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NNEKA INITIATIVE OUTLINE and PROGRAM DETAILS ABOUT NNEKA YOUTH FOUNDATION Founded and Registered in 2012 with a Five-Member Boar C13/A/D37, DTD, Sakumono Estates, Te ma Tel: +233 (024) 3110901/ (020) 8122856/ (027) 0405819 [email protected] https://nnekafoundation.org/ Facebook: NNEKA YOUTH Foundation Instagram: nnekafoundation NNEKA INITIATIVE OUTLINE AND PROGRAM DETAILS ABOUT NNEKA YOUTH FOUNDATION Founded and registered in 2012 with a five-member board, 5 permanent staff, and over 90 volunteers, Nneka Youth Foundation has served more than 30,000 youth in nearly 330 communities and four Regions in Ghana. Our major strategies in making a massive impact on the lives of youth is centered on: Vocational Entrepreneurial Pathway (VEP), Youth Development Camps, Summits and intensive workshops, Review sessions, Book Drives, Scholarship Schemes, Educational Logistics Support, Teacher Training Seminars, Community Sensitization (to underserved areas, where it’s difficult to imagine life opportunities beyond basic education and Inequality gap bridged). Nneka Youth Foundation has worked with youth and teachers to change their mindset and provide the tools they need to not only succeed in the classroom but to become lifelong learners and uplift their communities out of poverty. Education stakeholders, families, and community leaders see Nneka as a lifeline. Our social inclusion and female empowerment programs have; Equipped over 700 teenage mothers with various vocational basic entrepreneurial skills since 2017. Supported and reintegrated nine (9) Teenage mothers from 6 communities into school in 2016. Trained 30 girls in active football and volleyball. Empowered 30 women in active Palm oil Production in collaboration with Women in Social Enterprise (WISE). Supported10 women from 4 communities in cereal and vegetable farming. Our educational facilitation programs have: Reached out to over 30,000 young people in rural communities Facilitated scholarships at various levels for beneficiaries Constructed and equipped an ICT library DISTRICTS WE WORK IN Afadzato South North Tongu South Dayi North Dayi Kpando Municipal Ho West Ho Central Agotime Ziope Ningo Prampram Shai Osu Doku Kpone Katamaso ‘Smarter to raise Healthy Children than to repair damaged adults' C13/A/D37, DTD, Sakumono Estates, Te ma Tel: +233 (024) 3110901/ (020) 8122856/ (027) 0405819 [email protected] https://nnekafoundation.org/ Facebook: NNEKA YOUTH Foundation Instagram: nnekafoundation Elembele Hohoe Municipal Keta Krachi Nchumuru Nkwanta South Adaklu Akatsi North Krachi East Krachi West Dambai Kadjebi Jasikan Central Tongu NNEKA WORLD CHANGERS CAMP The Nneka world-changers camp initiative is the flagship, foundation initiative of the Nneka Youth Foundation. It is the initial point of interaction and assessment of the core beneficiaries of the organization’s interventions. The World changers camp, also known as the summer camp took off in 2012 and over the period reached out to over 30,000 young people aged between 12 and 16 from over 330 communities, 24 districts across the country. Nneka Youth Foundation is laying strong foundations to extend the vital life-changing works we do to as many children as possible. We reach out to these children through our major World Changers Camps which are held at our Youth Development Centre as well as regular Youth Development Programs throughout the year. Nneka World Changers Summer Camp is one of our Initiatives that bring together over 3000 children from rural deprived communities in a 6days stream of sleep-in camps. Seasoned individuals, who are passionate about making a difference in the youth, are brought from various professional fields to impart in the youth. Activities include; Educative/Moral talk: Adolescent Reproductive Health, How To Study, Problem Solving Techniques, Social Media and Implications On Youth, Rights of Children, Leadership, etc Arts & Crafts: Beads Making, slippers designing, Writing skills, Problem-solving skills, etc Interactive group discussions Sports(In-door & out-door games) Group challenges Reading & Spelling Bee Talent shows and many more… ‘Smarter to raise Healthy Children than to repair damaged adults' C13/A/D37, DTD, Sakumono Estates, Te ma Tel: +233 (024) 3110901/ (020) 8122856/ (027) 0405819 [email protected] https://nnekafoundation.org/ Facebook: NNEKA YOUTH Foundation Instagram: nnekafoundation MISSION To remove obstacles and increase access to quality education, mentorship, and learning opportunities that will build the skills, resilience, and character of Ghana’s youth. For a better Ghana, we embolden youth to uplift their communities, aspire higher, and achieve more. VISION To nurture generations of lifelong learners, leaders, and doers in the classroom and beyond. Education doesn’t just build careers, it builds