Pre-Departure Training in T.O.

We have just finished 8 days of training at the YMCA, and tomorrow we leave for Ghana. This past week all team members have been getting to know each other and the workshops we will be running. Seven of us have spent our nights in the Canadiana Backpackers Inn. I have posted some pictures of the nights out and the team building activities we've enjoyed such as karaoke night at the fox and fiddle and group dinners. Tonight everyone is getting packed and ready to go. The first group leaves at 11am on a delta flight and the second group later that day on the KLM flight. We will all meet up again in Accra on Sunday evening and begin our work with the youths in Ghana.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Ghana One- Employment and Entrepreneurship

Club 2/3, Youth Challenge International (YCI) and the YMCA of Greater Toronto have achieved results and promoted best practices in youth-led responses to HIV/AIDS in Ghana and Benin. It is clear that there is the potential to extend the peer-to-peer and training methodologies beyond HIV/AIDS to relevant areas of youth development. One area that has been identified is youth business skills training in employability and entrepreneurship or small business practices.

Hence- GHANA ONE- EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP will begin this new initiative on October 6/07. Our team of volunteers, from across Canada, are engaged in pre-departure training and preparation for an exciting 8 weeks of workshops at the YMCA Technical Training Centre in Accra and the YMCA Girls' Vocational School in Takoradi
Please join us in our adventure. Updates (based on internet accessibility) will be provided on a weekly basis.

Let the work and fun begin !