RIPS MOVES TO SUPPORT 3 FISHING COMMUNITIES
Margaret Appiah PHD reseacher interacting with the media The Regional Institute of Population Studies, University of Ghana in attempt to improve awareness on addressing the challenges of climate change which has become a global phenomenon bedeviling Africa for that matter Ghana has initiated a project aimed at creating awareness on the climate change and its negative impact on the country. The initiative according to the Director for RIPS Samuel Nii Codjoe has benefited over 70 pupils drawn from three schools within Agbogbloshie, James Town and Usher Town, which includes the Adedeinkpo Primary School in James Town, Richard Akwei Memorial School in Agbogbloshie and St. Mary’s Anglican Primary School in Ussher Town who underwent one month awareness training on climate change made up of the three selected fishing communities tipped as beneficiary communities under the project. In a speech delivered by Prof. John Anarfi on behalf of the RIPS director, during a climate change durb