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Tales of An NSS Teacher:  Today  Another beautiful day is here again for an NSS teacher. That’s the thing about my new neighbourhood where I wake up to a beautiful display of nature. Today, like every other day, I stood on my verandah to receive the cool morning breeze, scented with vegetation freshness. Even the sun comes up in grand style—carefully shooting out its rays, hitting the trees, and reflecting on the leaves. The result is a set of beautiful patterns on the ground. Then carefully, it rises into full roundness, as if to say “Hey there, Good morning”!  READY FOR SCHOOL TODAY I am seated on the Okada (motorcycle, bike), once again with awide-eyed kind of expectation for the day. Ermm….for the classroom sounds more like it. Whisking past houses and passengers seated on okadas, it occurs to me how my fantasies about rural areas play before my eyes each day. Ha! The school children here have to travel long distances to school, especially. It is not that there aren’t enou

NASPA ALERT - ADA WEST HOLDS GIRL CHILD TALK Ms. Huldah Twum, the Women's Commissioner for Ada West NASPA,  in her bid to reduce teenage pregnancy organized a Girl Talk program for JHS girls in selected schools in the Ada West District. The program had health practitioners from the Ghana Health Service as well as resource personnel from the Social Welfare and Community Development Department as the main speakers for the occasion. Topics that were discussed included; _teenage pregnancy and its effects, abortion, menstruation and how to observe personal hygiene during those periods_. Over 200 girls from Sege Community No. 1A&B, Sege Community No. 2 JHS and Sege Presby No. 1 JHS were present. The program was very educative as the students freely expressed their opinions on issues and asked questions that had been bothering them for years. NGOs such as the Kyereh Foundation and the Young African Women Network were also present to grace the occasion.  Sanitary pads were also

NASPA Accra Metro Swims Along Tides Of Change With National President. To defend a worthy cause and make it a dominant in the society in which we live is the attitude which has been shown by NASPA -Accra Metro. The flagship Hands Out Project which has had its seeds sown in some parts of the Greater Accra Region and yet to hit some parts of Northern Ghana, has been upheld by the biggest district in Ghana. The entourage which made the donations included the district executives, committee heads, National Service Personnel, the district director GES and some stakeholders in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The President of NASPA- Accra Metro Collins Odeneho Agyapong expressed that, the hands out project was one which he strongly held in high esteem and as such he and his abled executives could not sit without implementing such a kind in the district. He wished the final year students of the Amamomo and Ayalolo Cluster of Schools which were the spotlight well in their coming exa

🇬🇭GREATER ACCRA NASPA 🇬🇭 I - START ENTREPRENEURSHIP  CHALLENGE_ ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ GREATER ACCRA NASPA presents an entrepreneurship challenge for all National Service Personnel in the Region. The challenge dubbed i - start presents an opportunity for all National Service Personnel to be trained on how to write business proposals, pitch a business, get investors and also how to raise funds to start a business. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 1. All applicants must be national service personnel within Greater Accra. 2. They must form groups of at least two people. HOW TO APPLY 1. Service Personnel are to apply using the link below. https :// docs.google.com /forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoF8K34H6cypTIIciR5wBbYd8VVqvyrY1X-tHjMW-xIVXrtg/ viewform ? usp =sf_link 2. Applicants are to submit their business proposals and must be between 3-5 pages. It shouldn't exceed 5 pages. Application date is from 31st May to 14th June 2018. Late applications will not be considered NB: All applicants will be taken

GIRL CHILD TALK ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Ada West NASPA Women's Commission (WOCOM) in Collaboration with Ghana Education Service will like to invite service personnel to the Girls Talk program. This program targets the JHS girls in Sege community No 1A&B and Sege Community No 2 to educate them on Teenage pregnancy and its effects, abortion, menstruation and how to observe personal hygiene . DATE:  Monday 28th May 2018. Venue: Ebenezer Presbyterian Church at Sege . Time: 10:00am NOTE We are inviting all service personnel who can make it and we are also sorry for the late invite Thank you. Signed✍ Huldah Twum Women's Commissioner Ada West Naspa. Signed✍ Ohemaa Princess General Secretary.

