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Community Empowerment Resources (formerly Capacity Rural International) was founded by Walisu Alhassan (see below). Originally working with two village communities, we now work directly with nine villages and over 15,000 residents. We provide and enhanc educational paths towards sustainable development. We seek to empower our communities to use their local knowledge and social capital to achieve our collective development goals.
We have been collaborating with U.S. based non-profit Engage Globally since 2014 when we funded a one room learning center for 30 students. Today, we support the education of over 600 children, youth, and women. Engage provides financial assistance and capacity building, as we emphasize mutual learning and cooperation.
Our Founder
Our Founder
"I started CRI because of my life story as a young boy who lost my Dad at the age of 8 and was adopted by my uncle who couldn't afford to provide for me.
I had to care for myself at a young age by being a shoe shiner, cleaning gutters of government residential homes, weeding, and more... just any thing to get some money and support myself in school. At some point in my life, hunger was something normal.
To cut a long story short, all this hunger and no school or supplies made me want to start something that could create a change and chance for children and youth in rural communities in Northern Ghana to get access to education and empower women in our communities. So, creating change in rural communities is why I founded CER."
- Walisu Alhassan, Founder and Director of CER
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