{"id":6744,"date":"2026-09-03T04:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chasp.ke\/institute\/?page_id=6744"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:55:14","slug":"ghala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chasp.ke\/institute\/ghala\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghala"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6744\" class=\"elementor elementor-6744\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881bb37 e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"881bb37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc8fbe e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fc8fbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-animation-type=\"block\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aae8fc1 animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aae8fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;ta_fadeinup&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The African resource centre for Social Protection.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-animation-type=\"block\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09491b1 elementor-widget__width-initial animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09491b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;ta_fadeinup&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowledge in Action, towards\nSocial Policy Excellence<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"e-con-gap-no elementor-element elementor-element-e1b2d88 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1b2d88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-animation-type=\"block\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cc2a9 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left animation_type_block elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4cc2a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;ta_fadeinup&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6137044 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6137044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ghala is the Kiswahili word for granary. In the traditional African homestead, the granary was more than a storage structure. It occupied a central place in the community, preserving the harvest and ensuring it remained available when it was needed. Ghala applies this idea to knowledge.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Across Africa, a wealth of social policy and social protection knowledge already exists. Research studies, policy frameworks, evaluation reports, programme designs, financing documents, implementation tools and lessons from practice are produced across countries and institutions. However, these resources are often scattered across different platforms, organizations and personal archives. Some are difficult to find, while others risk being forgotten or lost.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-animation-type=\"block\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c6687 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left animation_type_block elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8c6687\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;ta_fadeinup&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab84a06 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab84a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ghala brings this knowledge together. As the Institute\u2019s knowledge repository, Ghala provides a central platform for collecting, curating, preserving and making accessible critical social policy and social protection resources from across Africa. It ensures that policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, students and other actors can find and use relevant knowledge at the point of need.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Like a granary, Ghala is carefully managed but collectively valuable. The Institute takes responsibility for identifying, organizing and maintaining the resources, while the wider social policy and social protection community can draw from them to support research, learning, policy development, programme design and implementation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ghala is therefore more than a digital archive. It is a living knowledge resource that preserves Africa\u2019s social policy experience and makes it available to inform present decisions and future practice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-animation-type=\"block\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-507e740 animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"507e740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;ta_fadeinup&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/chasp.ke\/institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ghala-__.jpg\" 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