Testimonials

Since 2008 our volunteer organization "Ontmoet Afrika' is cooperating with the YHF in Bolgatanga. We select and prepare volunteers for the YHF, and after three years we can say that the YHF is our most popular workplace! Volunteers are very enthusiastic and praise the passion, effectiveness and effort of John Krugu and his staff. The YHF uses both funds and manpower very efficient, which is quite unusual in Africa. With their activities they reach hundreds of young people a year. These young people gain capacities, empowerment and knowledge through the projects of the YHF.
Education is the start of more chances for the youth; and with the building and furnishing of this new secondary school, generations of people in Zongoire can start their career and get hope of a better future.
Lianne van Rijssel, Stichting Ontmoet Afrika

Geplaatst op: 18-04-2011 door Stichting Ontmoet Afrika

In 2009 I spent 4 months in Bolgatanga to volunteer for the YHFG/JPG. In my time in Ghana I got to know the members of Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana as an enthusiastic group of people devoted to the empowerment of youths to make their lives healthier and more successful. Although culture and infrastructure-wise it is not always easy to operate successfully in a region like the Upper East of Ghana, the foundation has shown to be highly successful by combining its African roots with Western standards of efficiency.

The Upper East Region is one of the poorest and less developed areas of Ghana. Many children not being able to go to school makes this region more vulnerable to stay behind. The children I met during my stay are very willing to learn and work on their futures. Unfortunately they are not always able to do so, for example because in remote areas schools are not within walking distance. The new build school in one of the remote areas will therefore create the opportunity for children to develop their potentials. I fully trust YHFG in that they will not only build a school, but that they will also use all means possible to provide the best education possible. I hope the ‘1procentclub’, will be able to contribute to this success by investing in the schools furniture.

Geplaatst op: 18-04-2011 door

In 2009 we (i.e. my wife and our three young kids) decided to visit West Africa in order to do some voluntary work. In the Netherlands we met an organization called “Meet Africa” who introduced us to the Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana. .After a very interesting introductory meeting with John Krugu and his wife we were very eager to support one of the projects of the YHF, i.e the construction of a junior high school. We looked for sponsors and were very happy to find Progress-PME (the company I’m working for) helping us with a substantial amount of money. Besides financial support we would also like to support in a non-financial way. During our stay in the northern part of Ghana we visited several times the YHF in order to get a feeling of the way they manage their projects. We spent one day at the Apotdabogo community where we visited the work site and the existing primary school and spoke to the farmers on taking risks. Based on our experience in Bolgatanga and Apotdabogo we were able to give a workshop to staff members of YHFG and other invited guests on project management. It was a very educative, interactive and useful workshop. We explained the different phases in project management and used the building of the JHS as an example how the project should be managed..
The building of the Junior High School is in progress and the next step is to arrange/organize the school benches. An absolute must for finalizing this project succesfully!

Geplaatst op: 18-04-2011 door Ruud