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Young at Heart (YAH) Ghana, since September has engaged two students from Hogeschool van Amsterdam namely Orlando Koomen and Jimmy Ketelaar. Jimmy and Orlando will be in Ghana for 5- and 10-months internship program, respectively. They are third year Social Work students who aim to learn, build experience and impact society. With their background and... Read More

As part of the responsibilities of volunteers to reach out to schools and make an impact, YAH visited Amrahia Community School on 6th August 2022. With a total of 12 volunteers, we reached out to about 80 students. It was educative and fun as we used one of the stories on the Ananse the Teacher... Read More

Young At Heart GH concludes the third phase of Skill For Her, an entrepreneurial and vocational skill training project funded by World Connect for young women between ages 18 and 24 in Ghana, who are looking for training opportunities to start their own vocational skill-based businesses. The project spans a period of three months. In... Read More

A healthy collaboration propels innovation and reaches out to a higher scope of beneficiaries. Y@H has over the past two years collaborated with University College London’s International Development Hub on activities including Hackathon, Lunch and Learn and a summer Exchange Fellowship in 2021 and 2022.The 2022 Remote Summer Placement witnessed the participation of 7 fellows.... Read More

Young At Heart GH in collaboration with Jacobs Foundation designed Project Ananse to make up for the learning time lost during the pandemic through an engaging and cost-efficient education technology project called Project Ananse .

My name is Darko Gloria Ladjer. I am a young lady who is 25 years of age and has completed Yilo Krobo Senior High School in Somanya, Eastern region of Ghana. It was my dream to become a famous makeup artist but there was no one to support and help my dreams to come through... Read More

The past months have been impactful and interesting as Young At Heart Ghana, under the auspices of Skills For Her, continues to foster TVET education for young women in Ghana. Following the impressive outcomes of Phase I of the project, Skills For Her Phase II sought to expand the scope of skills and impact by... Read More

ICT Summer Camps have always been one of the most looked-forward-to events on the Y@H Annual Calendar. It has been curated over the years to bring together student volunteers from varying fields to target communities, for an all-hands-on, intensive digital literacy and utilization campaign. For the first time in 7 years, Summer Camp was called... Read More

‘Skills For Her’ is championing a support network for women entrepreneurs by connecting successful and aspiring women entrepreneurs, through remote learning platforms. Through these platforms, participants and facilitators interact and explore skills in selected fields towards launching business ventures at the end of a twelve (12) week engagement. One such selected field is the beauty... Read More