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The Non-Functioning Rural Technology Facility(RTF) in Yillo Klo

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The Rural Technology Facility (RTF) built in Somanya, and located on the Somanya-Okwenya road, is rotting away peacefully. This facility is supposed to be functioning but it is not. This RTF is said to be under the Business Advisory Center (BAC) department of the Yilo Klo Municipal assembly. The RTF in the Weed Our team upon getting to the facility spoke to a man (whose name is withheld) confirmed that, the place has not been working. He said that there used to be heavy machinery which is believed to have supported farmers in a kind of post-processing factory but the machines have been stolen sometime back though there may be some left. From a very reliable source from the Yilo Klo Municipal assembly, the BAC department is to be responsible why the place is not functioning. The facility in the bush We are questioning the leadership of the Yilo Klo Municipality why isn’t the facility functioning, why can’t it be put to use on a small-scale project that would be serv...
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The Hyacinth Weed Is Affecting Livelihoods Along the Volta Lake

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Issues affect people in rural Ghana and it always looks as if we have no one in charge to complain to or share with. For days, weeks, seasons and years the hyacinth weed along the Volta Lake affects the indigenes staying along the Volta Lake. Canoes anchored due to blockage of the huge hyacinth weed The hyacinth weed has taken charge of the Volta lake again, determining whether people get their daily bread or not and as to whether people travel across from their islands to other places or not. On Sunday, 6 th January 2019, some team members of the development geek were held for 3 hours in Agbeve an island community, in the South Tongu district of the Volta region on our way back from a community engagement in Kua, near Agave. This communities does fishing, oyster mining in the Volta lake as main livelihood source. Hyacinth divided across the Volta lake surface According to the residents, the water hyacinth in a decade past does not affect them much because, it move...
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Asuogyamang district hosts Eastern Regional Voluntary Youth camp

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Asuogyamang district hosts Eastern regional voluntary youth camp 2018. This is a part of the National Youth Authority's programs to strengthen and drive volunteerism in young people across the 10 regions of Ghana. The Eastern regional camp hosted by the Asuogyamang district,Atimpoku near Akosombo has seen various districts and municipality youth participate. Addressing the campers in a brief orientation and program description, on the theme, Promoting Voluntarism for national development,  Ms Luyusa the NYA district coordinator of Asuogyamang inspired the youth on community development via service to mother Ghana. The participants paid a courtesy call on the district chief executive Honourable Samuel Agyekum who addressed the campers on the opportunities to be derived from volunteering are immense and encouraged the participants to contribute their little to development. As part of the program,various coordinators within the region took the opportunity to come and extend well wi...
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Rich Vision Gh Calls for Good Farm Practices in Rural Communities

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Rich  Vision  Ghana  an NGO which is focused on Environmental and Public Health education in Somanya of the Eastern region of Ghana held a Global Climate Action on Rise For Climate Change on September 8 as part of 350.org an NGO. Speaking on the theme  Building a carbon free world via a good farm practices  Mr. Richard Kofi-Boye a Public health specialist and Director of Rich Vision Gh. He spoke about how the grassroots can grab and make use of good farming practices and called on farmers to grow more trees than cutting and desist from inorganic farming activities that ends up in polluting the environment and water bodies. Sharing on the dangers and effects of the climate change, he called for everyday good practices for safer and healthy living. The event which was held in Boti a farming community in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, saw the chieves, stakeholders, Basic school pupils, youth and people of Boti and Osuboi communities participate. He called on stakeh...
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Verdant Global Week 3 Boti Community Blog

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Verdant Global Boti community summer school second week ended so let's look back on what was achieved.The games and other extramural activities were moved to the morning instead of the afternoon with the objective of attracting more kids at 8 o'clock. Indeed the teams which had more members were more likely to win the games. They're organized on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Additionally, creative activities encouraging waste management were added on the Tuesday and Thursday morning. The courses continued as usual from 9am to 12noon except for Friday where an ICT session was organized by one of our partners, Young at Heart Ghana. Additionally, we have planned an awareness event for next week Thursday, 16th August aiming at the entire community as part of the International Youth Day 2018. The games had the expected impact and an acceptable portion of the children actively participated. Some games were requiring precision, others speed and decoding skills.The creative activ...
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Week 3 Blog for Osubuɛ Project

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Volunteers started this week with much energy, planning of the International youth day celebration. With passion filled on Monday morning, the volunteers walked from Boti to community(Osubuɛ). The Team(Volunteers) later passed by the Chief (Osubuɛ) to Finalize Discussion on some relevant issues. On Special observation by the Volunteers, it was realized some of kids were not really picking up with what's been taught so volunteers made it more Practically adaptable by taking the kids outside the classroom to the Surrounding. A visit was also made later that day to Francis, one of the in-community volunteers  of who was ill. Class got interesting the next day when one of the partner Organizations arrived in the community and was picked up by one of the Volunteers to the School.The kids were engaged in a gaming activity. The team Later paid a Concerned Visit to David Kamkam , a Brilliant but Special primary one kid to deliberate on some key Issues. The Teaching and Learni...
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Verdant Global Boti Community Project

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For Week 2, Verdant Global commenced it’s kids engagement via the Summer project at Boti community in the Eastern region of Ghana, on Monday 30th of July, 2018. The Summer program was initiated to impact Primary school and Junior High school students with necessary knowledge in Science, Literacy, and Numeracy through fun games and creative Arts; and educate them on Climate change and global warming through recycling of plastic waste products to produce useful items for the community. The children at the Summer program were from Boti R/C Primary school and Boti R/C Junior High school. In the first week, the volunteers briefed the children on the objectives of the Summer project and grouped them into teams to encourage healthy competition and working together. They also led the teams to select team names and battle cries / slogans as well as engage in various educational games and activities, carrying out various tasks during the Summer program. Outstanding and winning teams for projec...
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