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A Deep Look At Basic Education In Ghana

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My visit to a Bagabaga Annex primary school in the sanarigu district in tamale in Ghana, was the same old story we have seen in the news, no furniture for students, no text books, in fact they lacked everything. Access to water, washrooms, nor library. Bagabaga Annex primary school. It's more than 20years old, one of its products is the minister lawyer Haruna Iddris. The teachers told me they have called on the Ghana education services on countless occasions but their appeal has proven fail. Another health threatening issue about this school is that it's close to a public toilet and refuse dump. When it rains teachers nor students can stand the smell. These children are citizens of Ghana, they deserve to be treated equally like their mates in other schools, This I can boldly say it's a human right abuse. The right to education. Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents ca

Samata and Sustainable Fashion " Eco Fashion "

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I never really paid attention to fashion let alone Eco fashion, thanks to Samata, British-born Ghanaian fashion designer award-winning womenswear designer, winner of 2011 she won Suzy Amis Cameron's international Red Carpet Green Dress competition to create a red carpet gown from sustainable materials. now the Global Campaign Director of Red Carpet Green Dress, working between Los Angeles, New York and London and guest lecturer at the London College of Fashion, samata. I have come to the realisation that Eco fashion is the way forward to a better world. It will be a great honour to read her book titled " fashion designers resource book " in Avatar Dr Grace asked Jake to see the forest through Neytiri eyes. Same I wish to see fashion and Eco fashion in the eyes of Samata. The fashion industry loves to dictate your life when it comes to dressing, pair that dress with those boots, buy those pants, wear this top, carry that bag. Well when it comes to talking about sustain