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 West Gonja Municipal Health Directorate launches Polio Vaccine Campaign in the Midst of COVID 19 The West Gonja municipal director of health service, Madam Gertrude Yentumi, in a welcome address said it is important and necessary to talk about polio having identified as a country polio virus in the environment, saying that one case has been recorded in North Gonja this year which calls for the need to protect our children against the virus. She made the call during stakeholders engagement of the launch of the polio national immunization days in the West Gonja municipal health directorate's conference room on the 29th August, 2022. Africa recently achieved the status of being certified free of wild polio virus. Wild polio is just one of the three strains of the deadly virus, and the declaration of being certified wild polio free is a laudable achievement and thanks to health workers, government, parents and community leaders who have worked together to tackle this disease. Unfortun...

 You Have No Excuse To Drop Out Of School - World Vision Ghana To Teenagers. The regional operations manager of World Vision Ghana Barbara Asare Yaboah has called on school children, most especially females in the West Gonja municipality to discipline themselves in order to go far in their educational careers. Barbara Asare Yaboah, made this call at a climax ceremony organized by World Vision Ghana to deepening the agenda on  ending child marriage now, violence and abuses against girls, through soccer clinic in Damongo, on 26th August, 2022, with the theme "Ending child violence and promoting holistic transformation of children through soccer clinic" The program which was climaxed with a final game between Kurabaso and Larabanga was watched by huge spectators with Kurabaso girls emerged winners through penalty shootout after the game ended goalless. Barbara Asare Yaboah, cautioned players and spectators not to use the  football game as just fun but rather be ambassadors o...

 Say no to child marriage and protect the rights of children - world vision Ghana to parents and institutions Parents in Ghana have been advised to protect the rights of children by not giving them out for early marriages. Giving children out for early marriages is considered a violation of human rights and a harmful traditional practice affecting especially, girls than boys, leading to numerous negative health and developmental consequences and limiting girls economic and individual empowerment.  The Cluster Programs Manager, Mr Felix Apeti made the call during a dubar organized by World Vision to end child violence, abuses and  marriage through soccer clinic in the West Gonna municipal, Damongo, on 23rd August, 2022, with the theme "Ending child violence and promoting holistic transformation of children through soccer clinic". Child marriage is a formal marriage or informal union of children before age 18 years. It is considered a violation of human rights and a harmful...

 GCRN: Empower Young Generation For A Prosperous Future - NYA The National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana is calling on stakeholders and individuals to empower the youth for a better future.  The call was made during the National Youth Policy Dissemination Dialogue Session at Mampong, Anagkazo in the Eastern Region of Ghana on 11th August, 2022. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the national youth authority, Mr. Enam in his welcome address said the board in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports is developing this youth policy which will cut across all departments and meet the needs of all youth in the country, in terms of education and all sectors. He said the policy is set to attain it's goal and vision in the next ten (10) years to come, he also added that the policy inherited was more or less a strategic plan and said the current policy will put in place all necessary policies to reduce the unemployment in the country. In a presentation on the youth policy ...

 GCRN; We Will Work As A Team To Achieve A Common Goal - CYTT Members Promise Community Youth Task Team (CYTT) of Sori no.1 promise their support in the execution of GCRN-CB_CR-L-SDGs to it's full implementation and promised to devote their time towards localizing sustainable development goals project.  PAD's FM GCRN-CB_CR-L-SDGs five day workshop was successful, the workshop which intend to train twelve Community Youth in localizing SDGs and implementation of a mini project in the community has come to end on 6th August, 2022. The workshop is meant to train Youth in 24 Communities across Ghana. Ghana Community Radio Network (GCRN) seeks to empower communities across Ghana in 24 community radio stations coverage areas that are at the fore- front of their own development and must be able to interpret, prioritize and the take action regarding their burning SDGs with the core SDGs objective "Leave No One Behind". GCRN objectives of the project is to Mobilize and engage o...

 GCRN; Chief call on CYTT to be devoted and patience towards the project A Reference Group member and traditional leader of Sori No.1, Chief Dizoya has called on the Community Youth Task Team (CYTT) of Sori no.1 to devote their time towards localizing sustainable development goals project. He further stated the CYTT members should be committed, patient and united in working together as a team. Chief Dizoya made this call on Thursday, 4th August, 2021, when station facilitators invited him to the meeting in Sori No.1 in the West Gonja municipality of the Savannah region. He reiterated that CYTT members should not disappoint the community and their colleague youths who selected them on their behalf.  He commended the youth and the community for the unity and love they have exhibited in working together. Saying this project is as results of their previous track record of working as a team for a common goal that has led to the selection of this community. He stress on the team to ...