The Alliance of Global Volunteer Organizations is a Ghanaian volunteer-led civil society organization committed to strengthening communities through volunteerism, partnerships, capacity development, advocacy, and practical action. Our leadership has also carried Ghana’s grassroots experience into international forums, including COP29, the UN Global Youth Leadership Forum, and the Climate Reality Leadership Corps trainings.
We work with volunteers, grassroots organizations, young people, women, persons with disabilities, community leaders, institutions, development professionals, and partners.
Our work is rooted in Ghana. We focus on local priorities while engaging with national, regional, and international development platforms where these opportunities strengthen our work and benefit the communities we serve.
AGVO believes communities are not passive recipients of development. They are partners, leaders, and problem-solvers. Our role is to connect people, strengthen capacity, mobilize action, build partnerships, and support solutions.
A note on our name: Our name reflects our ambition, not our current footprint. Today, we operate in Ghana. As our foundation deepens, our intention is to grow deliberately into new countries, carrying the same standards of accountability and community ownership with us.
A Ghana where empowered people and communities lead inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development, and a model of volunteer-led change that grows to serve communities beyond our borders.
To mobilize and strengthen volunteers, community organizations, and strategic partners to deliver practical solutions to social, environmental, and development challenges in Ghana, while building the foundation for wider impact.
Solidarity — We work together around shared priorities and collective responsibility.
Equity — We promote fair participation, representation, and access to opportunities.
Accountability — We take responsibility for our commitments, decisions, resources, and results.
Empowerment — We support people and communities to lead solutions to their own challenges.
Resilience — We promote solutions that strengthen communities over time.
Inclusion — We create opportunities for people and groups often excluded from decision-making and development.
AGVO currently operates in Ghana. Our national focus allows us to understand local realities, build trusted relationships, strengthen community organizations, and develop programmes around real needs.
This is the foundation we are building deliberately, so that when we do extend beyond Ghana, we carry a model that has already been tested. Our international engagements today support learning, partnerships, advocacy, and access to opportunity, not operations outside Ghana.
We work with: Community-based organizations, civil society organizations, youth groups, women-led organizations, disability organizations, schools and educational institutions, traditional and community leaders, local authorities, development professionals, private-sector organizations, volunteers, and development partners.
Listen. Connect. Build. Mobilize. Act. Measure.
We begin by understanding community needs, priorities, and assets.
We bring together people, institutions, and partners.
We strengthen skills, leadership, and local capacity.
We organize people and resources around priorities.
We support community-led activities and action.
We document results, lessons, and what’s next.
Whether you have an hour, a skill, or a partnership to offer, there is a place for you at AGVO
Justine Akpene Egbenya, WOII Rtd.
Founder and President
Kenneth Wujangi
Vice President/Senior Advicer
Edna Korama Yamoah
HR and Talent Management Lead
Schadrack Opoku Brix
General Secretary and Youth Lead
Charlie Bruce
Programs & Partnership Lead
Grace Etornam Kabore
Programs & Partnership Lead
AGVO believes communities are not passive recipients of development. They are partners, leaders, and problem-solvers.