About the DRA
Residents taking ownership of their community.
Dzorwulu residents should not wait on outside help that may never come. Through the association, we manage the affairs of our community ourselves, under the supervision of the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly.
Aims and objectives
Why the association exists.
- a.Foster good neighbourliness
- b.Assist law enforcement agencies to improve community security
- c.Promote rapid development of essential infrastructure
- d.Ensure utilities and agencies provide and maintain essential services
- e.Provide a forum to discuss and resolve matters affecting members and the community
- Founded
- Incorporated as a non-profit on 4 July 2007 (Companies Code, 1963, Act 179)
- Re-incorporated
- 2020, under the Companies Act, 2019
- Secretariat
- No. 8 Efua Sutherland Road, Dzorwulu, Accra
- Membership
- Open to all landlords, residents, occupants and business owners aged 18 and above
- Municipality
- Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly
- Funding
- Monthly dues, donations, fundraising events and sponsored projects
How we're organised
From General Assembly to the workforce.
Policy, procurement, programmes and emoluments are debated at monthly General Assembly meetings and passed by simple majority.
General Assembly
All residents, landlords, occupants and business owners. Meets monthly; decisions on policy, procurement and programmes pass by simple majority.
Executive
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Organiser and Youth Representative, plus the Assembly persons for Dzorwulu North, Central and South.
Secretariat
Headed by a General Manager who runs day-to-day operations of all departments and reports to the Executive.
Departments
Public Relations, Accounts, Community Security, Sanitation and Maintenance.
Leadership
The Executive.
The Executive organises monthly meetings, records proceedings, proposes programmes for approval and reports back to the General Assembly.