NEWS IN GHANA

Sparkplug Ghana, a leading campus group from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) committed to empowering students and the youth towards achieving greater heights in life has empowered over 200 students from the institute with its ground-breaking educative seminar aimed at preparing students to ahead of the corporate world.   The group is determined to achieve its result by providing a unique platform to engage, motivate and mentor students to be creative and innovative in diverse ways in life. Dubbed “LET’S TALK,” is a 1-day workshop held at the school campus on September , 20   2016 under the theme: “Career Guidance” being the second initiative of the group’s mega event since inception a year ago.  According to CEO of Sparkplug Ghana, Miss Anabelle Ayorkor Agbemadon, the rationale behind the initiative was geared towards helping students champion the course of creating their own career and also   bring to light the  need to place premium on leaving first good   imp

Engage Now Africa, an international NGO committed to ending poverty in Africa through the launch of its latest and innovative campaign strategy dubbed “ Trafficking-free Road Campaign has empowered over 1 50 leaders of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) in the Central Region with skills and resources ready to combat human trafficking on our roads.  The 1-day sensitization forum saw the 1 50 beneficiaries who are representatives from the 103 branches under the GPRTU in the Central Region sensitized and empowered on the tricks of child trafficking and how to curb it. Aside the training, the participants were also handed anti-slavery branded stickers, certificate of participation including 30 minutes video documentary on child trafficking. They were also tasked to show the video to their drivers within the branches and also get them copies to show in their vehicles on daily basis. According to the Director of End Modern Slavery of Engage Now Africa,

“I’d to quit schooling last year since my mother can no longer afford to pay my fees. She was recently thrown out of a rented apartment we are living in which cost GH₵ 800.00 simply because she can’t afford to pay for the rent. This has left me with no choice than to sell ice cream to raise money to support her including myself. In a day I’m able to make a meager amount of GH₵ 17.00 sometimes a little lower,” said a 12-year old little Kojo who lives in Mankessim. Kojo, the ice cream seller in Mankessim  “I was born into a family of eight. My mother is poor and cannot afford to send me to school therefore I resort to selling pure water on daily basis in order to support my mother take care of myself including my siblings. On a daily basis, I’m able to make GH₵ 3.00 out of sales. It is very difficult for me living this way but I can’t stop,” said Joe, a 6 year- old boy who hails from Cape Coast, but resides in Mankessim and he spoke in Fante.  Joe, the 'pure wat

350 Ghana Reducing our Carbon (350), a climate change activist  group  and members of the CSOs anti-coal campaigners in the country are making a  strong case against government’s bid  to collaborate with a Chinese company  towards the  establishment of   a coal plant in the country to  provide sufficient energy to meet the country’s increasing power demand. The groups at a press conference on Tuesday, September 27,  2016  raised the  red flag on government’s intention to establish the proposed coal plant saying coal has severe negative environmental, health, and social impact on humans therefore it should be abolished. Volta River Authority (VRA) in January this year, announced  government’s plan to collaborate with the Shenzhen Energy Group Co., Ltd. of China (SEC) to develop a 2×350MW super-critical coal-fired generating units including affiliated coal handling terminal, at Ekumfi in the Central Region. The proposed project is expected to include two units of 350 meg