GLEFE YOUTH GHANA WELCOMES YOU
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ABOUT
Founded in 2012, Glefe Youth Ghana (Formally YOUNET Ghana) is a network of young people and vulnerable groups working with their communities to create positive, equitable, and sustainable change. We are committed to creating a social response platform where young people, vulnerable groups, and deprived communities can gain the ability, authority, and agency to make decisions and implement change in their lives and the lives of other people, including women, children and persons with disabilities.
Glefe is a small village in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is a fishing community, which has difficulties with issues of sanitation, education, and employment opportunities. Glefe Youth Ghana is a community created and community run organization dedicated to community advancement.
OUR STORY
Here at Glefe Youth Ghana, we’re committed to investing in our community and utilize our resources in order to further achieve our cause. Since 2012, we’ve been supporting our community members in a variety of ways and measuring our success not by monetary size, but by more qualitative measurements such as the scale and effectiveness of our efforts. Just imagine what we can achieve together!
To hear more view a short message from our director below.
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Ishmael Hammond speaks about GYG
WHAT WE DO
Glefe Youth Ghana is in the business of changing and shaping lives. The work we do at our Non-Profit Organization is aimed at providing a holistic approach to solving some of our society’s biggest challenges. We make sure our partners are empowered by creating opportunities for individuals and communities.
GLEFE LITERACY CLASS FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
This project aims at promoting literacy, vocational, and environmental skills among out-of-school children between the ages of 4 and 15 years in the Glefe community so that they can become responsible Ghanaian Youth.
Literacy skills, even among Ghanaian children in basic schools, are disappointingly low as only 2 out 5 children in public basic schools can read meaningfully. We provide free books, pencils, and fun learning games. Children do not need to wear school uniforms to learn to read at our Centre. Hither to, these children would be spending their time at the beach and at refuse dump sites collecting scraps. Glefe, an urban poor and deprived community in Accra has no public schools and many parents cannot afford private school education.
You too can help these children move on to mainstream education or learn a vocation by supporting us. We need learning materials, volunteer teachers, office equipment, food for the children, money to build a washroom for the children.
A reading nation is a winning nation!
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
This programme targets young people between the ages of 15 and 35. Our aim is to empower them to take active part in national processes towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, and to revive the spirit of youth volunteerism and civic engagement as a necessary tool for community and national development.
“2030 is important to us just as it is to the world. By 2030 the world, through the United Nations have outlines for itself 17 Goals called the Sustainable Development Goals that it wants to achieve. We strongly identify with these goals, specifically goals 4, 5 ,6 and 17. We want to celebrate with the world by 2030 as we aim at achieving these goals in our very own community Glefe.”
“Arise Ghana youth for your country”
FAMILY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES
Groups made up of very low income parents who have children with various needs. A primary focus is for caregivers of children with disabilities. The family empowerment programmes hope to bring these parents together through a common objective: to improve their current situation through active participation in the community.
GET INVOLVED
Support Us in Your Own Way
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Your donation will go towards supporting:
School Supplies: We need 32.50 USD to provide teaching and learning materials for a child in our literacy class for out of school children.
Food: We need 10 USD per child to provide one nutritional meal daily.
Roofing Sheets: We need 50 pieces of roofing sheets. Each unit is 15 USD
Classroom tables and chairs: We need 40 USD to purchase one set that includes a classroom table and chair
Used Laptops: We need 150 USD to purchase a used laptop or computer.
Administrative costs: We need approximately 300 USD a year to maintain our non-profit status and registration in Ghana, our online presence, printing costs, and for the electricity fees. We own our land and building, but may need small amounts for maintenance.
Volunteer Teacher Allowance: We have two volunteer teachers that we provide small allowances to. They are community members as well, and we work to see that they too are being served. We would like to provide 150 USD a month per teacher.
VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
PARTNER WITH US
We welcome all who are interested in volunteering!
English as a Second Language Teachers
Educators interested in training our teachers
Work crews for improving our space
Tutors for individual students
Social Workers for our disability self-help group
Here's where we could use your support
We welcome international groups for a day of work on a mutual project for our organization
Creative assistance with video creation for promotion, flyer creation, branding, etc
Training on environmental sustainability
CONTACT GLEFE YOUTH GHANA
33A Salt Lake, Gbebu Close
Glefe-Dansoman, Accra
(+233) 209070908 / 272406133
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
West African Proverb
MEET THE TEAM
Committed to the Community
Since our founding in 2012, Glefe Youth Ghana has developed and grown in a positive direction. We’re very proud of the diversity of our staff, and their abilities to contribute their own unique experience and skills to our success. Find out more about some of our team members and partners below.
ISHMAEL HAMMOND
Founder and Executive Director