Organizing a youth conference in Ghana Pajaaf is a Ghanaian foundation that serves underprivileged children, youth and women. Youth leaders in the communities, which Pajaaf serves, have expressed the desire to share knowledge with other youth around the world. In response, Pajaaf is working to hold an international youth conference in Ghana on the theme “Youth engaging Youth on the MDGs”. Online volunteers are helping Paajaf make this ambitious project happen. “They are working hard to help us organize this international youth event in Ghana”, says Executive Director Philip K. Appiah.
Publish Date: Thursday, August 5th 2010 |
Poetry is the Movement! Ehalakasa is the Name! Come and experience *POETRY *READING *DISCUSSION * EXCHANGE OF IDEAS @THE EHALAKASA POETRY TALK PARTY DATE: THIS SUNDAY 1ST AUGUST 2010 TIME: 5:30PM FOR ALL VENUE: NUBUKE FOUNDATION, NEAR MENSVIC GRAND HOTEL, EAST LEGON, GHANA RATE: COME WITH A FRIEND AND A DRINK OR BOTH DIGITS: DIG IT! EHALAKASA, IT LIVES IN US!
Publish Date: Friday, July 30th 2010 |
IRIN DAKAR, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) – Unsafe abortions account for more than one in 10 women who die in pregnancy in Ghana, according to new research by the US-based Guttmacher Institute, with ignorance of the law and inadequate facilities partly to blame, say health authorities. Abortion was declared legal in 1985 for women who have been raped, in cases of incest, or where the pregnancy will cause the mother physical or mental harm, but decades on, only 4 percent of women are aware of the law, according to 2009 government health statistics (based on 2007 data). Over half of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, July 23rd 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – ACCRA – Police in Ghana have impounded a Chinese ship and arrested three crew members after three Ivorians are alleged to have been thrown overboard. One of the stowaways is believed to have drowned; the other two survived. Djiba Kamara, 18, was rescued by a navy patrol on Sunday after he said he had been treading water for seven hours. Stowaways are protected under the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are the responsibility of a ship’s crew if found. The BBC’s David Amanor in Ghana’s capital, Accra, says they are also entitled to be fed.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 16th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News -WALLDORF, Germany and ACCRA, Ghana, — The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH and SAP AG, acting on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have announced a development partnership to support Ghana in meeting the global standard for transparency in the oil and mining industries as set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). SAP is donating an enterprise performance management (EPM) solution from its SAP® BusinessObjects(TM) portfolio, which the Ghanaian Ministry of Finance will use to monitor and analyze payments and revenue flows from its hard minerals industry as well... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, June 13th 2010 |
