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.
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| Participants from Afrom Plains, Akuapim North and New Juabeng districts |
group photo of 4th batch participants
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| Work shop objectives |
participants were taken through work shop objectives
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| Introducing Global 4-H Network |
Appiah Kwaku boateng, executive Director of 4-H Ghana introducing global 4-H Network to Participants
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| Role play community entry |
participants role playing community entry to form out of school 4-H club and enterprise garden
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| Community entry problems identified by Oware and his group |
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Mark frimpong on Positive youth development |
Mark Ofori Frimpong, from Ghana education service, fanteakwa district presenting on youth development models
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| participants from akuapim south, suhum and west akim districts |
Group photo of 2nd batch participants
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| problem solving |
participants identified some of the problems affecting youth development and agriculture, and provided solutions to the problems
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| Irene Obeng on volunteerism |
Irene Obeng taking participants through volunteer recruitment
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| teaching basic agricultural practices |
Irene Obeng, teaching basic agricultural practices
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| group action planning |
Rejoice Nyamador, Ghana education service, yilo krobo district led her district team to develop action plan
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| Participants from East Akim, Fanteakwa, Atiwa districts and volta region |
group photo of 3rd batch participants
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| Boat and Mark demonstrating how to do exhibition |
Appiah kwaku Boateng showing participants how to do exhibition at the Ghana national farmers day celebration
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| Francis clottey on gender issues |
Francis Nii Clottey presenting on key gender issues in 4-H Ghana
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| Sketch on gender scenario |
participants were tasked to sketch gender scenerios
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| 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
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| 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
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| 4-H Ghana to go into sustainable Tree Production |
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| Project accountant, Micheal Densu teaching fanancial management |
participants to include sustainable tree crop production to their club project
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Participants receiving certificates
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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
