Category: <span>Youth Stories</span>

December 21, 2020
By YES Ghana
Youth Stories

The impact of youth unemployment on Ghana’s development

Even though there is no universally approved or internationally accepted definition of youth age group, the UN has, without prejudice to other definitions, defined youth as a person between the ages of 15 and 24 years; the AU also defined youth as a person between the ages of 15 and 35 years; Ghana, like most […]

December 21, 2020
By YES Ghana
Youth Stories

Covid-19 in Africa: Impact on Civil Society Organisations

The African continent has undoubtedly been heavily impacted by Covid-19. These Covid-19 consequences have been severely felt not only by governments but also the private sector and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). While CSOs are expected to ordinarily collaborate with governments to alleviate the plight of several Africans whose conditions have been worsened by Covid-19, CSOs […]

December 21, 2020
By YES Ghana
Youth Stories

Libraries Without Walls: Nurturing the next generation of readers in Ghana

A former First Lady of the United States was once quoted as saying that ‘‘Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open”. Who We Are We are a group […]

December 21, 2020
By YES Ghana
Youth Stories

The concealed pain: Harrowing tale of my beloved brother

That day he came crying! He told me everything that happened in school. A boy by name Darlington has been disturbing my younger brother, I once warned Darlington in person but he never stopped misbehaving. My brother never touched Darlington in spite of the length at which Darlington annoyed him because I always preached forgiveness […]