To celebrate World Cities Day 2021, the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in partnership with the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA), Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Ministry of Local government and Rural Development (MLGRD), with support from Joy News, GHOne TV, and CitiNews, [...]
Green Africa Youth Organization is proud to announce the launch of the Global Youth Call to Action on Adaptation. Throughout 2020, we have been supporting the establishment of the Youth Adaptation Network at the Global Center on Adaptation through consultations with young people from around the world. Ahead of the [...]
The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in partnership with the National Disaster Management Organization, the Africa Youth Advisory Board on Disaster Risk Reduction (AYAB DRR), and Accra office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) present the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR) quiz competition. IDDRR [...]
In an era of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more urgent to integrate the informal waste pickers – mostly women, ensure their safety and acknowledge their contribution to the overall environmental quality of many urban and peri-urban areas. – Joshua Amponsem, Green Africa Youth Organization. In Ghana, informal waste [...]
Globally, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) provides guidance on how to significantly reduce disaster risk. In Africa, the Programme of Action (PoA) guides different stakeholders in DRR. Both SFDRR and PoA recognize the state as leaders in the implementation, follow up and review of the document. In [...]
HIT by the complete change in color of the Pra River along the way to Cape Coast from Kumasi, we decided to take a stroll into the communities to see how galamsey is affecting education. At the district assembly, we were stroked by an awful photograph on the notice with [...]
“Yesterday was my birthday (08-08-2016) and I awarded branded storage device and other stationery to participating students during my 3rd talk on global warming at the Amudurasi community school. During my 2nd talk on global warming, I awarded Solomon Eshun a school bag for being very participative during the talk. [...]
Have you heard the word before, “Ecological Footprint”? Do you understand it? Do you know your footprint or that of your country or continent? I will like to introduce you to Ecological Footprint: Conceived in 1990 by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees at the University of British Columbia, the Ecological [...]
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