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