YLF envisions for a world of great opportunities for all people, particularly for women and children development. We want to help them unleash their full potential.
YLF participation in the 2024 National review budget
Sustainable Projects
A member of the Kaya-Kayo team:
Food grown and processed in Africa 🌍
We also promote Afro-Germans who stay in Germany with self-diversity
Find more information on https://www.kayakayo.eu/
Climbing a good tree (documentary)
The documentary is run in local cinemas and can be watched on request. Kindly get in touch with us to get more information!
“Connect for Change”
The handbook “Connect for Change – Shaping global educational partnerships and projects for change” aims to serve as a source of inspiration and guidance for the establishment, design and further development of global education partnerships and projects. It contains contributions from experts from all over the world
Handbook “Connect for Change” – Introduction
Our work is also featured in the handbook, as it was written in collaboration with YLF.
You can find an interview of the founder of YLF, Gilbert Kofi Germain, as well as information about our German-Ghanaian school partnership with the “Berufsbildende Schule 1” (vocational school) in Gifhorn (Germany).
The full book can be downloaded as PDF on the website www.connect-for-change.org.
Local authorities and leaders should participate in global educa-tional partnership because of their important role in good governance for sustainable development. In workhops they can learn more about the important connection bet-ween the educational systems and governance structure. They are exposed to cultu-ral differences and they are forced to be dynamic on how to use their leadership power structure. After a workshop, they are maybe able to to use these partnership experience to develop new cultural poli-cies to control their political leaderships back home. And they can give a bigger chance for the youth who participate in global educational partner-ships to exercise governance power in their home countries and implement the skills and knowledge acquireed.
Gilbert Kofi GermainTeacher at the St. Germain School, Ghana
Our latest activity
Young and Lonely Foundation - YLF
The young and lonely foundation (YLF) in collaboration with the Alliance for Reproductive Health right( ARHR) celebrated this year’s menstrual hygiene day with 5 public schools in Agona Bobikuma in the Agona West Municipality on the theme “Together for a period friendly Ghana”.
Participating schools included;
1. Bobikuma Methodists Basic
2. Bobikuma S.D.A. Basic
3. Bobikuma Anglican Basic
4. Bobikuma Roman catholic Basic and
5. Bobikuma Presby Basic
The celebration was chaired by the District Health Director, Dr. Joyceline Darkwa and was supported by the the Disstrict SHEP Coordinator. The Chairperson emphasized on the need for disregarding all forms of misinformation and misconceptions around menstruation and called for everyone, including boys to be supportive to their female colleagues during some times of the month. She also touched on the fact that being in your period shouldn’t be an excuse for absenteeism among girls.
The district public health nurse took turns to educate the students on topical hygiene concerns in relation to menstruation. She demonstrated to the students on how to properly fix menstrual pad and disposing same after use. Bothe girls and boys practically demonstrated same for understanding.
The district SHEP Coordinator also used the opportunity to advise parents gathered to be supportive in the menstrual health of their children to prevent any exploitations by men therefore posing a major risk to their children’s future. She again used the opportunity to dispel any misinformation of the Iron and folic acid provided to girls in school and admonished parents to encourage their wards to take them when they are being shared in schools.
Officials of ARHR in celebrating this year’s activities shared over 150 menstrual pads and assorted items to young girls of Agona Bobikuma in the Agona West Municipal Assembly. Both girls and boys who excelled in demonstrating how to fix menstrual pad and dispose hygienically were also rewarded with t-shirts.
Head teachers, teachers, community members, and students thanked the Young and Lonely Foundation and Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) for bringing this year’s celebration to the community and participating schools.
On behalf of the organizing organizations, we thank the Agona West Municipal Health Directorate, The Ghana Education Service, Headteachers of paarticipating Schools, Nsuakyir Mboaye Kuw of Agona Bobikuma and the Gender Model Families in Agona Bobikuma , Students and parents for their support for a successful celebration.
He emphasized collaboration rather than competition among members in achieving the greater good for members and the society at large. He again reminded member organizations to ensure they are up to date on registrations and renewals to ensure they are positioned well to be considered for donor funded projects. The Chairman again touched on essential soft skills including honesty, good communication, efficient resource management and good record keeping making them become relevant in this competitive environment.
The Chairman in his closing remarks advised the older members to mentor the younger ones so to encourage other non-members to join the coalition as the coalition hopes to increase its membership. Members took the time to discuss the way-forward given the suspension of USAID funding.
Member organizations present also used the opportunity to task leadership to work on speedily to delivery request for health equipment by various district directors of health in support of immunization under GAVI PSR2 project because it's really damaging the good relationship between individual organizations and their respective health Directorate.
The meeting gave way for networking and pleasantry exchanges in strengthening. Members were grateful to the Chairman’s engagement and encouragement.
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