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Message
from (previous) Country Co-ordinator Matthew Nyarkoh
I am a young confident and assertive team-player who has the ability to
work with different groups of people
from different backgrounds and cultures.
At present, I am an Ambassador for United Action, a Global project that is established
to accomplish the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals and a teacher.
I am the President of Youth for Democracy and the Country coordinator for NAYD – Ghana.
My major interest is Human rights, gender equality and youth development concerns.
There have been many ups and downs in my life, but I believe every experience
has helped me grow as a person and brought me new insights.
I know that getting a good education is the most 
important thing to help me reach
my goals.
My philosophy of life is to live your own life to its fullest and don't interfere
in the lives of others.
I believe everyone has potential to follow his/her dreams. If you recognize your
skills and talents then work hard, you will be successful in whatever you do.
I think every situation presents choices and offers hidden opportunities. If
you take advantage of these opportunities, and make the right choices, your life
will be happy and productive. So, I am always eager to learn new things, seize
every opportunity, and do my best to choose the best path to make a good life.
So, I never miss a chance to make the best use of the opportunities I'm given.
I am always eager to learn and search for new things to learn about.
I am a debater, orator and a teacher.
The following is a list of accomplishments and experiences I have had -
Trainings, workshops and conference -
1. Understanding sustainable communities
(Homes and Communities Academy, Leeds, UK)
2. Professional Success and Employable skills
(British Council, Accra) 3. Global Friend Teacher Certificate
(World’s Children’s Prize for the Right of the Child-WCPRC , Sweden) 4.
Online United Nations conference. These are just a part of experience but the
real scenario of world is still to
be quested.
mission: “To empower youths with skills and talent development, which
will foster youth involvement in
issues affecting them such as Poverty, HIV/AIDS, Conflicts, Climate Change,
Water and Sanitation"
Global
Day of Action on Climate Change
Government, G8 Leaders Must Act on Climate Change, the world today is fraught
with continuous climatic changes which are seriously affecting the environment,
economies and lives, especially the poor in the society. These climatic changes
have resulted in series of earthquakes, hurricane, drought and floods which has
killed and rendered millions of people jobless and homeless. More
Ghana
National Youth CSOs Coalition on Climate Change
The
Ghana National Youth CSOs Coalition on Climate Change was formed in
August 2007 in Accra after series of consultation with a number
of youth groups in the country. The formation of the coalition was
triggered by the consistent environmental and climatic situation affecting
the development of young people and the country as a whole. Some of
these worse situations which were bedeviling the country were the shortfall
in the nation's major energy source; the Akosombo Dam due to the rainfall
pattern, this had an adverse effect on industries and homes. More
First
Ever University Bound Program Launches in Ghana
The Youth Institute
of Science and Technology (YIST) School of Agogo, Ghana-West Africa, launched
the country’s first University Bound Program. Sponsored by
Garden
City University College located in Kenyasi, Ghana; the YIST University Bound
Program
is a four week residential academic program for youth eight through
sixteen. Last summer, seventeen students from YIST-Agogo and from Notre Dame
Preparatory School in Kenyasi, embarked upon a new experience. The students
lived in a university dormitory and took classes Monday through Friday at
Garden City University College. The class topics ranged from, "Palm
Fruit and the Production of Bio Diesel Fuel" "Technology: The Art
of Powerpoint",
and Career Exploration. In addition to classes, students visited the Kumasi
Cultural Centre and Zoo, wrote nightly reflections, and heard from guest
lecturers. More