On Thursday, 19th December 2024, the Embassy hosted its annual Shalom Club Networking session for all MASHAV alumni in Ghana. The purpose of the event was to create an enabling platform for all Shalom Club members to connect, interact, and share experiences on their impact projects in Ghana.
On Thursday, 19th December 2024, the Embassy hosted its annual Shalom Club Networking session for all MASHAV alumni in Ghana. The purpose of the event was to create an enabling platform for all Shalom Club members to connect, interact, and share experiences on their impact projects in Ghana.
Addressing the gathering, H.E. Mr. Roey Gilad reiterated the State of Israel’s commitment to continue partnering with Ghana in its development agenda. He further called on the MASHAV alumni to intensify their support for Israel especially in the aftermath of the October 7 Massacre.
MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was established in 1958 following the vision of then Foreign Minister Golda Meir and Prime Minister David Ben Gurion to assist fellow nations overcome development challenges by sharing knowhow and technologies, which provided the basis of Israel’s own development.
MASHAV–is responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the Sate of Israel’s development cooperation programs and humanitarian assistance efforts. By placing people at the heart of development, we focus our development activities on human capacity building and on the ‘training of trainers’ approach, sharing with other countries Israel’s own development experience and expertise as well as innovative technologies and tested methodologies.
In line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda's sustainable development goals, OECD recommendations, good practice of DAC members MASHAV concentrates its aid and limits the number of sectors in which it operates, focusing its activities on areas in which Israel has a comparative advantage and accumulated expertise:
- Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change
- Education for All
- Medicine, Public Health and Emergency Preparedness
- Community Development and Resilience
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
- Humanitarian Aid
For over 65 years, MASHAV has worked closely with the Government of Ghana on projects that are sustainable and replicable in diverse communities. Key areas of MASHAV’s development cooperation with Ghana include health (reducing neonatal and maternal mortality in the Ashanti Region), water & sanitation, early childhood education, agricultural cooperation, community resilience, women empowerment, entrepreneurship and innovation. The objective is to contribute to Ghana’s growth and the attainment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Over 2000 Ghanaian professionals have benefited from MASHAV training programmes in Ghana.
The highlight of the networking session was the MASHAV Alumni Innovative Leadership presentations delivered by some of the MASHAV alumni. The presentations covered topics such as Community Resilience, presented by Dr. Ernest Asiedu, Health and Pandemics Analyst, National Center for Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism (Ghana NCCRM); Disaster Management, presented by Mr. Peter Fofie Junior, NADMO Zonal Coordinator for Adjabeng in the Osu enclave and Intensive Fish Farming, presented by Dr. Kwadwo Kesse Mireku, Lecturer of Aquaculture, Aquatic Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast.
