CO-WORKERS
Adriana Joan Ose (right), Secretary, is a professional teacher in
the public service. Very dynamic with very high moral
stability, she is responsible in taking and keeping records of
our activities. The teaching she’s been giving for over
nine years, her handling and dealing with people has been
superb. She loves Children and is a real mother.
Rosemond Ahadzie, Treasurer, is currently a third year student in the
Nursing Training College in Kasoa-via Accra. She is very
resourceful and decisive and she is doing great as a student
because of her experience with the Green Earth Organization, an
NGO which is involved in environmental conservation. She is
responsible to check the financial movement of the association.
Prince Offei,
Organizer, is a very Dynamic young Pastor. His ability to work
with other members and to organize programs has been wonderful.
He just can’t sit and see things go wrong.
Ghana’s culture is a mixture of many
ethnic groups, the Ashanti, Fante, Akyem, Kwahu, Ga, Ewe,
Mamprusi and Dagomba among others.
Though well-endowed with natural
resources, Ghana remains somewhat dependent on trade and
international assistance as well as the investment activities
of Ghanaian diaspora. About 30 % of the population live below
the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
by Sam Kwesi Fianko
For the past two years, Dynamic Youth Club
of Ghana (DYCOG) has been organizing talks and seminars for the
youth in secondary and primary schools. Most of the time, our
targeted areas have been: Health and Life skills, Education and
Career, Character and Leadership, Promotion of Peace and
Environmental Protection. We believe that to change a
man’s behavior you only have to direct his thoughts to
reflect in his actions. We have also realized that as a
developing country, most of our people do what they do because
of the information available to them or because of what they
know. Therefore, positively changing the mindset of the youth
to overcome ignorance especially in the targeted areas
(mentioned above) is our main objective.
In our affiliation with Youth in
Sustainable Development and Environmental Conservation (NGO),
we have trained people in the Dangbe East District into Cabbage
Plantation, how to prepare cassava biscuits and in the making
and usage of smokeless stoves to prevent pollution in the air.
Cassava is an important food source. It does well on poor
soils and with low rainfall, and it is a perennial that can be
harvested as required. It also offers flexibility to
resource-poor farmers because it serves as either a subsistence
or a cash crop.
WELLSPRING ALLIANCES
Located also in the Greater Accra region
at Aburi-Akuapem is The Apeadu Peace Center, founded with the
sponsorship of Children-of-the-Earth in 2002. The Peace
Center’s aim is to keep alive the memory of the
late Kwafo Kwaku Apeadu and to continue his work of spreading
peace throughout Africa and the world. The organization
projects a platform of peaceful co-existence as a base for the
emergence of a tolerant and mutually-respecting, multi-ethnic
society.
Father Terry Gallagher (Scarboro Missions)
and Nina Meyerhof (Children-of-the-Earth) with Sam at the World Creative Youth Forum, May 2009, Balacan, Philippines. The WCYF emphasizes
Environmental Education. Below, Sam performs a a dance
from Ghana at the international youth conference.
The Dynamic Youth Club of Ghana is
currently in collaboration with “Kae Dabi” (Be
Mindful of the Future) drama group, which educates the
youth and the public about Environmentalism, Health, Peace
Building, and Poverty Alleviation through drama/play. Kae Dabi
will be embarking on 4 regional tours to conscientize the
public about the importance of Girl Child Education, Health
Issues e.g. HIV, Malaria, & TB, Peace Building and
Environmental protection. We are currently waiting for the
response from our sponsors and will start in Oct-Dec 2009.
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