HANDS OUT PROJECT TO HIT NORTHERN GHANA The worthwhile initiative which saw the light in some remote areas in the nation's capital Accra is set to hit the northern parts of the country. With its impactful nature, its sustainability comes to bear and as such, the National Headquarters of the National Service Personnel Association shall embark on yet another promising phase. Hands Out is giving back to society to impact the livelihood of individuals in a society, taking into consideration highlited needs of the group of individuals in a given space. The National outreach will see NASPA executives reaching out to final year basic school students who shall be writing their Basic Education Certificate Examination in about a fortnight. Hopes of pupils in remote areas in the Northern Ghana needs to be rekindled and as such,  National Service Personnel aspire to take up this challenging feat. The National President, Mr. Allen Obeng Asare has made mention that, examination writing mat

NASPA- Accra Metropolitan District in collaboration with Global Leadership Network (GLM) & Eduwaynes Project Management Consult (EMPC) Presents Entrepreneurship Leadership & Project Management (Training Workshop) Date: 8th June, 2018 Time: 8:45am Venue: Accra Technical University Auditorium The program is to hand graduates with entrepreneurial, leadership and project management skills needed to become business starters, employable, and able to fit into today’s competitive business environment and also to foster entrepreneurial spirit and to bridge the gap between tertiary education and the job market. Speakers on the Day Mr. Mark Kakraba Ampeh ( Founder of GLN & CEO of GRECON ) Godwin Adu-Afful, PMP ( Founder & CEO of EMPC ) Mrs. Anastasia Zanoo ( Greater Accra Regional Director) National Service Secretariat Mr. Opoku Dennis Delali ( Co-Founder & President of Pidel Impact International) It is time to get our gradua

🇬🇭🇬🇭 NASPA;TEMA METRO 🇬🇭🇬🇭 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Countdown ⏳ to Achievers Conference. "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." -- Bill Cosby *Areas of Discussion * Business Development * Business Financing and Prudent Investment *Networking and Business Partnership *Wealth Creation *Effective politicking and the educated Youth Date: Friday 1st June, 2018. Time: 8:30am prompt Venue: TDC Conference Room ( Comm . 1) The Panalists 1 . Hon Carlos Kingsley Ahenkor MP Tema West / Dep Trade Minister 2. Mr Franklin Cudjoe Founding President, Imani Africa 3. Mrs Eunice Jacqueline Buah Business Woman /Member , Council of State 4 . Mr Ernest Thompson CEO , Dalex Finance 5 .The Country Director Max International Other Invited Guests include , - Mr Dennis Sefah Boakye CEO , Seahawks Freight Services - Mr Henry Nana Boakye Dep Dir - Operations NSS Remember that it takes one to identify a problem and the other

Greater Accra Women's Commission  shows APPRECIATION   The Greater Accra Women's Commission(NASPA) would like to express her profound gratitude to all our ladies and gentlemen who were able to make it to the Skills and Beyond Outreach program 2018. Your presence was greatly appreciated. To our various district wocoms who were relentless in organsing their ladies to attend the program we owe you much love and we hope we can fall on you again in future. To to our ladies who availed themselves to teach the skills we say God bless you. NB: Your certificates would soon be ready and be handed over to your respective district women commissioners. Those of us who attended the program but were unable to request for their certificates can still make their request via any of the numbers below or through the various district women commissioners. Once again your presence was deeply appreciated and we hope you learned a lot and are going to apply them. SIGNED Theodora Monney Women&

