenge them through our Human-Centred Design approaches and Research.