ABOUT NOMINEE

Fullname: Reach Out Africa Reach Out Africa

Category: Outstanding Volunteer Group of The Year

Code: 6899

Nominee's Bio: Reach Out Africa is an ngo based in Ghana with the main aim of helping deprived communities in Africa. Reach Out Africa started in 2018 as IMPACT FOUNDATION at Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology by a group of young students who wanted to impact and make a change in their society. The foundation embarked on its first outreach which was dubbed the “hit the streets campaign”. Through this campaign the organization mobilized funds to feed about Thousand (1000) beggers and mentally deranged persons on the streets. Through this project, we also started a media campaign on the increasing measure of the number of mentally deranged persons on the streets of Ghana and the threats they pose on the society. Also, in 2018, Reach Out Africa embarked on a Senior High School Tour where we visited Senior High Schools in Ghana including St Louis Senior High School and Asanteman Senior High school and educated the students on the various career options that they have. In 2019, the organization again embarked on its annual outreach that is ‘The Hit the streets campaign and distributed food to street children and mentally deranged persons on the streets. Also in 2019, the organization embarked on a SAY NO TO SUICIDE CAMPAIGN and educated young people on the need to avoid suicide and counseled most of them who had suicidal thoughts. We did this through several radio and social media campaigns. In 2021, the membership of the organisation started increasing and the organization had several members in various parts of Africa including DR Congo, Nigeria, Togo and Zimbabue who wanted to set the organisation in their respective countries. Due to this, the organisation’s name was changed from IMPACT ORGANISATION TO REACH OUT AFRICA. As REACH OUT AFRICA, the organization embarked on several projects which has impacted a lot of people in Ghana. Also in 2021, we embarked on an outreach to JAGLUU in the upper west region of Ghana from 15th to 18th October, 2021. We organized a free health Screening for the people and As a foundation, we provided free health screening for the entire community and educated the people on diseases such COVID 19, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and C, malaria and many more. We also donated items such as school uniforms, stationery, shoes and many others to the Junior High school students We embarked on a senior High school tour where we visited Lassia Tuolu Senior High School and educated the students on how they can be successful people in the society. In 2023, Reach Out Africa embarked on an outreach to Mepe in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana and provided relief items to the victims of the Akosombo Dam Spillage. We also organized a free health screening for the victims. Also in 2023, Reach Out Africa embarked on an outreach to Rwanda and DR Congo. Through this program, the organization has enrolled several young girls into its initiative, Roa start up capital scheme which seeks to provide young girls especially teenage mothers with needed capital to start up their businesses. Also under the initiative, Roa health support scheme, the organization has funded free medical insurance for 100 people in Rwanda and conducted several health Screenings in Ghana.

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