For NGOs and non-profits
Run your NGO so boards, funders and communities can rely on it.
I help NGOs and non-profits in Ghana look at their strategy, management, policies and operations, see what is going wrong, and fix it so it holds. Boards, funders and the people you serve all notice when it does not. Start with a free check. No email needed.
Built for
The people who carry an NGO.
- Executive directors and CEOs
- Board chairs and trustees
- Programme and operations heads
- Finance and grants managers
- Volunteer and community coordinators
- Founders of community groups and foundations
- Ghana country offices of international NGOs
Two free checks
See where to look, in a few minutes.
Both are self-checks, not audits. They show where to look first. Nothing is sent unless you choose to talk.
What I look at
Eight views of an NGO.
The views your board, a funder, a regulator and the people you serve each take of your organisation.
- Purpose and results
- Your strategy: the change you are trying to make, the plan to get there, and the evidence it is happening.
- Leadership and governance
- Board, management, the policies that guide decisions, and who covers if someone is away.
- Programmes and operations
- How the work actually gets planned, bought, delivered and checked.
- People and culture
- Roles, onboarding, performance, access, safeguarding, and whether people can raise a concern.
- Funders and money
- Where each cedi goes, how long you could last, and who funds you next.
- Beneficiaries, records and data
- What you hold about the people you serve, and whether you can get it back.
- Rules and risk
- Registration, annual returns, data protection and safeguarding duties.
- Visibility and partnerships
- Whether partners, supporters and funders can find you, trust you and keep backing you.
Every sector
Data protection applies here too.
Ghana's Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) covers organisations that hold personal data about people. Here that means beneficiary records, case notes, donor details, and staff and volunteer files, which are often the most sensitive of all. Organisations that hold such data generally need to register with the Data Protection Commission. Confirm your own position with the Commission or a lawyer.
I look at four things:
- What personal data you hold, and where it lives
- Who can open it, and whether that list is current
- Whether you could get it back after a lost laptop, phone or account
- What you would do, and who you would tell, after a breach
This is a first look, not legal advice. A lawyer confirms your exact duties.
How I work with NGOs
From a first look to a fix that holds.
- The 14-Day Readiness ScanA fast first look at where your organisation needs attention.
- The Diagnostic AuditFind the gaps before someone else does.
- Rebuild & HandoverFix what the audit found, and leave it documented.
- Standing CounselA decision-maker's second brain.
Full details, timeframes and prices are on the services page. I work with leaders who can act on what I find.