I
am the founder and current president of Patriots Ghana Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology (KNUST) ((www.patriotsghana-knust.webs.com) chapter, a
youth volunteering and social services organization. With my chapter I have
championed various projects and events such as reproductive health, High School
Mentoring and the I am Star Projects. Also under my leadership made donations
to orphanages, clean up exercises, quizzes in schools, donations to schools,
seminar for students, and financial assistance to the needy. I was responsible
for the creation of partnership with the Ghana Education Service, Planned
Parenthood Association of Ghana, Light for Children, The African Centre for
Peace Building (www.afcopb.org),
),
Social Support Foundation(www.ssfghnana.org),
Esyllabus For Africa (www.esyllabustrial.artisteer.net) and other NGO’s
and organizations for collaborative projects. I was one of the five member team
of local and international volunteers that piloted the tuberculosis project in
the Awutu Senya District with Cheerful Hearts Foundations.(www.cheerfulheartsfoundation.org)
and also a volunteer and assistant project coordinator for child labor and
trafficking project with the University of Washington the “Sankofa”
Experience in Ghana since 2012. I am one of the volunteers and member of the
pilot team with Beyond the Pivot, an NGO from Hong Kong University that embarks
on projects on latrine construction, public health education, teaching etc.( http://hibtp.org/) for GO2A 2014.
I volunteered with CLED GHANA (www.cledghana.com) to conduct a
research and seek solutions to children with learning disabilities and hate
crime in the Awutu Senya District. I also volunteered to create a free website,
social media pages and videos for Paca International foundation and iSmile
International (GHANA) and did the same for my chapter (www.patriotsghana-knust.webs.com).. With the
United Nations Online Volunteers platform, I have volunteered with the Center
for Batwa Minorities (Uganda) and Organization for Abused and Battered
Individuals (O.A.B.I-Trinidad and Tobago). I am reporter for Awake Africa
Magazine (www.awakeafrica.org ) and in
addition to general reports and articles, I make publications on all voluntary
and social services activities. I have joined Narrow Gate Evangelism in
community outreaches to five different villages (Kumawu Wonoo, Gyamfi Wonoo, Sakra
Wonoo, Dotiem and Mankraso) and also joined the Young at Heart for the Learning
Spree Jamboree and ICT Outreaches for rural communities such as Antwiagyeikrom,
Boadi, Aboabogya and Okyerekrom in the Ashanti region.. I hold certificates
from United States Institute Of Peace in Conflict Analyses, Interfaith Conflict
Resolution , and Negotiation and Conflict Management, Also from IRC
International Water and Sanitation Centre I have certificates in Costing
Sustainable Services Modules 1,2 and 3 and then from Solar Energy
International, a certificate in Introduction to Renewable Energy. I also took a
course from the World Bank Institute in Reproductive Health-From Advocacy to
Action and used the knowledge I gained to initiate a reproductive health
project with Patriots Ghana.