The  Greater Accra Women's Commission of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) in partnership with Ghana Action on Preeclamsia ( GHAPEC ) and Population Services International ; producers of Secure Contraceptives presents its maiden entrepreneurship outreach program dubbed " SKILLS N BEYOND " Date: 19th May,2018 Venue: Katapor Time:9am It is an outreach programme that aims at reducing the menance of teenage pregnancy  in our societies by helping such ladies acquire practical skills such as bead making, soap making, coconut oil preparation, sobolo preparation, make up, etc as a source of livelihood. The programme also comes with talk and interactive session by Ghana Action on Preeclamsia (GHAPEC) on a pregnancy condition ,Preeclamsia that is fast becoming a threat to women and Population Services International to educate us on the use of contraceptives. And a surprise session. Female service personnel who wish to participate in the program should plea

NABCO FINALLY GIVES GREENLIGHT TO NSP's NATIONWIDE . In a consultative meeting held by the National Union of Ghana Students on the 10th of May 2018, some reforms with the structure of NABCO were aired. Reforms which were to give hope to the already disturbed National Service Personnel nationwide about their exemption in the Nation Builders Corps. (NABCO). Present in the meeting were the National President of the National Service Personnel Association,  Executives of Local NUGS in mostbtertiary campuses, and also the SRC of some tertiary institutions across the country. According to the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) who were the conveynors, the meeting was intended to offer an avenue for Student Leaders to be engaged and further briefed on this all important initiative which is intended to engage about a Hundred Thousand (100,000) graduates to reduce the Graduate Unemployment rate in our beloved Nation. Verily, it was arrived by the  Executive Director of the Nationa

SHOWERS OF HOPE AT GREATER ACCRA NASPA CONGRESS 2018 The Regional Congress of the Greater Accra National Service Personnel Association for the 2017/2018 year running was staged at the Ghana National Association of Teachers Hall (GNAT Hall) in Accra. The program ran from morning to afternoon with two divisions. Part One of this much awaited Congress, saw two promising speakers addressing District delegates of the Region, District NSS Directors, The Regional Director and her entourage, Representatives from the Headquarters of the National Service Scheme, The Media and the general public. The theme of the event was; *Reducing Unemployment Amongst the Youth With Entrepreneurship; A Means To An End.* The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan, Lawyer John Kumah gave a presentation on the entrepreneurship and the waves the government of Ghana is making to encourage the Youth to venture. He stressed on the fact that, the future of the Nation lies on t

🇬🇭 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 🔸🔹 *GREATER ACCRA REGIONAL NASPA CONGRESS*🔹🔸 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ We write to inform all NASPA District  Executives in the Greater Accra Region of our upcoming Regional Congress.  Regional NASPA Congress is scheduled on the 10th of May 2018. Venue: GNAT HALL Time: 9:00am- 3:00pm. Theme: Reducing Unemployment Among the Youth with Entrepreneurship , A means to an end. Official invitation Letters will be sent to the various Districts for release of Executives. We will also want to inform all Districts to put a HOLD to all their  programs till Congress is done. This has become necessary as all district programs are going to be reviewed and changes effected where necessary. Thank you all and counting on your usual cooperation. Signed✍🏽 Allen Obeng Asare Regional NASPA President. Signed✍🏽 Princess Bamfoah Badu Regional NASPA General Secretary.

The National Service Personnel Association of Ghana congratulates the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo, for his Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) initiative launch today. The National President of the Association, Allen Obeng Asare (Mr), in a released and signed statement on Tuesday congratulated the President of the Republic for his commitment towards the reduction of graduate unemployment in the country on the occasion of the launch of Nation Builders Corps programme. “The National Service Personnel Association of Ghana (NASPA) on the occasion of the launch of the Nation Builders Corps programme adds its voice in congratulations to H. E. Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo for his commitment to reduce the spate of unemployment in the country”, the statement noted. The statement added; “NASPA is thus happy and welcomes the introduction of the Nation Builders Corps programme, which would in the first year engage the services of one hundred thousand (10