character. Ghana’s future depends on engaged citizens. Our vision for lifelong learners extends to students, teachers, and communities. Education doesn’t just expand career possibilities. It builds leadership. It builds character. OBJECTIVES (Over 5 years within identified districts) • To reduce teenage pregnancy among school children by 20% • To increase enrolment of students particularly girls in Senior High School by at least 20% • To reduce drop-outs as a result of drug abuse and other social vices by 20% To improve on examination results particularly BECE by at least 20% (20% more passes than is the case currently) • To promote gender equality through girl participation in sports and offer psychosocial, physical, and moral assistance through the practice of sports. “We don’t just host camps and leave. When Nneka enters a community, we’re there to stay and be the best neighbor and partner we can be. Without engaged teachers and supportive families, schools and camps are just structures.” AREAS OF EMPHASIS 1. EDUCATION – YOUTH DEVELOPMENT To address the problems of Stagnation of Potential among children in deprived areas, Inequality between Rural and Urban children, Teenage Pregnancy, Drug Abuse, as well as Poor Examination Results, and School Dropout Rate. We are focused on youth development and teacher training in rural Ghana – because if we stayed where we are, nothing would change. Our nation cannot afford to miss out on the untapped creativity, innovation, and hard work of the thousands of youth from these communities. The time to engage them is now. 2. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT - VEP To create opportunities through our multi-pronged skills training and vocational education coupled with training on basic financial literacy, soft skills, entrepreneurship, and business development to make women economically viable and employable. ‘Smarter to raise Healthy Children than to repair damaged adults' C13/A/D37, DTD, Sakumono Estates, Te ma Tel: +233 (024) 3110901/ (020) 8122856/ (027) 0405819 [email protected] https://nnekafoundation.org/ Facebook: NNEKA YOUTH Foundation Instagram: nnekafoundation We integrate a psychological, confidence-boosting element, which involves Power Talk Sessions(PTS), and employ the use of mentor interactions to boost the confidence of these teen mothers, girls, and women and improve their agency. ACHIEVEMENTS Successful organization of 22 Summer Camps since 2012 for over 30,000 Youth in Ghana. The maiden camp took place at Ve Gbodome in 2012 for 500 youth drawn from 10 communities in the Afadjato South District. It was a two-week camp. 2014 saw the Foundation grow tremendously by venturing into 4 different districts in two regions in Ghana; one in the Greater Accra Region, and three in the Volta Region. A total of 2958 youth were reached in 2014 alone. This represents over 295% growth in 2013’s reach. Total reach in 2015 was 3,154 youth from 6 Districts in Ghana (5 from the Volta Region with 2,504 and 1 from Ningo Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region with 650 youth). In all 176 communities were reached. We further expanded our reach to 7 districts in 2016, impacting the lives and futures of 3024 youth from 196 communities. In 2017, we reached out to 2878 children from 200 communities. In 2019, we reached out to over 2000 children from 211 communities, 19 districts across 4 regions in Ghana. In 2020 despite the challenges we faced during this COVID-19 era we have been able to reach out to over 3000 youth during our satellite camps. As of 2020, our Review/Follow-up, Speed-mentoring, and Community Engagement Programs in 10 Districts/Municipalities (Afadjato South, Hohoe, South Dayi, North Tongu, Keta, Nkwanta South, Nchumuru, Akatsi South, Ho West, and Ningo Prampram ) saw over 13,000 participants (Parents, Teachers/Educators, Community Leaders, and the Youth) in attendance. 2020 Christmas Party of the Foundation was the 10th organized for over 3,000 Children in two separate communities as one of the ways of follow-up on our Camp Participants. 100 children were trained in active football and volleyball. Twenty (20) Teenage mothers from 11 communities were supported and reintegrated into school. 700 teenage mothers and girls out of school were equipped with various vocational and basic entrepreneurial skills and 230 have been supported with Seed Capital. 36 Teacher Volunteers from 2 Districts in the Volta Region were inculcated with Play-Based Methodology Learning. 1,700 Basic School English Teachers trained in Pragmatic Reading and Writing and Positive Discipline workshop in 7 districts in Ghana. 51 Teacher Volunteers from Afadjato South District Trained to Run Nneka After School Reading Program. A Reading Club formed in 2013 and over 15,000 reading books and textbooks donated to
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