Ghana 4-H wins Regional Award

4-H Ghana received a Regional Award in Agriculture Training of the Youth in the Eastern Region of Ghana at the 29th National Farmers Day Awards Celebration on Friday December 06, 2013. In addition to the  regional award, 10 school clubs won Best Schools in Agriculture at the District Farmers Award Celebration. This brings to a total of 11 Awards won by 4-H Ghana in 2013. This has been an outstandig performance over the 5 Awards received by 4-H Ghana in 2012.

List of schools that received Award in 2013:
1. CRIG M/A Junior High School              - East Akim District
2. Nsutam Senior High School                   - Fanteakwa District
3. Kwabeng Anglican Junior High School   - Atiwa District
4. Odjarde Junior High School                   - West Akim District
5. MePom R/C Primary School                  -West Akim District
6. Wawase R/C Junior high School             - Yilo Krobo District
7. Asesewa Presby                                     - Upper Manya District
8. Oborpah M/A Junior High School           - Lower Manya District
9. Abotanso D/A Junior High School           - Afram Plains District
10. Bebuso Primary School                         - Afram Plains District


List of School that received Award in 2012
1. Agotime Junior High School                    - Afram Plains District
2. Savior M/A Junior High school                - East Akim District
3. Abomosu Presby Junior High School       - Atiwa District
4. Larbikrom Junior High School                 - Atiwa District
5. Begoro Islamic Junior High School          - Fanteakwa District

4-H Ghana Youth Camp 2013

4-H members of Nana Oware Agyepong M/A Junior High School in the
New Juabeng District looking on the camp poster

The first National 4-H Youth Camp in Ghana will be held in August 11-15, 2013 at the Bunso Cocoa College in Bunso a town in the East Akyem District in Eastern Region of Ghana. Over 500 participants from Primary and Junior High School are attending the camp themed 4-H Enterprise garden: A Tool For Food Security. Participants will be trained in 4-H Club Management, Agricultural Value Chain and Creative Arts. It is expected that participants will leave the camp confident to manage their clubs, develop a successful farm businesses and a career choice in agriculture.

4-H Clubs Receive National Farmers' Day Award

 Six 4-H clubs in 5 districts received national recognition for their outstanding contribution toward the development of Agriculture in Ghana. The schools were awarded in their various districts during the 28th Ghana National Farmers' Day celebration. Every year, first week of November, farmers who distinguished themselves in their various fields of agriculture are awarded for their hard work in feeding the nation.

Larbikrom Junior High School 4-H, Atiwa district; Abomosu Presby Junior High School 4-H, Atiwa district; Saviour Junior High School 4-H, East Akim district; Agotime Junior High School 4-H, Afram Plains; Begoro Islamic Junior High school 4-H, Fanteakwah district; and Korm L/A Junior High School 4-H, Yilo Krobo district  were the schools that received the farmers' day district award in eastern region of Ghana.

Abomosu 4-H cultivated 2 Acres of pioneer maize and Korm 4-H cultivated 3 Acres of Pioneer maize and 1 Acre of vegetables. 4-H members in these districts are teaching farmers in their communities about the planting protocols of the Pioneer Hybrid Maize provided by Pioneer DuPont, USA through Agriserv company, a representative of Pioneer DuPont in Ghana.

4-H award winners were given knapsack sprayers, wellington boots, machetes,  radio sets,  clocks, foot balls and pesticides, fertilizers and certificate of merit.

Issifu Bukari, a member of the Akwee Allah 4-H out of school youth group, in the Afram Plains, received the "Eastern Regional Best Maize Farmer Award"  The group cultivated 26 Acres of Pioneer hybrid maize white variety.

The event which took place on Friday, November 2, 2012 brought together distinguished personalities from the Ghanaian government, private sector, religious and traditional leaders, 4-H Ghana Staff, farmers and general public.

Agotime Junior High School receiving Best 4-H Club Award

Items for award winners

Certificate of Merit for Agotime Junior High School 4-H 

Agotime 4-H award winners in pose with District Advisory Committee

Afram plains District Chief Executive, Director of Agriculture and traditional
leaders inspecting 4-H farm produce and printed materials 

executive director ,4-H Ghana, district advisors and members of Saviour 4-H  

Saviour 4-H Stand

Appiah K. Boateng , Executive Director, 4-H Ghana presents Best School in
Agriculture Award to Saviour M/A Junior High School 4-H

Certificate of Merit presented to Saviour 4-H

Members presented with Items

visitors at 4-H stand

East Akim district 4-H in a pose with the overall District Best Farmer
Mr. Samuel Tetteh Korboe

4-H Leadership training in Ghana

4-H Ghana organized Leadership Training for club advisers and district management committee members. The workshop was organized as a follow-up of the Leadership Institute training held in Tanzania where 4-H African leaders were trained to build a Sustainable Partnership and Networks necessary for improving agricultural value chains, and improving lives of Africa's youth through effective positive youth development. The training was held in 4-batches with each batch made up of participants from 3 districts and some members from Greater Accra and Volta region. The training started Monday, October 8-24th October, 2012. The workshop took place at the Bunso Cocoa College in the eastern of Ghana where 275 participants were trained in Positive youth development, community entry methodologies, partnership and networking, organizational development, Fundraising, financial management, ICT and 4-H global knowledge center, monitoring and evaluation, enterprise garden models, agricultural value chain, writing Success stories and volunteerism  The workshop was geared toward 4-H Ghana context in a way that will help address the challenges facing 4-H programmes in the country.

