Recycle Up Your School and Recycle Up Ghana summer camps are meant to train and educate young students as well as sensitise them on waste segregation and encourage its practice. Edinaman Senior High School, one of the participating schools in the 2015 Recycle Up Ghana Summer Camp has already established a student based “Recycle UpRead…
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In applying solutions together, we tend to solve local plastic waste problems with local solutions. This is the hallmark of recycle up your school and recycle up Ghana. Recycle up Ghana started in 2014 in Kumasi and in 2015, Kumasi and Cape Coast experienced it.This year we are adding Accra. Recycle up your school is aRead…
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Dear friends and supporters,
on the last weekend the European members of RUG met in the wonderful village of Pleinfeld. The concept of RUG was introduced to new members, Pudding Paul and Ioana gave a Mini-Train-the-Trainer session, cultural communication skills were taught by Awuni Prosper and Florian J. Erbesdobler and we all got to know us better by various teambuilding activities.
It was a highly inspiring weekend and we are all set to empower the Ghanaian Youth to create local solutions for their waste problems!
The only thing missing is YOUR VOTE to help us win the 10.000 €: https://goo.gl/BCBBUA
Thank you very much for your support!
Your team of Recycle Up! Ghana
The day started with a final football match amongst the team, Participants and mentors early in the morning. After the soccer match, Participants had breakfast. The participants moved to the Lecture Hall for a final reflection and give online feedback of the whole camp. The participants, now ambassadors were grouped into schools to come out with how best they can Recycle Up! Their schools. The team leaders explained to the participants their role as Recycle Up! Ghana Ambassadors and what happens next after Recycle Up! Ghana.
IN KUMASI
The day we had been waiting for was finally here. The Recycle Up Ghana Camp Grand Finale in Kumasi. The Day began with breakfast at 7:30 and participants met with team to finalise their presentation and projects. The event kicked of at exactly 2:30 pm with an opening prayer from a participant. Dignitaries present included Miss Mariama Iddrisu of Ghana Youth for Sanitation, Mr. Abass of Tecno Recycling company, Mr. Anthony Adukpo from The Oti Land fill site and some heads and teachers of the Participating schools. Also in attendance were families of participants, Student leaders of KNUST, colleagues of Participants, Media personalities and Recycle Up Ghana ambassadors.
After the Teams Presented their ideas there was a public voting by the audience and the ‘A’ team was elected as the best group.
Check the pictures below.
Grand Finale in Cape Coast
After all the hard work, the day we all had been waiting for finally arrived! Yes! The Grand Finale of Recycle Up! Ghana Cape Coast 2015. 4 Groups will each pitch their ideas to a panel of judges who would determine which idea is best. In attendance was Mr. Afrifa, of the University of Cape Coast, and Madam Quagraine, assistant head mistress of Christ the King Academy. During the morning, Participants held a last meeting with mentors as they prepared for their presentations later in the day.
The Main Event started at exactly 3:15 pm, with a presentation on Technology Without Borders, by Mr. Oboh Sampson. After that, there was another presentation by the leaders of the Anopa Project who were also present. Tobias, a team leader of Recycle Up! Ghana Cape Coast 2015, also enlightened all guests present at the event about activities that had taken place during the first 9 days of the camp, by means of a picture presentation.
All four teams presented, and at the end, team one, led by Ramatu, were crowned the winners of the Grand finale. All teams will however undertake their projects as they pitched it, with support from Technology Without Borders (TeoG).
Below are Pictures from the Grand Finale.
Sampson Oboh Giving a Presentation on TeoG
Some Participants at the Grand Finale
Participants listening to a Presentation
Some Invited Guests and Parents Present
Presentation from Anopa Foundation
The Keynote Speaker
Tobias giving his Presentation
Members of Group 2 Pitching their solutions.
Graphical Representation by Participants.
Certificates were also given to all Participants
All the Team Leaders from the camp in Cape Coast
Group Photo – Team Leaders, Participants, Volunteers, Parents and Guests from the Grand Finale
Guys Only Group Photo
Ladies Only Group Photo
The spirit of togetherness at the Camp, demonstrated fully in this photo.
Day 8 of the Recycle Up Ghana Camp in Kumasi was not particularly different from day 7. The participants worked with their team and mentors on their ideas.
In Cape Coast
Participants had done a lot of work on the previous day and still needed to do a lot before the day of the grand finale. There was more group and team work, as solutions were been developed to tackle the waste problem in Ghana.
Practicing Presentation Layout
Team Work
Tobi and Ioana watch as another group rehearse their presentation
A group rehearsing for the Final Presentation
Day 7 of Recycle Ghana in Kumasi started as usual with breakfast at 7:30 and the participants joined their Mentors to work on their ideas.
In the evening, the participants presented to mentors and team leaders. The team leaders and mentors gave their feedback and urged participants to better their performances.
In Cape Coast
The day Started with an new dimension – Working in Groups. Participants entered their groups and worked the whole day, finding solutions to problems. Below are images from the day.
Team Work
Time to think about Solutions.
Some advice from Richard, Mentor.
Time to think about Solutions.
Day 6 of the recycle Up Ghana kumasi started off with breakfast at exactly 7:30 am. The participants moved to the Lecture halls where they started thinking about the ideas to be pitched.
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Sunday Morning for the whole Team: “Participants, Mentors, Volunteers”. Breakfast was at 7.50 am after which most of the Participants had service at the Evangelical Methodist Church of Christ, Abura, a suburb of Cape Coast. During Church service Participants present, together with Team Leaders Sampson and Paa Kwesi ministered a song to the whole congregation. They also used the opportunity to invite the whole congregation to the Grand Finale of Recycle Up! Ghana Cape Coast 2015.
The main activity for the day was Community Exploration. Community Exploration was in Partnership with ANOPA PROJECT, an NGO that uses games and sports to educate the youth. Participants and their mentors were put in groups. Together with Participants and Mentors, members of the ANOPA PROJECT formed groups to embark on the community exploration. Each group explored a part of the community and had productive discussions with the community members. Participants asked questions about how these homes go about waste management. The participants also suggested better ways that they could manage their waste.
Participant and Mentors returned to the Camp at 5:43 pm after which they took their supper. It was followed by Reflection with Fred where participants got to review what had happened the whole day! Tired and exhausted, Participants retired to bed and prepared for the next day.
The Whole Team at the Church in a Group Photo with a Section of the Church Congregation
Participants and Team Leaders Ministering a Song at Church
Community Exploration on the Streets of Abura
Community Exploration at Abura
Some Participants during Community Exploration
A group Photo with the team from Anopa
Lunch Time (Fufu) with the team from Anopa
Day 5 of the Recycle Up! Ghana Kumasi camp started with breakfast at exactly 7:30 am, after which the participants were grouped to identify problems in the Recycle Up your School project and possible solutions to these problems. Mr. David from the Seers Foundation, gave lectures on Problem solving and Brainstorming. The participants were also taken through series of brainstorming and problem solving exercises. Lunch was ready at exactly 1:00pm and participants returned from break at 2:00 pm. Continue reading
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