SISS has developed from an early ‘90s’ Ghanaian student initiative to support the efforts of marginalized communities to overcome institutional and other socio-cultural barriers in order to raise their standards of living and improve their social mobility

SISS Beneficiary Groups Include

Activities
To popularize self-help efforts and respond to individuals and groups seeking assistance in order to help themselves and their communities by providing a forum for discussing their needs.

To respond to requests for support for projects aimed at improving the socio-economic circumstances of marginalized people and their participation in civil society.

To deliver training to facilitate the development and empowerment of such individuals and groups by building their capacities to engage in effective development action and civic participation.

Partnership development;working with partners to develop and fundraise; to implement community development projects;skills transfer and capacity building;advocacy and policy.

Assist in coordinating activities as well as linking beneficiaries to similar groups and support organizations locally and internatioinally.

Past
Research - the engagement of domestic assistants in Ghana: A baseline study at Adenta, a suburb of Accra.

Training programs for domestic assistants and youth. Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, (CIDA).

Vacation school sessions for Junior School Children at Dodowa in the greater Accra region of Ghana.

Current
Evaluation report on the impact of the 2000-2001 domestic project. The evaluation report led to a Comic Relief funded replication of the project on a larger scale. This project was dubbed the 'Urban Lifeline Project'.