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Four Babies and a Mother

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, University Internship, University Internships,
by Alyssa McDonald November 14, 2011
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Imagine preparing to have one baby without realizing that you are actually pregnant with quadruplets. Without the same ultrasound technology as in Canada, many pregnant women in rural Ghana do not know they are carrying more than one child. This was the case for Rebecca ,whose family grew by four in March 2007. There was [...]

Tagged as: Community Integration Initiative Foundation, Ghana, human rights, jhr, Journalists for Human Rights, Multiple Births, Quadruplets

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One little voice – a journalist defends the environment, champions human rights

In Blog, Uncategorized, University Internships,
by Raquel Fletcher October 24, 2011
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Christian Baidoo was still a student when villagers from his community, Assorku Essaman, decided to chop down an ancient Brokofi tree, believing it harboured witches, incarnate in owls that were bringing misfortune to the village. “Such trees actually need to be protected. I see people in this community don’t give such relevance to trees. They [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Environment, Ghana, Oil Industry, PEF, Trees

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What to do about Ghana’s witch camps?

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Megan Ainscow October 22, 2011

The hundreds of women and few men who populate the camps sprinkled throughout Ghana’s Northern region have been branded witches by their communities and chased out, sometimes beaten viciously. The finger-pointing often starts in their own home. Most of them do not speak English but only local dialects, and come from the most impoverished, forgotten [...]

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Social Media and the Power to Create Change In Ghana

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships, Uncategorized,
by Cheryl Oates October 20, 2011

“We live in a global society. Whether we like it or not, we’re connected. “ Michelle Newlands – a Canadian intern working for Journalists for Human Rights – waved her hands emphatically as she spoke to a room filled with Ghanaian youth, media and human rights educators. “We trade together. We work together. We live [...]

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Finding God In Ghana

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer, Media Internships,
by Cheryl Oates October 20, 2011

I was already sweating as I darted through the path of cars and tro-tros whizzing down Labadi Beach Road. I was in an appreciative mood thanks to the warm sunshine on my face, and the sound of sing-song humming coming from women dressed in impossibly tailored dresses as they made their way to church. I [...]

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On their mark: Ramp up to the 2012 Ghanaian Elections

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships, Uncategorized,
by sferrari October 4, 2011
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With over a year left before Ghanaians take to the polls and ink their thumbs for the election ballot, major political parties in Ghana are leaving bigger and bigger bread crumbs behind them on their political trails. In the past few months the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the Convention [...]

Tagged as: elections, national, protest

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Freebies and a failed education system

In Blog, Country Director, Ghana,
by nasante September 23, 2011

Trending on Accra’s radio stations now is the state of Ghana’s education system.  Mostly, people are outraged! Majority of public school students who wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed. For those who don’t know it is that exams junior high school graduates write at the end of three years. It is a really [...]

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Takoradi’s lost daughters

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Paul Carlucci September 22, 2011

Night falls fast and dark over downtown Takoradi. Market Circle, the town’s commercial epicentre, is a phantasmagoria of weird shadows and trampled produce. Streetlights are sporadic, and whole sections of road are sometimes just trails through inky darkness, the massive holes in the sidewalks almost invisible in the gloom. But the Zenith Hotel, pitched up [...]

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White Wedding.

In Blog, Educational Internships, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer, Uncategorized,
by Cheryl Oates September 19, 2011

I was asked to be a part of a wedding purely based on my skin colour. A teacher at the AUCC; the dean of social science, Osei Piesie happened to catch me on the stairwell leading to my office on a Wednesday. “Cheryl- Did you come to Ghana with a man?” .. now let me [...]

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The obruni tries to speak Twi

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Leah Wong September 19, 2011

Recorded clips of Chris and I attempting to learn Twi became a great source of amusement for the staff at Kapital Radio. During our “lessons” trying to learn the language, our colleagues began recording us struggling to repeat the words. Why, you might ask? Well, it was to make fun of us later on Fansu, [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Kapital Radio, Language Lesson, Obruni, PEF, Twi

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