SILDEP wants to champion rural development through literacy (adult, numeracy, computer, digital, financial literacy and inclusion) and skills development with the focus on poverty mitigation.
Mr. Moses Dramani Luri structured the humble Literacy and Translation Projects in Tumu, Fonsi and Buro into an NGO in Ghana and across Burkina Faso.
HISTORY
SILDEP was formed as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in 2008
The name was Sisaala Literacy and Development Program (SILDEP-YIKOROKASAAJAŊ) and now Social Initiative for Literacy and Development Program.
The NGO comprises Sisaala and Pasaali Projects of GILLBT expanded and Buro Project of Association Nationale pour la Traduction de la Bible et l’Alphabétisation (ANTBA)
SILDEP was registered in February, 2009 as an NGO and re-registered in 2015 with the change of name
The founder and the Chief Executive Officer of SILDEP is Mr. Moses Dramani Luri
Mrs Magrit Frempong and Mr. Justin Fempong are the founding pillars
SILDEP has since implemented projects in Literacy, Education, Civics, Agriculture, Food Security, Governance, Enterpreneuarship, Gender, Rights of children, women and disable, and micro-finance as well as climate change.
SILDEP has since being partnering Plan Ghana, CARE, SNV, EU, Send Ghana, Star Ghana, Africa Lead, GILLBT, ANTBA, Barclays Bank, Fidelity Bank and the like.
The program is non-political, non-religious, non-denominational, non-tribal and non-profit making.
VISION
The vision of SILDEP is a literate rural population with sustainable income that is comparable to the highest regional average income in Ghana.
MISSION
The mission of the organization is to promote the welfare of the rural people through language development, adult literacy, translation, gender equity promotion and skills development.
PHILOSOPHY
The core values of SILDEP are:
Basic Human Rights
Participation
Empathy for the vulnerable (poor, children, women and minority)
Honesty and accountability
Ownership and maintenance
Sacrifice and hope
Togetherness and pragmatism
Initiative and self-reliance
Morality and heritage
Value for money and quality control
GOALS
SILDEP aims mainly at fighting poverty:
Physical development through increased knowledge in the use of literacy in all communities of the program area
Social development and improved life styles in knowledge acquired through literacy
Intellectual improvements by bridging from literacy in the mother-tongue to the formal education system
Religious development through freeing the mind of the people about beliefs that hinder physical, social, economic, spiritual and intellectual development
Skills development through training in health, livelihood, education, environmental, civic, and entrepreneurial spheres for poverty reduction
SCOPE
Current coverage:
SILDEP operates in Upper West region of Ghana (Wa East, Daffiama-Busie-Isa, Sissala East, Sissala West, Lumbussie-Karne, Lawra and Nandom).
Upper East Region(Bongo and Bolgatanga Municipal)
One province (Buro) in the Sissili Province of Burkina-Faso
Future coverage:
All Grusi Languages and communities
All sister Gur(‘Northern’) Languages and communities
Ghana and Burkina Faso
GOVERNANCE
There is a 7-member Board of Trustees which is the highest decision-making body
In the program Areas we have Program Management Committees(PMCs), Zonal Committees (ZCs) and Village Committees (VCs)
Management
Gender, Child Protection Policies, Financial, Administrative, Human Resource Manuals Guide our operations
DOMAINS
Literacy (adult, formal numeracy, computer, digital, financial literacy and inclusion)
Health (information in education, hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, malaria, HIV/AIDS)
Livelihood (agriculture, micro-finance, tree planting, environmental conservation)
Research (poverty, language/Linguistic analysis, culture/anthropology, demography, current affairs, literature production etc)
Civics (rights of people: constitutional issues, voter education, participation, freedoms)
Empowerment (Gender, entrepreneurial skills and Internally Generated Funds (IGA))
