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Sister 2 Sister (West African Female Mentorship Organization) – Talent Show
March 31, 2010 by G.O
Filed under Associations, Events
Mission:
As a non-profit charitable organization, Sister 2 Sister serves as a mentorship program and resource for under-served West African female children and youth ages 8-22 years. Through encouragement, motivation, and inspiration, Sister 2 Sister hopes to equip West African female children & youth by providing the necessary tools and skills to enable them to become role models and leaders in their communities.
Vision:
1. To provide an environment of trust, love and care where youth can freely share their burdens, related issues, challenges and goals
2. To provide mentorship to underserved African female children & youth
3. To organize regular workshops on topics such as self-esteem, health education, and life skills
4. To equip African female children & youth with necessary tools and skills needed to step into leadership roles
Program Objectives
1. Improving the Self-esteem of African female children & youth
2. Keeping African female youth in school and improving their academic skills
3. Teaching and encouraging youth to seek out external resources, programs, services, and agencies essential to their future successes
4. To establish a group culture that enables participants to work as a network of leaders as well as community advocates
5. To equip participants with tools, tips and skills necessary to be effective female leaders in their communities
6. To encourage participants to understand the essentials of effective leadership
7. To educate and enlighten the minds of African female youth and empower them to make well informed decisions while striving for excellence in their daily lives
8. To involve youth in significant relationships with mentors, positive role models, community leaders, professionals and other nurturing adults
Nigerian Pirates Seize Ghanaian Captain
LAGOS (AFP) – Pirates have demanded a one-and-half-million dollar ransom for two sailors they seized at the weekend off the coast of Cameroon but close to Nigeria, a Nigerian navy officer said on Tuesday.
A Ghanaian captain and his Cameroonian engineer were attacked on Saturday off the restive Bakassi peninsula and taken from their vessel, Nigerian Navy spokesman commodore David Nabaida told AFP.
The yet-unidentified pirates “have asked for a ransom of 1.5 million dollars (1.1 million euros),” said Nabaida, adding the seamen are being held in Abana. Abana, a major town in oil-rich Bakassi peninsula, was part of Nigeria before the territory was ceded to Cameroon.
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Parents, Teachers Asked To Teach Children Proper Sanitation Practices
Dr. Sebastian Sandaare, Lawra District Director of Health Services, has called on parents and teachers to instill in children the habit of cleanliness and proper environmental sanitation practices.
He said the poor environmental health practices could only be addressed in future if children were well educated on how to manage the waste they generated.
Dr. Sandaare made the call on Saturday at Lawra after a cleanup exercise organised by the Lawra District Hospital in collaboration with the District Environmental Health Department.
Stolen Cars in Castle
The Carl Wilson seized cars debacle has taken another twist, with a businessman, Alhaji Al-Wahab, claiming that he has seen his two vehicles at the seat of government, Osu Castle, and the forecourt of the Parliament House in Accra.
The murky issues that led to Wilson being dramatically sacked by President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday escalated when the fed-up businessman took his case to the media after filing a writ against the deputy Chief of Staff, Alex Segbefia and the Attorney General, over his three vehicles that he said miraculously vanished from the Tema Port.
Not even the interventions of Vice President John Mahama, National Security Advisor Brig-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd), Head Of Communications at the Presidency Koku Anyodoho and Nii Lantey Vanderpuye could make Alex Segbefia and his side-kick, Carl Wilson, mellow down.
President Mills Is Not Physically Fit To Travel
A former Spokesperson to former President John Agyekum Kufuor, Kwabena Agyepong, says President Mills has failed to attend some critical international assignments outside the country because he is physically not strong enough to embark on such trips.
Kwabena Agyepong told Citi Breakfast Show host Moro Awudu, on Thursday, March 25 that the Vice President had to step in for him and attend several important occasions such as the AU summit because the president’s health could not support him to undergo the strenuous activities involved in such trips.
“How many times has John Mahama been out? A lot of times…Mills can’t do it because he is physically not able to do it and that’s why even important occasions like Africa Union the Vice President had to go…He can’t do the strenuous work that Kufuor had to do” The President’s health has been a major source of concern to many since the electioneering campaign in 2008.
It is recalled that shortly after his nomination as the NDC’s flagbearer for the 2008 elections, NDC’s MP for Lower Manya Krobo, Hon. Teye Nyaunu called for the replacement of then candidate Mills because he thought he was not fit enough to run the race.
