Article #17 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Dismissed From School For Refusing Punishment By Fedieley Precious, Age 14
When I was eight years of age, my parents decided that I should go to a far-away school in which I would be a boarder. I was so happy that I was going to a new school in the Greater Accra Region!
The day school re-opened, my parents took [...Read More!]
Happy fifty-third Ghanaian Independence Day!!!
Though Ghana was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to declare its independence from colonial rule, having a “birth date” of 1957 still makes Ghana a relatively young nation.
In contrast, my natal country of America declared its independence in 1776. This may be one reason I’ve been thinking a ton lately about how countries at different stages of “development” compare. But sometimes it’s hard [...Read More!]
Article #16 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project How a Brush Fire Killed Olukpedu By Mawuko Courage, Age 15
My name is Mawuko Courage and I have four brothers and six sisters. I live in Kpotame in the North Tongu district in the Volta Region of Ghana. My mother is a trader and my father is a pastor.
I was fourteen years old when my friend [...Read More!]
Article #15 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Nigerians Don’t Eat Human Flesh!!! By Okeke Melody, Age 11
My Father came from Nigeria and my Mother came from Ghana, so for the first three years of my life, I lived with my Grandmom and relatives in Nigeria.
In Kindergarten One in Nigeria, the kids always spoke the Nigerian language and never spoke “Good English.” For example, they would [...Read More!]
Tragic poverty here… horrific earthquake there…
Lack of basic educational supplies here… lack of clean drinking water there…
How does a caring soul decide who to help?During the sixth anniversary celebration of Youth Creating Change, Ghana, I gleaned two tips that have since saved me some serious stress about world aid.
Perhaps these tips will help you, too!TIP ONE: One Youth, One Community at a Time.
This is the official motto of YCC. [...Read More!]
Article #14 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project A Teen Girl Who Became Pregnant Out of Curiosity By Adjei Courage, Age 18Who is to blame for teen girls getting pregnant?
When the disobedient girl who stayed with my mother became pregnant, I pondered this question a great deal.
One early Tuesday morning, my mother woke up only to realize that her sister’s daughter was still in a strange mood. [...Read More!]
Article #13 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Attending School Far From My Family By Bekoe K. Harry, Age 16
For the past four years, I have been living many, many kilometers away from my parents so that I can have access to a proper education.
My parents are both subsistence farmers who grow barely enough to feed our family. It was very difficult for them to support [...Read More!]