Article #12 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Climbing Mount Afadjato, My First Mountain Ever! By Edor Hannah, Age 12
As we trudged up, up, up, the tallest mountain in Ghana, I became so tired and sweaty that I nearly wanted to turn back. But I needed to see what the top of the mountain looked like! It was my first mountain ever.
The original name for [...Read More!]
Article #11 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Our Educational Trip to Cape Coast By Kakraba Praise, Age 13
While on the Canopy Walk, I looked down, down, down– two hundred and fifty meters down!– and I felt like I was going to fall through the leaves and smash upon the earth at any minute!
This was on a trip to Cape Coast with eleven other students, thanks to [...Read More!]
Article #10 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Re-Entering School After Three Years At Home By Lawani Lucy, Age 13
After a long period of living in my precious home feeling very lonely, my parents decided that I should continue my primary education.
From the age of seven to the age of ten, I could not attend school because I was sick in my leg and could not walk. [...Read More!]
Article #9 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project When I Was Caned at School By Edor Easteria, Age 14
I felt the lashes of the cane at my back.
I was fourteen years old, in grade eight. I was in the classroom making noise with my friends during a time of discussion. We were debating about the issue of girls’ and boys’ education: which is more important?
It was interesting because [...Read More!]
Article #8 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project My First Day at YCC By Edinam Tamkloe, Age 13
My life is full of stories, but I’ve got to say only one for now. So I choose to talk about my first day at Youth Creating Change, because YCC has changed my life.
My first day at YCC, I was so shy! Everything felt like a mystery to me.
Article #7 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project My First Day at Covenant Preparatory School By Agbi Pamela, Age 14
“That school is full of witches and wizards!” was what people said about Covenant Preparatory School. “Don’t go!”
But I decided to enroll anyway. My mother had explained well how switching to Covenant would enhance my education.
In Ghana there are two main types of schools: public, government-run schools [...Read More!]
Article #6 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Waiting for the Earthquake to Strike By Boateng Emmanuella, Age 14
Around two o’clock in the morning, neighbors ran from door to door yelling for people to come outside.
“An earthquake is going to happen!” they screamed.
In my lifetime, Ghana has never experienced an earthquake, and so everyone panicked. People poured outside with their children and their belongings so that the buildings [...Read More!]
Article #5 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project A Trip to Kumasi Zoo By Dedi Elikem (aka: “Endless” Elikem), Age 12
I was scared when I saw the tiger opening its mouth. It looked like an old yelling monkey and it was one and a half meters long. All my friends were afraid.
Some people outside of Africa think that here in Ghana, we walk with wild [...Read More!]
Article #4 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project My First Day Visiting Accra Airport By Shine Doe, Age 13
That day was the first day I had ever seen a traffic light. I watched, amazed, as it showed direction to the many cars by its changing colors.
I was about ten years old, on an educational excursion to Accra Airport with my classmates and teachers. There are [...Read More!]
Article #3 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project The YCC and BSV Educational Tour to Cape Coast! By Patience Amekudzi, Age 13 “Only students with perfect attendance can compete for a spot in the YCC trip to Cape Coast,” the Director told us.
I was thankful that I had attended school each day, so I was able to advance to the next round in the Cape Coast trip competition: writing [...Read More!]