News from Ghana

15,000 Women Register for Literacy Program
Get Immunized to Fight Polio
Stop AIDS-Keep the Promise
For Good Health Live Clean Lives
Operation Dream Clean-Ghana * Several small groups organized and started a clean up effort in Accra where 3 million of the 20 million people of Ghana live!
36 Cocoa Farmers Honoured
Kukuom Power Project* 250 million cedis electric project in the Brong Ahafo region to provide street lights and extend electricity to the agricultural secondary school there;continue commitment to get every community in the country on the national grid!
Promote Girl-Child Education*The 2005 National Best Teacher Doris Nana Marfo called on the Brong Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council to put measures and interventions as some parents in rural communities still don’t see the need to send the girl-child to school!
US to Reduce Force in Iraq (it’s about time don’t you think!)
Move to Enhance Women’s Participation in Politics*World wide the figure is about 16%, Ghana just a bit more than 10%.
Veep Commends youth for Winning Awards* Ghana’s vice president commended the youth who won 35/70m National Farmer’s Day awards.
AIDS Poses Exceptional Threat*In Africa a person is infected every 9 seconds, a child is orphaned every 14 seconds, half the children born with HIV/AIDS will die before the age of 2. The WHO failed to reach its goal that 3 million would get the necessary drugs my end of 2005. The estimate of those who did receive drugs is about half or 1.5 million
Ministry to Drill Boreholes for Farmers
Ayeeko Ghana’s Farmers - the first Thursday in December is a national holiday known as Farmer’s Day. Awards are given with the President present to farmers for their yields and environmental care. First place farmer win a truck plus a 3 bedroom house to be built for his family!