Developmental Challenges of the Ho Diocese

The demographic analysis as indicated above shows that women, children and youth constitute the majority of the workforce. The developmental challenges facing the Ho Diocese, are sluggish growth of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises in generating economic activities locally, inadequate school building for basic schools, increasing number of jobless youth and out-of-school youth, modest increase of HIV/AIDS prevalence in communities, incredible constraints in accessing credits for business expansion and marginalization of women, widows and orphans in education (by gender parity in schools), low level of community participation and lack of access to productive resources such as land and intestate inheritance problems.

Ho Diocese has total population of 789,664 and 254,842 constitutes the population in the rural communities while 534,822 resides in the urban area (2000 population and Housing census). With 67.7% of the population residing in the rural communities; implies that development interventions need to be targeted at the rural communities and poor but productive women in the urban centers too in order to ensure equitable distribution of development efforts, and in particular, to considerably reduce migration of the youth from rural areas to urban area for job avenues.

Lack of financial assistance to undertake private or group project activities increase poverty at the rural communities. Access to good food and basic health care become very difficult and this has spiral effect on productivity. Nonetheless, rural communities understand the lack of cooperation and conflicts as major causes of sluggish pace of development which prolong incidence of poverty in the rural areas. Unlike, the urban parts of the diocese, where basic social services like schools, hospitals, financial institutions, good roads, formal legal institutions abound, the targeted rural communities do not have such adequate facilities.

To mitigate the slow pace of development in the project area, capacity building, quality education and microfinance especially for women have been identified as key elements in addressing the sluggish pace of development. Skill training in small and business management, communication techniques and changing gender parity in schools in favour of girl-child education resulting in the high performance in mathematics, science, English and social studies can improve technological development of the communities in the Ho Diocese.

Department of women affairs, Regional and District Directorates of Education of the Ghana Education Service, the community Leaders collaborate to build capacity of all stakeholders on the importance of girls education for rapid development in deprived schools in the Ho Diocese.

About us

Ho Diocese is located in the Volta Region of Ghana and constitutes ten Administrative Districts, namely: Ho, Kpando and Hohoe municipal areas. Others include, North Dayi, South Dayi, Adaklu, Agortime-Ziope, Ho-West, Afadjato-South Districts and parts of Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region.  [Read More]

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Patrons: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Conception
Bishop: Most Rev. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, SVD.

Address: Bishop’s House Box HP 380, Ho (V.R.)
Phone: +233 54 313 0413
Email:  hodiocese@gmail.com or hodiocese@cbcgh.org

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