“We take girls education serious” In June 2018, YHFG succesfully organized a home-coming event (alumni meeting) for the Girls Remedial School Project at the YHFG’s Youth Centre in Yikene, Bolgatanga. The Girls Remedial School is the YHFG’s flagship programme that provides support to girls who failed some key subjects in…
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston visited Ghana in April 2018 to assess government efforts to eradicate poverty through the lens of international human rights law. As part of his 10-day visit, the Special Rapporteur visited the YHFG and interacted with its Farmer…
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…
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…
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;…
