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Mr Francis Tayi-Koranteng, the Upper East Regional Director of the National Youth Authority (NYA) says lack of basic needs including sanitary pads is pushing some teenage girls in the region to engage in transactional sex. He said poverty and inability of parents to provide their daughters with sanitary pads and…
Mr James Twene, the Upper East Regional Director, Department of Gender, has urged parents to prioritise the future of their wards and play active roles to end the menace of teenage pregnancy and child marriage. He said the rising cases of teenage pregnancy and child marriage, especially in some parts…
Mr James Twene, the Upper East Regional Director, Department of Gender, has admonished Ghanaians, especially parents, against resorting to child marriage as a means of ending poverty in their families. He observed that many communities, especially those in the rural areas gave their tender aged girls out in marriage due…
The Bawku Forestry services Division has planted 93,000 trees out of a targeted 150,000 trees in the Binduri district as part of the Green Ghana project. While awaiting the rains, the division has also planned to work with the youth in afforestation to plant 50,000 trees in the forest areas…
A project aimed at empowering rural communities to change behaviours and increase demand for health services has started in northern Ghana. The project, dubbed: “Community Engagement for Health and Wellbeing” under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Accelerating Social and Behaviour Change initiative, seeks to engage communities to…