Article #31 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project The Result of Running Away From School By Lawani Lucy, Age 13 “Run fast, Lucy!” my friend shouted. “Pass over to the other side of the road so they won’t see us!” On the fifth of March, 2010, my friend Bless and I… [Read More]
Student Life Stories Project
Pamela’s Article 2: A Painful Lesson
Article #30 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Understanding an Adult’s Punishment By Pamela Agbi, Age 14 This story is a story I will never ever forget in my life. On the sixth of March, Ghana’s Independence Day, Youth Creating Change organized an excursion to a huge celebration in Aburi Botanical… [Read More]
Shulammite’s Article: Extreme Poverty and My Classmate
Article #29 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project The Extreme Poverty I Have Witnessed By Shulammite McCarthy In Cross-Culture Class, we are studying the Millennium Development Goals for ending extreme poverty. But what does “Extreme Poverty” really look like? I once was in a class with a twelve year old girl… [Read More]
Hannah’s Article 2: Sweeping, Singing, Poetry, and Kindergarten
Article #28 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Sweeping, Singing, and Saying Poems in My First Day of Kindergarten By Edor Hannah, Age 12 My father and I walked through a green field and past some bleating goats. We were on the way to my first day at Sogasco Government School… [Read More]
Marvel’s Article: Taken to Prison
Article #27 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project The Day I Will Never Forget: Prison By Marvel, Age 13 As the only child of my parents, I have been lucky that my family has tried to fulfill everything I have requested of them. I am therefore a happy child. However, on… [Read More]
Jennifer’s Article: First Time at Market
Article #26 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project My First Time at Sogakope Market By Jennifer, Age 13 I was young, seven years of age, the first time my mother brought me with her to the market. When we arrived, I saw so many things for sale: tomatoes, notebooks, pens, rice,… [Read More]
