The 2024 Learning Festivals opened for its first segment comprising the Southern Zone, in Koforidua today 19 September. The 2024 Learning Festival will focus on the above theme. The Regions covered are Greater Accra, Western, Central, Ashanti and Bono. 32 Leaders engaged in multi-faith organizing at the community level and covering 12 communities in these Regions attended today’s session. They were accompanied by 8 Leaders from these Regions and another 8 Peer-Facilitators who were the main leads with support from Mr. Gordon Whitman from our Partner Organization – Faith in Action International. It is the first time in the series of three Learning Festivals that Local Trainers involved in grassroots organizing played major role to plan the structure and content of the Learning Festival! Two women Peer-Facilitators from Northern Ghana, Ms Rolanda Mahamah (Savannah Region) and Gifty Agyemang-Prempeh (Upper-West Region), are helping out in the Southern Zone as a way of encouraging more Women Peer-Facilitators and Leaders.
The first day was a blend of teaching and experience sharing on Leadership Development and Relationship Building. Everyone seems energized for the second and final day that will do two concurrent workshops to deepen understanding on the Phases of Organizing.
We appreciate the remaining Members of Peer-Facilitators: Dr. Michael Manford (Central Region), Alhaji Shaibu Adam (Greater Accra Region), Benjamin Tettegah (Ashanti Region), Bernard Zan (Volunteer) and Ms Rebecca Nsowaah (Western Region). We missed very much our Colleague Peer-Facilitator – Mustapha Kofi Abban from Western Region who could not attend due to family health issues. Our prayers and good thoughts go out to him and his family.
The 2024 Learning Festival was graced with the attendance of Rev. Jennifer Jones who chairs the Board of Faith in Action International and Madam Iheoma Umez-Eronini who was in Ghana earlier for the International Women’s Conference.
