The month of August ushered in our maiden Annual District Girls Camps Initiative. This is part of efforts to promote girls’ education, by enabling platforms aimed at building their confidence and assertiveness and for them to freely discuss topical issues that affects their active participation in school.
The Camps were organized in the Savelugu, Kumbungu, Karaga, Saboba and Mion Districts of the Northern Region of Ghana. The initiative is under the Empowerment for Life Programme with the aim of promoting educational opportunities and safe spaces for vulnerable girls in deprived communities. A total of 500 girls from 10 communities across the 5 districts participated in the events.
The 3-day camps simultaneously held in all the districts provided friendly spaces for the young girls to learn, share, play and cross fertilize ideas. It also offered them the opportunity to meet and interact with the relevant district education authorities in their respective districts, received guidance and mentoring support from selected role models as well as engaged in games and tailor-made activities to enhance their confidence and public speaking skills.
The camps were organized in collaboration with the District Directorates of Education. They lauded the initiative and pledged their continuous support and commitments to such events.
The colorful events offered such memorable experience and exposure for the girls and left them beaming with smiles and excitements throughout the 3-day period. It was an event of networking, building of new relationships and life skills relevant to guide their life choices.
Amina Issahaku a student of Pishigu D/A Primary in the Karaga District in an endless state of joy echoed that “so is a lie that Kayayo gifts a lot of money, hearing the bad things about Kayayo today, I have changed my plan. I will never ever think of going to Kayayo again. I now want to be a nurse and work in our community clinic".