Future golf stars shine at Captain One Junior Tournament

Future golf stars shine at Captain One Junior Tournament

We were thrilled to have our girls participate in this year’s Captain One Golf Society Junior Tournament. It was amazing seeing the girls exhibit their golfing skills which they have perfected in the last year through rigorous practice sessions. We are proud of our dear Zakia who emerged winner of the tournament. It is remarkable seeing our beneficiaries making strides in the golfing world and we are honoured to be a part of their journey.

Thanks to the Captain One Golf Society for supporting our vision and helping our girls build expertise in this game which used to be reserved for the elite in society.Zakia, a special congratulations to you. We look forward to many more opportunities to support and cheer our girls on.

Team-Building Workshop for Staff.

Team-Building Workshop for Staff.

Management of Safe-Child Advocacy, Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi organized a team-building workshop for staff on Wednesday, 11th January 2022 on the theme “Building a Successful Team” to prepare and equip the team to deliver quality services and achieve success in the 2023 work year. The session began with an icebreaker facilitated by the Programs Manager, Jessica Deh, where staff shared how they spent their Christmas holidays. It was fascinating to hear staff share their experiences on how they celebrated Christmas. It was a great opportunity for bonding for the staff after a long break and set the tone for the workshop.

The team further was grouped into three (3) according to the various Centres of operation i.e., the Drop-in Centre, Daycare Centre, and Vocational Training Centre to engage in a group discussion on building a successful work team. The various Centres, as part of the discussions, set their aspirations or goals for the year and made individual commitments towards their achievement. The team also looked at some possible challenges that may hinder the achievement of their goals and proposed measures to mitigate such limitations to ensure that they achieve success at the end of the year.

This exercise offered an opportunity for great learning for staff and prepared their minds towards working to achieve the success of the institution in 2023.

Team building workshops are great ways to create a strong bond between team members and improve team dynamics, especially when starting a new work year.

 

#teambuilding #collaboration #questionnaires #learning #teamdynamics

Staff Retreat to kick start work year 2023

Staff Retreat to kick start work year 2023

At SCA, our organizational culture is to open the work year with a retreat and celebration of Mass. We had a wonderful retreat today at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Krofom, Kumasi-Ghana. The theme of the retreat was “Unity in Diversity”. It gave us the opportunity to step back, meditate, and refocus as we begin our new work year in the eyes of the Lord.

We were blessed to have Fr. Richard Opoku, the parish priest of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, guide us through discussions and reflections to appreciate each other’s role in working towards our goal as an organization. The reflections also helped us to recognize our strengths and weakness from the past year which helped us resonate and plan for the new work year. The retreat was concluded with the celebration of mass.

The retreat has helped us reconnect as a team and reinforce ourselves to make a more significant impact in the lives of our target group.

Peace and blessings,
Safe-Child Advocacy
Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi
SCA Held it’s 7th Graduation Ceremony.

SCA Held it’s 7th Graduation Ceremony.

It was a joyful day on 1st December as SCA graduated 12 young women who had completed 3 years of training in employable skills. The Graduates were from dressmaking (7), Hairdressing (3) and Catering (2).

All girls received starter kits to help them establish their own businesses. Thanks to KZE/Misereor, Adamfo Ghana, Netherlands, Wilde Ganzen, PKF Audit firm, Republic Bank Ghana, Asokwa Branch and Poku Transport Hospital, Asokwa for supporting the training, upkeep and starter kits for the girls.

SCA marks International Day of the Girl Child.

SCA marks International Day of the Girl Child.

Today is the International Day of the Girl Child.

 

The girl child, like every human person, is created in the image and likeness of God. This means each and every girl irrespective of race, ethnicity, tribe, educational background, or religion must be treated with dignity and respect.
It is appalling that in the 21st century, certain cultures, Perceptions and practices still relegate the girl child to the background and oppress them.

Just yesterday we encountered and addressed the case of one of our beneficiaries who was being forced to get married because culture demands that when a brother finds a wife, his sister is used as the bride price to the wife’s family who gives her to be married to whoever they please within their family. Imagine the future a girl who is a victim of such circumstances would have. This is just an example of the several injustices, discriminations and violations of human rights girls have to suffer by virtue of being a female.

Indeed, our time is now. Now is the time to stop believes and practices that devalues the girl child and rips off their dignity as a human person.Human right is inalienable to the human person and every person be it male or female must enjoy it. When you come across such violations, don’t keep mute. Speak up. Seek the needed help.Our time is now- Our rights, Our future.
Let’s come together to promote the right and freedoms of the girl child whilst upholding their dignity.

Together we are Louder!!!

Jessica Yawa Deh
Programmes Manager
Safe-Child Advocacy

 

SCA marks World Homeless Day

SCA marks World Homeless Day

Join the Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance so together we can create “A world where everyone had a place to call a home and a stake in their community”
Homelessness is one of the worst forms of poverty and dehumanising conditions. Where our brothers and sisters continue to be Homeless, where children continue to leave unprotected on the streets forced by life’s conditions, where people continue to be displaced and have nowhere to turn to except the streets, where people live in slumps and Refugee camps and other unsafe space, then we cannot be so peaceful and contented. Their conditions add to the cry of the earth and we must think global and act locally. Just do something even if it seems little. Today is World Homeless Day. What can you do to help someone in any of these conditions of Homeless?