Ghana NNEKA YOUTH Foundation

Mama Nneka with some beneficiaries and volunteers

Nneka Youth Foundation started 2020 by bringing together a cross section of our Scholarship beneficiaries. They are made up of students from various levels; Junior and Senior High schools, Teacher Training colleges and Universities. The most satisfying part of this is seeing the success of grooming them through the stages since 2012. Bringing them together before they resume school next week is to help them network and to appreciate themselves and learn from one another, the various  circumstances under which Nneka identifies with them. This, we believe, would help them push hard to be successful in life. We appreciate all those who in diverse ways  support Nneka Scholarship Scheme. Please Join us to push more children who are looking up to us to move on.

Mama Nneka with some parents at the PTA meeting

Community Engagement is a key cog in our transformation agenda. It gives us an opportunity to sample the degree of progress we have made as well as providing a messaging board for key stakeholders. Our most recent Community Engagement Forum(CEF) took place during the PTA meeting of Ve Agbome D/A Basic School. We interacted with parents and teachers and delved into sensitization on topics such us holistic Parental Support through the educational journey as well as rights of the child and responsibilities of all stakeholders towards the children. We also took the opportunity to assess the impact of our most recent Summer camp and our ongoing Rural ICT empowerment program. We are committed to making sustainable impact and Engagement and Evaluation play a key role.

We believe empowerment goes beyond sensitization, empowerment is equipping and tooling both skill-wise and infrastructure-wise”.
Nneka Youth Foundation set the tone for the economic transformation of the town of Mafi-Sasekpe and its environs by revolutionizing cassava value addition.
This week, in partnership with The Ashmore Foundation, we procured and handed over Cassava Flour Processing Machines (a Grater and a Presser) to the women in Mafi-Sasekpe. Prior to this, 75 teen mother from the town were taken through training under our VEP module across various vocational skills including cassava flour production.
The drive behind this project and present at the event was Mama Klebetesi III, Queen Mother of Mafi Sasekpe, who has been very instrumental in this transformation agenda. Also present were representatives from the Ashmore Foundation and the community members.
We are of the firm belief that this landmark facility will not only transform the lives of young women and ease the burden of cassava processing, but will also make Mafi-Sasekpe the Cassava flour hub of Ghana.

Our journey of transforming Africa, one child at a time continues…

Change is possible, and young people can lead it”.. this  theme underlined the purpose of the 2019 Nneka world Changers camp which opened 4th and ended 30th August. This year had it’s fair share of transformational energy through the veins of both campers and volunteers alike. Our volunteers were spectacular once again this year, special kudos to our media team for their excellent endeavour. In all, over 2000  young people from 211 communities, 18 districts and 4 regions were impacted through our daily focus sessions and our vocational and skill training modules. It was indeed an amazing August that saw thousands of young lives transformed. Our special thanks to all our dependable partners for supporting this life changing programme in diverse ways. We also thank all our stakeholders and volunteers for making Nneka World Changers camp 2019 a resounding success. Till we meet again in December for our Christmas party in Nkwanta South in the Oti Region, please keep being an active part of our agenda to transform Africa, one child at a time.

Week 2 of Nneka Summer Camp 2019 successfully ended yesterday. Zone 2 comprised of children from 4 districts including Elembele in the Western Region; Nneka has ventured into the 4th Region in Ghana….HURRAAAY!!!!

The first batch of 2019 Nneka Summer CAMPERS from 56 schools in 4 Districts, left  yesterday. Our joy is that they left with so much in their hands; from leadership skills to various arts and crafts skills. We expect the 2nd batch today the 11th for the whole week and we hope to  have some of our stakeholders visit us on camp.

Mama Nneka with some participants

Nneka Youth  Foundation hosted its annual Young Innovators Summit on the 30th of April 2019. This transformational episode dubbed “Change is possible, You can Lead it” took place at the Afienya Youth Development   Centre and drew about 200 young people from 15 schools in the Ningo PramPram District. The Keynote speaker for the summit, Joe of Ashfoam gave participants a practical overview of leading change starting from a personal level. The Graphic Communications Group Gh. Ltd were ever present to lead the charge for our Inter School Reading and Spelling Contest in which Afienya D/A Basic ‘C’ Junior High School came tops. We were also privileged to have the National Youth Authority and the Ghana Library Authority in attendance. Participants gained a great deal of knowledge through the Lessons and Group Challenges on Sanitation and Entrepreneurship. We will keep Nurturing Future Leaders to Shape Society, deepening our efforts to transform Africa, one child at a time.

Mama Nneka with some Queen-Mothers

As much this menace called teenage pregnancy would not go away, we would also not rest on our oars. Mama  Klebetesi III, the Queen-mother of Mafi Sasekpe, leads some other queen-mothers to fight against teenage pregnancy. Nneka Youth Foundation shares in this vision and would go all out to collaborate with them in this fight. Out of the 75 young women trained earlier in the Sasekpe  community, 28 of them were supported to start their own businesses. The queen-mother was full of gratitude to Nneka Youth Foundation as we handed the tools to her on behalf of the girls.

Mama Nneka with Students

JIM BOURTON Memorial Agric Senior High Sch  (JIBMAS) was NNEKA’S  last stop as we wrapped up our first quarter activities. We dwelled on the Challenges Students face and how to Overcome them in order to aid them achieve their goals. The interactive section with over 460 students revealed many  more challenges that ranged from; lack of proper communication between students and their parents, between students and teachers, peer pressure,  relationship issues with opposite sex, lack of facilities and inputs to aid effective learning, absence of some subject teachers  and many more. These  issues are  currently being  managed by the District Director of Education, doubling as the Headmistress of the school, who has very limited resources to facilitate adequate solution mechanisms. We are very grateful to Ghana  International Bank (GHIB) for supporting this program with reading books.

Session with Pupils

All children have the potential to excel if only they are given the right direction and guidance. Nothing, absolutely should stop them from realising and achieving the purpose for which they are created. Nneka Youth Foundation had the privilege of having the Afadjato South  District Director of Social Welfare join us to reach out to over 400 youth from R/C Basic Schools, Ve Golokuati in their Catholic Week Celebration on the following steps: ‘Who are you?, What do you want? and What is your strength?’ This we believe has put them on the path to realising their full potential.