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Regional News from Friday, April 26, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-04-26
The grant was awarded by the organization Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana)
Sixty students from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) received a grant of 100,000 GHc from the Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana), a youth development organization, to carry out social change projects.
Students are expected to use this money to implement innovative social impact projects to address the issues facing the University or surrounding communities to improve lives.
This initiative is part of YES-Ghana's "Youth Leadership for Social Change" project, in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs of the three recipient universities, with funding from the Ford Foundation.
The other two beneficiary universities are the University of Development Studies (UDS), Tamale and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR).
A total of 300,000 GHC were awarded to student teams to implement social change initiatives and social justice interventions. Mr Eric Saforo, head of the Youth Leadership Project for Social Change, revealed it during an interview with the Ghana News Agency, on the sidelines of a trade show in Ghana. Innovation organized to recognize the efforts of students trained under the project.
He added that the students had followed a rigorous training academy and had been divided into five groups of 12 members, tasked with identifying social problems and finding innovative solutions, by way of a proposal.
Mr. Saforo stated that the groups had identified social problems and that an evaluation committee made up of experienced faculty members and development officers, to verify the feasibility of implementing the program. work, evaluated them.
He added that students would receive the technical support needed to implement their group projects.
As part of the project, the project fellows received rigorous leadership training for social change through the Youth Academy for Social Change.
They have continually been the subject of professional follow-up from selected faculty members and industry players and the next step is to demonstrate knowledge and acquired skills, he said.
Mr. Saforo said that the practical application of the skills, knowledge and understanding acquired during the training was essential for the fellow to learn to generalize and apply the knowledge acquired in other situations. .
Through this process, young leaders will be more involved in their communities and provide real services, he added.
YES-Ghana seeks to create an active youth that seeks solutions to problems and offers the opportunity to combine leadership and technical skills to help them perform better in the world of work.
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