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Opportunity in Organics

by Laura Bain April 18, 2011

Ghana’s investment in organic farming could transform the country’s agriculture sector and improve the country’s economy dramatically. It’s a common scene among many small-scale farmers in Ghana: men and women working feverishly under the hot sun, mixing cow dung and chemical pesticides into barren soil, harvesting salvageable produce to sell and praying for incipient crops [...]

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Challenging Corruption in Ghana

by Kallee Lins April 18, 2011

As Ghana undergoes the public consultation phase of its constitutional review process, citizens are forced to question their democratic values and whether or not their political institutions are protecting these ideals. Considered to be central to good governance and effective society is an absence of corruption, but governmental institutions existing to deal with cases of [...]

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Inching Towards Democracy

by Kallee Lins April 18, 2011

Voter Election monitors all over the world have praised Ghana’s latest elections in 2008 as remarkably fair and transparent. Ghanaians, however, are well aware of issues at the registration and voting phases. Many of these electoral issues can be attributed to inadequate oversight of political parties and challenges to holding them accountable for their actions [...]

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Major upgrades to basic education

by Ashley Grzybowski December 6, 2010

Adum Presby Primary School’s Class 3 is made up of 60 children: 33 boys and 27 girls, each wearing a royal blue uniform and a short hair cut. They are packed into wooden desks by threes, and even by fours, although they are only meant to seat two, sharing their textbooks and many other things [...]

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Breaking down barriers to girls’ education in Ghana

by Ashley Grzybowski December 2, 2010

Drained from an exhausting, hot day, my colleague Laura and I walked sluggishly towards Achimota Senior High School. As we drew closer, the fervent commotion of the youthful crowd was distinctly heard. It filled the recently vacated school grounds with new energy and life. Upon entering the gym, we could feel the excitement and our [...]

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Investing in Rural Entrepreneurs

by Laura Bain December 2, 2010

We walked past two large, newly-assembled steel storage containers painted a vibrant shade of blue, up a short cement ramp and into the GRATIS Foundation workshop located on Tumu Road in the Upper West region of Wa, one of the poorest areas in Ghana with one of the largest unemployment rates. My colleague Ashley and [...]

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Finding Value in Youth Employment

by Laura Bain December 1, 2010

In Ghana’s active quest towards economic progress, youth are unfortunately placed in the margins of the development agenda.

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