ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES

ACA is a U.S. and Ghana-based non-profit organization that puts legal and organizing tools in the hands of threatened West African communities. We are building an ecosystem of lawyers and other experts who collaborate with communities to defend communities' rights and pursue their own vision of development in the face of destructive resource extraction operations driven by foreign investment. We help mobilize communities to define for themselves a vision for the future that is appropriate for them. And we help them fight for and reach that future through community-driven development planning, financial support, and legal assistance... ACA works in nine West African states - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone - to promote public interest law and help threatened communities achieve a future worth fighting for.

Also known as: ACA