Giraffe Heroes Ghana (GHG) is the eighth and newest affiliate of Giraffe Heroes International (GHI). As with all GHI affiliates, its purpose is to move citizens to stick their necks out to tackle the public challenges of importance in their country, including combatting corruption and income inequality, building bridges between Muslims and Christians, and refusing to tolerate violent “solutions” to the nation’s problems.

Giraffe Heroes Ghana was launched in March, 2016, during a packed ten days of media appearances by GHI Director John Graham and GHG Director Nana Darkwa. The two of them were a steady presence on Ghana’s major television, radio and print outlets, leading to a major speech at Accra’s International Conference Center. The two called for a “New Narrative” of courage, taking responsibility and compassion to replace a depressing repetition of corruption, economic injustice, poor leadership, citizen apathy and tribal and electoral violence. The pair also kicked off a National Peace Campaign aimed at ensuring that Ghana’s hotly contested elections later this year are free, fair and nonviolent.