Participants from Afrom Plains, Akuapim North and New Juabeng districts 

group photo of 4th batch participants

Work shop objectives

participants were taken through work shop objectives

Introducing Global 4-H Network

Appiah Kwaku boateng, executive Director of 4-H Ghana introducing global 4-H Network to Participants

Role play community entry

participants role playing community entry to form out of school 4-H club and enterprise garden

Community entry problems identified by Oware and his group

Oware Ampomah on community entry problems

participants were asked to identify the challenges in community entry that can affect ownership or the participation of community in 4-H enterprise gardens.

participants 

Oware Ampomah, Agric officer from
the Akuapim North district presenting on the challenges that affect community ownership of 4-H project.












some of the participants listening to presentations

Mark frimpong on Positive youth development

Mark Ofori Frimpong, from Ghana education service, fanteakwa district presenting on youth development models

participants from akuapim south, suhum and west akim districts

Group photo of 2nd batch participants

problem solving

participants identified some of the problems affecting youth development and agriculture, and provided solutions to the problems

Irene Obeng on volunteerism

Irene Obeng taking participants through volunteer recruitment

teaching basic agricultural practices

Irene Obeng,  teaching basic agricultural practices

group action planning

Rejoice Nyamador, Ghana education service, yilo krobo district led her district team to develop action plan

Participants from East Akim, Fanteakwa, Atiwa districts and volta region

group photo of 3rd batch participants

Boat and Mark demonstrating how to do exhibition

Appiah kwaku Boateng showing participants how to do exhibition at the Ghana national farmers day celebration

Francis clottey on gender issues

Francis Nii Clottey presenting on key gender issues in 4-H Ghana

Sketch on gender scenario

participants were tasked to sketch gender scenerios

Group working out strategies to raise funds

group members were tasked to come out with their own strategies to raise funds for their district and clubs

Members trained in the use of ICT 

participants were taken through 4-H Global knowledge center, social media tools and electronic mails to help them access and share information. some of the participants opened their first yahoomail and facebook account

4-H Ghana to go into sustainable Tree Production

Project accountant, Micheal Densu teaching fanancial management

participants to include sustainable tree crop production to their club project

Participants receiving certificates

participants were taken through basic fanancial management practices such: budgeting, cash book, income and expenditure accounts, club savings, petty cash and payment voucher and issuance of cash receipts













project coordinator rewarding participants with certificates

CRIG 4-H holds exhibition

CRIG M/A Basic school 4-H club organized exhibition during the school's silver jubilee celebration. Items portrayed at the exhibition were produce from the school's enterprise garden, some prepared foods, bead necklaces, drawings and paintings produced by the club members. The event attracted a lot of dignitaries including the Eastern regional minister, regional education director, traditional rulers, staff of cocoa research institute of Ghana and the media. The project coordinator, 4-H Enterprise gardens and two volunteers were present to grace the occasion. 

CRIG Basic School Exhibition hall

food prepared by the students

Parents looking at the prepared foods

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Beads produced by the students

4-H Staff present at the event

Visitors

Students

Management Committee Meeting

4-H Ghana held a district management committee meeting on Thursday, 20th August, 2012 at Oguaa, Koforidua in the eastern region of Ghana. The aim of the meeting was to plan towards the step-down training on Leadership Institute held in Tanga, Tanzania. Other issues such as marketing of the garden produce, planting period for the minor season, partnerships and sustainability plans were discussed.  The Step-Down training will take place from 7th-24th October, 2012, at the Bunso Cocoa College, East Akim district, eastern region,Ghana.

Management Committee briefing

Executive Director of 4-H Ghana addressing Committee members

District Management Committee

Steven Koranteng and Theresa  Akpo, project assistants

4-H intern from University of Ghana

Amazing CRIG 4-H

Members of CRIG M/A Basic school 4-H in the East Akim district have cultivated cabbage on large tract land. the decision to grow cabbage and a few carrot and lettuce was taken by the 4-H members themselves. The School PTA provided water hose and drip irrigation system in addition to the watering cans and other garden tools provided by 4-H Ghana to club. The headteacher of the school has expressed a profound interest in the project. "It was the first time we worked the soil, and the kids love it they all wants be part of it", he said.

we love the crops

our cabbage field

we all want to be part of the success

working in Lettuce in bed

boys filling watering can

More girls participating in the garden

girls love to see the crops grow

4-H brings joy

members take pride in gardening

happiness in gardening

Future farmer