Ghana
Ghana

Leadership

Mr Prosper Kweku Hoeyi, National General Secretary, Ghana YMCA

National General Secretary, Prosper Kweku Hoeyi,  was educated at Ghana’s premier university - University of Ghana, Legon - and holds a BA in Economics and French and an MA in Economics Policy Management. He has worked with a number of organisations including the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning as a Senior Budget Analyst, Shangri-La Hotel as an Audit officer and Oxfarm GB where he last served for four years as the Market Access Coordinator.

 

His short-term priorities are to boost the income-generating activities of the association, including the rehabilitation of the hostel facility; to complement the staff strength by infusing new blood into it and to develop a well-articulated youth strategy.

Prosper is married with a family of three children.

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Main programmes

Programmes are everything that happens to the people in their contacts with the organization. Some of the programme activities undertaken in the YMCA are:

A) Bible Studies and Devotions
B) Prayer Meetings
C) Leadership Training
D) Youth Advocacy
E) Talks and Debates
F) Games and Recreation
G) Community Service (Voluntary Service)

The Ghana YMCA as well as some local Associations are engaged in some special projects/programmes such as:

Day Care Centre for pre-school kids

Vocational Training Centres for the Youth ( Accra and Takoradi)

Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Programme (Ketu and Hohoe Districts)

Youth Transit Hostels (Accra ,Koforidua and Ho)

Environmental Conservation Programme (Afforestation)

Women Empowerment Programme

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Mission statement

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Facts and Figures

Number of Local Associations: 80
Number of total members and participants: 10,005
Men: 6,502
Women: 1,058
Under  30: 2,445

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History

The Ghana YMCA traces its history to 1890 when a young Gold Coaster, Wilkins Micaber Abbey who had come into contact with the Association in Scotland during his study tour to Europe, brought it to the Gold Coast. On his return to the motherland young Abbey began the first YMCA in Accra.

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Contact

Mr Prosper Kweku Hoeyi
National General Secretary
National Council of Ghana YMCA
P O Box 738
Accra
GHANA
Tel: 233 - 21 - 224 700
Fax: 233 - 21 - 226 246/229 988
Email: ymcaghana(at)4u.com.gh

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