Bram Massman and Jurrian Veldhuizen are volunteers from Holland and they are volunteering with YHFG. They are attached to Harvest Academy and the Smoothie Cafe and they have been so instrumental . They presented six footballs and two set of training attire to Harvest Academy to aid them in their…
Collaborating with the Ghana Education Service by engaging schools in the annual “I Can Do Anything” sports tournament was a real success. As a youth focus organisation, promoting enrollment and retention of children in school is key and the shift from club based to school based is a good tool…
After the visit of Veronika in Ghana, a meeting of the JPG board with YHFG executive director John Krugu took place in Mülheim an der Ruhr. Veronika shared her fresh impressions from interacting with YHFG staff and Remedial School students. This gave the team a lot of input for fruitful…
A refresher training for FLASH program teachers in the Primary and Junior High Schools (JHS) has been a key recommendation of the FLASH teachers during interactions with them at monitoring visits in schools. This was revealed in the remarkable turn out and participation of the teachers at every session of…
YHFG joined the world, Girls Not Brides Ghana, government agencies and students from Junior and Senior High Schools in the Upper East Region to celebrate the international Day of the Girl Child at the Bolgatanga Jubilee Park. As part of celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child, YHFG had…
YHFG joined other human rights CSOs to attend Ghana 2017 UPR (universal periodic review) pre-session at the UN in Geneva. Our contribution is to put SRHR (sexual and reproductive health and rights) high on the agenda when Ghana is formally reviewed in November 2017. Thanks to RFSU ( Riksförbundet för…
In the last week of August Veronika Schlicker travelled to Bolgatanga to meet up with our Ghanaian partner Youth Harvest Foundation. The visit turned its attention mainly to the ongoing Remedial School project. This year up to 50 students take part and 24 girls are accommodated in the local housing.
YHFG joined 285 organizations around the world calling on our global leaders to guarantee access to safe and legal abortion! Here is the joint statement at the 36th Human Rights Council Session! Find here the statement
The campaign against child marriages must continue no matter the circumstances. The YHFG adopted an innovative way to engage community members in the Bawku West District this farming season without interrupting their source of livelihood. Community members are engaged in the evenings with documentaries using projectors to educate them on…
YHFG senior staff completes 3-day refresher training in project and financial management. Facilitated by a chartered accountant with several years of experience in project and financial management, Mr. Emmanuel Sorogo took the staff through topics such as key processes and requirements of project management; planning for project time and cost;…
