French Intern Posting By Lea
Hi ! My name is Léa and I am 22 years old! I am a French intern at The Sankofa Center in California since May 1st, 2015 and till the end of July, 2015. I [...]
Outreach Experience Final Days By Ivy Charles
Blog #3 -The Sankofa Center(May 18th 2015) Our two outreaches this week both went well but were very different crowds. On Tuesday we performed in a parking lot, and at first not many people [...]
Experiences in Ghana By Ivy Charles
Blog #2: The Sankofa Center (May 12th, 2015) We had another outreach on Thursday, which went really well. People seemed very interested in what we were saying, and there wasn’t such a strong [...]
Dance Practice for 1st Village Outreach By Ivy Charles
Blog #1: The Sankofa Center (Tuesday May 5th 2015) Today, after three dance practices with my dance instructor Richard, I had my first village outreach. The dances are really exciting to perform, and really high-energy. [...]
Criminal love By:Ashley Martins
Love is becoming a crime of international amnesty after attacks on gay people are increasing. Relationships between two people of the same gender is considered an illegal act and a crime in 38 of 54 [...]
Fight against HIV/AIDS By:Ashley Martins
Let us fight: the total number of Africans living with HIV or AIDS is now 25.3 million. In these countries AIDS will provoke the death of a third of 15-year-old Africans. In Ghana, approximately 1.9 [...]
Interning in Ghana By:Julia
Hello! My name is Julia and I am a new intern here at The Sankofa Center in Ghana. I am very pleased to be in such a beautiful country doing work towards educating the communities [...]
Sarah’s Social Work Intern Blog By:Sarah S.
Akwaaba! My name is Sarah and I am a Social Work student from Halifax, Nova Scotia. I will be using this blog as a way to document the ever-unfolding events here at The Sankofa Centre [...]
The Tote Essential For Summer By:Mari Ann L.
Summer is coming! For many people that means frequent trips to the gym to prepare for trips to the beach. The perfect tote for both occasions is the Recycled Satchet Tote! The totes are big [...]
Kayla’s Nurse Intern Experience By:Kayla W.
Hello! My name is Kayla Witkowski, a nursing intern with The Sankofa Center, and I’m writing to discuss my experiences here in Ghana. Below is a beautiful picture of the compound that I captured upon [...]