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Biometric Passport Launched In Ghana
The Government will officially launch the biometric passports on Tuesday, March 23. Citi News gathers that, the Central Operations and Productions (COP) centre and the two Passport Applications Centre’s (PACs) for Accra are all ready for the smooth take-off.
Within six weeks of the launch, the PACs in Kumasi, Tamale and Ho will also start receiving biometric passport applications for processing. The PACs in Sekondi/Takoradi and Sunyani will be ready to receive and process applications after those in Kumasi, Tamale and Ho have been installed.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni in an interview with Citi News said by the middle of this year, all the PACs would be on stream to facilitate the application and acquisition process.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has set April 1, 2010 for all member countries to commence the issuance of machine readable passports incorporating biometric data, while all non-biometric machine readable passports will cease to be accepted as regular travelling documents by other ICAO countries effective November 24, 2015.
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John Pantsil Returns To Training
Fulham defender John Pantsil will return to full training on Thursday after a three-month injury absence. The 28-year-old says he expects to return to full action for the Premier League side by next month. The Ghana international has not played since sustaining the damage to his right knee during their clash with Chelsea in December.
Pantsil said: “I thank God that things have gone on well for me as I am starting full training from Thursday.” “I have been going through physiotherapy, running and kicking for about three weeks now and I am now ready to join the first team. “The officials here at Fulham have done an amazing job on my injury and I want to repay the team with good performances when I return hopefully early next month.”
During his absence, Panstil underwent an operation to cure the posterior cruciate ligament problem but admitted his time on the treatment table has been difficult.”It wasn’t easy. It was a bit frustrating for me sitting on the sidelines and watching my colleagues play,” he said. “The good thing is that my colleagues at Fulham played their hearts out for the club to keep the momentum going and now I am also ready to help.”My colleagues did very well and their performance in the Europa League has been fantastic and it is really exciting for me to join them again.”
The injury prevented Pantsil from playing for Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola in January.The defender is confident he will be good form for the Black Stars for the World Cup in South Africa in June. “It is difficult missing the Nations Cup but with me returning from injury now, I can play some four or matches for Fulham before the season ends,” the right-back said.”This means I will be fully fit and ready to play for my country at the World Cup.”
Ghana will face Germany, Serbia and Australia in the group stage of the World Cup which stars on 11 June
Sakordie Tops Ghana Music Awards 2010 Nominations
March 25, 2010 by G.O
Filed under ET News, Entertainment
The nominees for the 11th Annual Ghana Music Awards were announced last night at an event that brought together industry players, keen to know who gets nominated for what in the foremost award for music in the country.
The well attended event that saw performances from the likes of Kwabena Kwabena, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Celestine Donkor, Ohemaa Mercy and Wutah ended with the big reveal of nominees.
Sarkodie, touted as the fastest rapper in Ghana led the pack with 8 nominations plus one for his collaboration with Ayigbe Edem and Kwaw Kesse on ‘You dey Craze’. Edem also had 6 other nominations with Wutah following with 5 plus a nod for best male vocal performance for PV, one half of the duo. 4×4 and Bradez both had 5 tallies.
Here is there complete list of nominees and GhanaCelebrities.Com says Bravo to Sarkodie.This to some degree proves that, Akon has not made a bad investment.
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Late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Commended For Free Education And Other Interventions
Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has been credited for introducing free education and other social interventions that facilitated the building of the human resource capacities of Ghana.
Dr Raymond Osei, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Cape Coast, who made this known in Sekondi said: “Ghana lacked the requisite human resource at independence and there was the need to develop a critical group that could assist and transform the country from a colony to a state.”
Dr Osei was delivering a lecture at the Kwame Nkrumah Centenary Campus lectures, organized by the Students Representation Council of Takoradi Polytechnic in collaboration with the All African Students Union at the weekend.
It was on the theme: “His ideas, his vision, his times and the record.”
According to him, Ghana could not have adopted the capitalist ideology at independence because the country did not have the people who were financially capable to follow such an ideology.
He noted that socialism is almost the same as the traditional value system in Ghana that views every person in society as brethren.
Dr Osei said socialism was ideal for many developing nations since it created a sense of belonging, giving them control over their resources. He explained that without socialism, it would have been difficult for Ghana to achieve and build its own foundation for accelerated development.
