26 Results Are Tagged With "Ghana"

Murrow Alumnus Challenges Prison and Hospital Conditions through Film

“Be confident and touch on issues which others are afraid to.” Seth Kwame Boateng couldn’t shake Secretary of State John Kerry’s advice to his cohort of Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists in the United States. Inspired to bring his microphone to the people of Ghana, he uses film to give a voice to the voiceless.

Saturday, May 27, 2017 - Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Menstrual Care Initiative

Menstrual Care Initiative is championed by Leading Stars Network to serve as a catalyst and vehicle for driving greater change in education for girls and moving closer to keeping them in schools in Ghana.
Sunday, March 26, 2017 - Monday, June 26, 2017

Thesis No-Tillage Agriculture Ghana

This semester I am writing my bachelor thesis, on the topic of no-till agriculture in Ghana West-Africa. The research will be conducted in Ghana and the lab work will be done at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam.
Friday, March 31, 2017

Women Taking Action For Change

Several teenage and single mothers are victims of domestic violence and abuse in my community where I grew. They need education on advocacy and financial empowerment to do mini trades as almost every Ghanaian woman is very industrious! The goal of this project is to train 40 young women age 14-35 in the Ningo-Prampram District to advocate for themselves and neighbors by March 2017. Project Objectives 1. Inform, equip, and support 40 Single/Teenage Mothers referred by community leaders, with basic social and legal knowledge in mitigating domestic violence, abuses and discrimination. 2. Empower participants with basic financial literacy skills. 3. To pilot an all women-led trade program with a US$100 dollar seed fund.

YES Abroad Alumna Receives Citizen Diplomacy Award for Dedication to Service, Cultural Exchange

After her exchange, Sarah Bibbey cofounded an NGO in Kumasi, Ghana called Enliven Mama Africa, which empowers Ghanaian mothers through a diverse portfolio of strategies.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - Saturday, October 22, 2016

B?npaali Young Filmmaker?s Festival

B?npaali (connoting a new dawn in the Builsa language) is an annual event for emerging artists ages 15-30 years old that brings to light stories that matter to youth from diverse ethnic, gender, sexual, class, and religious backgrounds.
Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 12:00pm - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 9:00am

Mandela Washington Fellowship Regional Conference - West Africa

Fellow-led Regional Advisory Boards have been working closely with the Mandela Washington Fellows

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Techie Skills

Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Techie) skills is a community service initiative designed to provide IT & Entrepreneurial skills training, industry experience, and tech-based micro-enterprise development opportunities dedicated to improving the skills and well-being of youth in underserved communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014

After Ebola Comes Hunger

Help support a Fulbright alumna's work in West Africa on the downstream effects of Ebola. M. Sophia Newman will be reporting on food insecurity, public health and the lives of rural families in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and other African nations if a crowd-funding campaign on Beacon Reader is successful.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - Sunday, August 31, 2014

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