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Home of Care and Protection

HOCAP exists to provide care and protection for deprived orphans, deprived children and deprived widows in poor rural and urban communities. It seeks to provide orphans and under-privileged …

Tema, Greater Accra Reg: DSW/4358 (DSW) Sign up to see website
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Integrity Assessment
Partial transparency
41/100 · methodology

About

HOCAP exists to provide care and protection for deprived orphans, deprived children and deprived widows in poor rural and urban communities. It seeks to provide orphans and under-privileged children an enabling environment for development through the provision of education, health care, advocacy, and small scale enterprise.

Mission

HOCAP exists to provide care and protection for deprived orphans, deprived children and deprived widows in poor rural and urban communities. It seeks to provide orphans and under-privileged children an enabling environment for development through the provision of education, health care, advocacy, and small scale enterprise.

Founder story
Not yet on file. The organization can add how and why it was founded by claiming this profile. Founded in 2009.

Focus & reach

Operating in
Ghana

Verification & registration

Check them yourself

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DSW
Government register · DSW/4358
On record

Integrity assessment

A 0-100 measure of public-data transparency - registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and recency. It does not measure programme impact.

Registration 8/20
('Self-reported registration ID', 4)
('Not sourced from official registry', 0)
('Cross-referenced (2+ sources)', 4)
('Profile not yet claimed by organization', 0)
Financial Transparency 0/30
('No financial documents found on website', 0)
('No financial filing on record', 0)
('No revenue figure disclosed', 0)
('No spending figure disclosed', 0)
('No detailed financial breakdown disclosed', 0)
Governance 6/20
('No officers disclosed', 0)
('No officer titles disclosed', 0)
('Executive compensation not disclosed', 0)
('Mission / description on file', 3)
('Founding date on file', 3)
Contact Availability 10/10
('Website', 3)
('Email', 3)
('Phone', 2)
('Physical address', 2)
Data Recency 20/20
('Updated within 6 months', 20)
Red flags 0
Transparency checklist
Official registration on file
No financial disclosure yet
Website on record
Contact details available
Leadership not yet on file
Mission or description published

GiveRadar Analysis

Original analysis from GiveRadar's dataset of comparable organizations

Based on the records currently verified by GiveRadar, Home of Care and Protection has a partial profile, cross-referenced across 3 independent sources.

  • GiveRadar holds a more complete profile for this organization than for 97% of the 30 human services charities in Ghana it tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its contact details. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
  • It has more complete contact information than nearly all comparable charities, with a verified website, email, phone and address on record. See national comparisons
  • It has more complete governance disclosure than nearly all comparable charities, because GiveRadar has verified a mission statement and a founding date. See national comparisons
GiveRadar has verified
  • government registration
  • a website
  • a contact email
  • a donation page
Not yet verified by GiveRadar
  • financial records
  • leadership details
  • third-party accreditation
  • an owner-submitted profile claim

Analysis based on GiveRadar's benchmark dataset of 2026-08-24. It describes what GiveRadar has verified, not a judgment of the organization itself.

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How it stacks up against peers

· vs. 8 similar human services in Ghana
Integrity Assessment This charity: 41
Peer average: 36

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Taxes

Tax-deductibility for donors

Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Ghana under local rules. Confirm with the charity directly.

Always confirm tax treatment with the charity directly or your tax advisor before donating.

Still gathering leadership data

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Latest news

From global news sources

2 articles found

From news sources and the organization. Shown for transparency; news never affects the integrity score.

Nippo Swooper's new campaign to redefine mosquito protection - Adgully.com

www.adgully.com ·

Foster Care Association in the dark about amendment to child protection bill - The Malta Independent

www.independent.com.mt ·

Activity timeline

Filings and press mentions, merged

Nippo Swooper's new campaign to redefine mosquito protection - Adgully.com
Nov 2024
www.adgully.com
Foster Care Association in the dark about amendment to child protection bill - The Malta Independent
Jun 2015
www.independent.com.mt

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Cause areas in Ghana

How many charities work in each area, with this charity's area highlighted.

Community Development 1,460
Education 341
Health 154
Religion 152
Environment 72
Youth Development 66
Advocacy & Civil Rights 66
Arts & Culture 50
Human Services this charity 30
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Most common causes in Ghana

Causes charities work on most, with this charity's causes ticked.

Education 49
Gender Equality 35
Children 34
Water 30
International Development 25
Literacy 24
Domestic Violence 23
Climate 22
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Sources and verification

Registration and legal identity
Ghana Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection
News and media coverage
GDELT Project + Google News
Supplementary verification
GlobalGiving partner directory

Data freshness

Last updated
Aug 23, 2026
Registry checked
Aug 23, 2026
Profile completeness
45%

What we know and don't know

Exactly which public data we hold on this charity. Our score reflects transparency, not impact.

On record · 6
  • Government registration · Registered with an official registry
  • Mission statement · Published
  • Official website · On record
  • Headquarters address · On file
  • Direct contact · Email or phone published
  • Founding date · 2009
Not available · 5
  • Financial data
    No annual financial filings on file
  • Named leadership
    Board and officer list not yet indexed
  • Executive pay
    Top-officer pay not disclosed
  • Programs & activities
    No named programs listed by the charity
  • Tax-deductibility
    Not verified

Methodology

GiveRadar builds each profile primarily from official government charity registries, supplemented where available by third-party nonprofit databases and news archives, and combines it into a single 0-100 integrity assessment. The exact sources for this charity are listed above. We don't take a cut of any donation, ever.

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Quick facts about Home of Care and Protection

What is Home of Care and Protection?
Home of Care and Protection is a human services nonprofit organization based in Tema, Ghana. HOCAP exists to provide care and protection for deprived orphans, deprived children and deprived widows in poor rural and urban communities. It seeks to provide orphans and under-privileged children an enabling environment for development through the provision of education, health care, advocacy, and small scale enterprise.
When was Home of Care and Protection founded?
Home of Care and Protection was founded in 2009.
Where is Home of Care and Protection located?
Headquartered in Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana.
Is Home of Care and Protection trustworthy?
Home of Care and Protection has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 41 out of 100 (Partial transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
What is Home of Care and Protection's registration number?
Registration: DSW/4358 (Ghana).
What is Home of Care and Protection's website?
http://www.hocapmissions.org
Are donations to Home of Care and Protection tax-deductible?
Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Ghana under local rules. US donors should check whether the charity has an equivalency-determination letter or a US-based fiscal sponsor before claiming a deduction.