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,