In June and July of 2010 our amazing YGAP volunteers travelled to Rwanda to the Ntenyo Primary School. There they helped in rebuilding existing structures and additional classrooms as well as training up local teachers and establishing youth clubs. Of course, projects like these could not happen without your generous donations and ongoing support. Thank you to all who were involved, from the $5 donor to the volunteers themselves. Ntenyo Primary and YGAP thanks you.
Right now, four courageous boys are cycling their way from Seville, Spain through West Africa to Terma, and the Ygap supported Children’s Village. They are doing this to raise awareness and funding to fight the child slavery industry in Ghana. Follow their journey through our Ygap Blogs and please donate generously to show your support for the boy’s journey and their cause.
To assist with our Dreamlink project... Building a school, teaching English and generally be a top chick! A few weeks ago Brig & Lehmo were joined by David Mwamberi and Elliot Costello (YGAP CEO) in the studio to share more! David Mwamberi of Sanejo who’s family was affected by the genocide gives his perspective on the African country and the project Brig will be helping with!
Hear more:
www.mix1011.com.au/brig-rwanda
Want to know more about the project? Click on Rebuilding Rwandas Class Rooms
If you ask me, the UN Alliance of Civilisations 2011 Doha Forum can be summerised by the well-known Andy Worehole quote: ‘replace fear of the unknown with curiosity’.
The convergence of 2,500 world leaders, civil society representatives, corporates, journalists and youth leaders had one key purpose – finding solidarity and peace amongst our human race.
Youth leaders benefited from a private day prior to the opening of the Forum. The energy, excitement and enthusiasm of these 400 leaders cannot be matched. Outcomes from the day were presented to UN Security General Ban Ki Moon, and Her Highness Sheikha Moza of Qatar.
YGAP welcomes you to partake in a night of mystical utopian indulgence at their 2011 annual charity fundraising event, “It Takes A Village @ Gwanda”. This special night will take place at YGAP’s newly acquired Headquarters, Gwanda; a vessel for positive change which encapsulates a mythological paradise.
This year’s celebrations will deviate from our traditional Ball-themed event, in a bid to take you to the streets of St Kilda where imaginations run wild. The 2011 theme is derived from the premise of ‘Gwanda’, combined with the symbolic proverb ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ – the ultimate experience of an unforgettable utopian village encounter.
I first met Dora in February 2011. Joseph Brabi and I were visiting the fishing village of Laloynia along the coastal region of Ghana. Our aim was to document the communities and work where so many children working as slaves on Lake Volta originate and gain an understanding of how a family can get desperate enough to sell a child.
The commercial is not meant to offend viewers, nor does it represent what YGAP believes would ever occur in Australia. The aim is to demonstrate, in an Australian context, the reality of the difficult situation faced by many Ghanaian families when they are forced to sell their children out of desperation.
