'' We Had to Stop Driving and Continue With a Bicycle ''

Hopin Academy and its partners; RUMNET, YEFL and Ghana Friends in Denmark have launched the Youth Speak UP project. The main goal of the project is to develop competencies of youth reporters to support active citizenship and engagement of young people in communities. 




The project focuses mainly on youth in some four deprived districts of Tamale, Northern Ghana; Kumbungu, Savelugu, Saboba and Karaga.

The monitoring team including the coordinator Clement Boateng, Maccarthy Mac-Gbathy, Abdul-Mumin Sofo Yumzaa, and a representative from Rumnet, at some point of the journey, the monitoring team and to park their vehicle and continue the monitoring by borrowing a bicycle .



Information reaching Sanatu Zambang is, Hopin Academy Maccarthy Mac-Gbathy posted on facebook 

‘’ A few quarters past during the Youth Speak Up monitoring, At a point during the journey to four implementing district in the northern region we had to stop driving and continue with a bicycle to some communities. A few months down the line in the project. Our community journalist through radio and new media communication skills, they have the capacity to persuade duty bearers to attend to issues of development and today some issues have been solved. From light, road, infrastructure etc. All they needed was the tools and capacity to use them then they will tell their own stories to the media. This time round Abdul-Mumin Sofo Yumzaa and i only cycled for fun during monitoring. Follow us for more updates
Youth Speak Up & Hopin Academy. Bless
Peace & Love ''


This happened in the Saboba district in the northern region, during their monitoring bin the district.  Sanatu Zambang team is yet to confirm from the monitoring team why they choose to ride a bicycle instead of using the car, as many residence and road users have complained of the bad nature of the roads in the districts or they really rode the bicycle for fun.   

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