{"id":475,"date":"2019-08-19T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghanahumanists.org\/?page_id=475"},"modified":"2019-09-16T12:09:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:09:52","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ghanahumanists.org\/?page_id=475","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2012, a network of freethinkers was formed via social media and the first meeting of freethinkers in Ghana was organised in the country\u2019s capital Accra, where it has been based ever since. The group then adopted the name \u201cFreethought Ghana\u201d as a social support group of freethinkers, atheists and agnostics which started off with 11 members and has grown exponentially to include Freethinkers from all over the world. It was from this group that the Humanist Association of Ghana was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Organisation was registered in 2015 as Humanist Association of Ghana (Reg. No. CG149202015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Humanist Association of Ghana (HAG) is an organization of atheists\/agnostics living in Ghana who subscribe to humanism as a life stance, fight to protect human rights & promote critical thinking. We believe we can create a better society through discussion and action based on science, reason and respect for human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HAG is a member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union \u2013 IHEU and International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation. HAG subscribes to the\u00a0Amsterdam Declaration of 2002<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We follow in the footsteps of the\u00a0Rational Center whose founder,\u00a0Hope Tawiah<\/a>, died on\u00a0September 27, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe in building a society based on human dignity, compassion for all life and ethical values. We believe human beings have a right to determine their own lives and to find meaning based on human relationships and reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n