Desplayers on a learning visit to Ghana – July 2007

Desplayers 2006/7 pay a learning visit to Ghana for the first time. Come July 2007, Ghana will host a number of young intellectual democrats from Nigeria on a learning visit to Ghana. During this visit, the young democrats will visit historical places like the Independence Square, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Kakum National Park, W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial centre for Pan African Culture, International Conference Centre and Parliament House.

The emerging leaders as we prefer to be called will further visit some organizations, ministry of information and individuals who are a force to reckon with when it comes to Ghana’s democracy and good governance.

The young democrats participated in the annual Youngstars Foundation International program dubbed “DESPLAY” – Democracy Series, Participation, Learning and Action Youth” which is three semester packaged program. In this program, Youngstars after every second semester of the program organizes a learning visit for participants to one African country.
This is a part of the component of the DESPLAY project which facilitate interaction with another democracy.Our “DESPLAY” participants are due to visit Ghana for the first time come July 2007.

“Akwaaba Desplayer”…Naa

The Bible Society of Ghana has launched the project “One Million Bibles for Junior Secondary Schools”

The Bible Society of Ghana is a non – denominational Christian organisation registered under the Trustee Acts, 1962 of the Republic of Ghana. It is an affiliate member of the United Bible Societies operating in 200 countries, whose common task is achieving the widest possible, effective and meaningful distribution of the Holy Scriptures.

In 1965, the then Government of Ghana ordered 500,000 Bibles for free distribution to schools. Since then no government has ordered Bibles for free distribution to schoolchildren. Though the Bible Society of Ghana has been able to make some Bibles free to schoolchildren, it has not been able to meet the request for free Bible that comes from school children. Today, the Bible Society is taking a bold step of faith in seeking to make Bibles available free to school children in public schools and selected private schools in deprived communities. The aim is to supply One Million Bibles to JSS 1 pupils over a three-year period, announced Apostle Dr. Michael K. Ntumy, President of the Bible Society of Ghana...to be continued!