Ghana Lacrosse Association Partners AmaCares to Fight Child Sexual Abuse in Ghana

The leadership of Ghana Lacrosse Association has announced its partnership with AmaCares to fight child sexual abuse in Ghana. According to a Memorandum of Understanding signed by GLA President, Evans Agyei Ntiamoah and Benedicta Ama Batcho, the President of AmaCares, on the 30th of April 2025, the introduction of lacrosse in Ghanaian communities presents an exciting opportunity to identify and avert underlying threats of sexual abuse.

AmaCares is an international non-profit organization dedicated to ending child sexual abuse and empowering communities through education, awareness, and advocacy. Through its leadership and women empowerment programs, Ghana Lacrosse Association shall extend our athlete safeguarding programs to build resilient communities and increase the participating of girls in the sports of lacrosse.

Ghana Lacrosse Association Partners AmaCares

The focus of this partnership is to maximize the contribution of Ghana Lacrosse Association and AmaCares in the lives of the vulnerable groups under the following themes;

1. Sensitization on Sexual Abuse and Lacrosse Development

2. Capacity development, Mentorship and Women empowerment

3. Athlete and Community Safeguarding

4. Educational Support

5. Increase Fundraising Opportunities to Support Projects

GLA's Caroline Ama Neubert and Ruth Baiden of AmaCares shall lead the day-to-day operationalization of this agreement.

Ghana Lacrosse Association will be introducing lacrosse to 2,500 young athletes this year under the Wildfire Lacrosse Festival Grassroots Program.