BEST NACEM Foundation was established in 2020 by its Founder and Executive Director, Mr. Stephen Nana Afful, and is duly registered and certified under the laws of Ghana with recognition from various Ministries, Departments, Ghana Aids Commission and Legal Aid Commission.

With an outstanding track record of successful activities, through its dedicated staff and volunteers, the Foundation has strategically positioned itself as one of the leading CSOs in Ghana in the area of Law and Policy Reforms, Access to Justice  and Human Rights Advocacy,

In summary, BEST NACEM Foundation's consistent areas of work as highlighted above addresses the problem of Prison Congestion, delay of trials in court, abuse of hard drugs among student and Law and Policy Reforms including Alternatives to Incarceration and modern trends of drug policy reforms; Promotion of fundamental Human Rights, especially the poor marginalized, Women and the Youth.

 

In 2023, BEST NACEM Foundation was recognized in the Eastern Region by the Attorney General Department, and traditional leaders like Nana Asare Kumi III, Osaberima Attah Dwamena II, for its remarkable role in reducing remand/pre-trial in prison and organizing training for prison and police officers, teachers and nurses.

 

OUR MISSION AND VISION

MISSION

To create positive change and contribute to sustainable Development through Advocacy for better government policies, access to Justice and respect for human rights

VISION

To become a leading Human Rights Civil Society Organization championing the course for Policy Reform, Youth Development and Social Accountability in Ghana.

MAXIM

A threat to the justice of individuals in the society is a terrible threat to the justice of individuals of entire society (Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr).

 

Stephen Nana Afful

Stephen Nana Afful is the Founder and Executive Director of the BEST NACEM FOUNDATION (a human rights and youth development centered NGO). He is also a of Ghana Human Rights NGOs Forum and a member - Coalition on the Right To

Information- RTI Ghana, an author and publisher with two books as well as other brochures and articles to his credit.

Stephen is  has championed the redress of several human rights abuse cases through the Law Courts, the Legal Aid Commission and the media. He facilitates/coordinates the KA MA MI initiative ‘which is been partnered by the Legal Aid Commission’ for remand prisoners aimed at decongesting the prisons.

Stephen focuses on advocacy, litigation, public education, and youth development. Stephen is a human rights advocate, Stephen has actively aided in the preparation of Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Shadow-Reports to UN Committees and Councils while making oral submissions to the UN Human Rights Committee in Koforidua which was organized by the POS foundation. Stephen is tagged by many as very passionate, young yet masterful with respect to his 5 years working experience on the Civil Society front.

 

Daniel Mensah

A Bachelor of Arts Holder in Psychology, Geography and Resource Development from the University of Ghana, a trained Paralegal, law student and Human Rights Advocate with 2 years’ experience within the Civil Society Terrain. He has extensive knowledge and experience innational and international human rights practice, prisoners’ rights, advocacy, public education, and legal reforms within the criminal justice sector of Ghana. Sylvester serves in various capacities at the BEST NACEM Foundation; Paralegal, Project Officer, Admin/Finance Officer and a

member of the facilitating team of the initiative dubbed ‘KA MA MI’ which is partnered by the legal Aid Commission for remand prisoners aimed at decongesting the prisons.

 

 

Emmanuel Mensah

He has extensive knowledge and experience in:

• Web development.
• Social media management
• Agile software development.
• Working with command lines.
• Diagnosis of network problems.
• Adobe products; Premier Pro, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Installing and configuring computer hardware operating systems and applications.