DREAM Believe Achieve Network (DBAN), which was powered by the Vodafone Ghana Foundation, has held another successful mentoring programme at the Perez Chapel International in Accra to celebrate this year’s Valentine season with children.
Following the success of last year’s event, also held at the same venue, several children numbering about 400 participated in the third edition.
The full day mentoring programme called ‘Braveheart’ which is a signature project of the DBAN brought together several mentors who were all young professionals of diverse experiences with the passion to drive change in their community.
In an interview with Today, Founder and Lead Coordinator of DBAN, Ms. Brooke Nuwati, said: “There is nothing more fulfilling than challenging and shaping the thinking of young people.
According to her, DBAN is a network of professionals that come together to drive youth empowerment initiative.
“We believe it is important to first influence one’s thinking before driving change in behaviour. This is what DBA is all about. All the professionals who have chosen to use their valentine weekend to do this find it a rewarding experience,” she said.
Ms. Nuwati said the mentoring programme was done for children between the ages of 10-17 years in order to help shape their thinking for the future.
She was optimistic that the skills acquired by the pupils will yield the necessary fruits as they interact with their peers in schools and communities.
She further commended Vodafone Ghana Foundation for supporting and believing in DBAN’s vision.
Earlier, Head of Corporate Communications at Vodafone, Ebenezer Amankwah, said “the objective of the Dream-Believe-Achieve project was in line with Vodafone’s vision that seeks to develop the full potential of students to positively impact the society.”
He stressed the importance of this initiative and recounted how evident the success of the programme had been over the last three years.
“Vodafone Foundation in partnership with the Dream-Believe-Achieve will replicate this initiative in other parts of the country in order to give every child a better start to life,” Mr. Amankwah said.
The objective of DBA is to groom, mentor and inspire young people through the sharing of experiences, nurturing leadership skills and building confidence.
It is an exciting opportunity for the youth to champion the change they want to see by giving back to their community while contributing to building a better future for Ghana.
The children were taken through series of topics which includes communicating with confidence, Responsible citizenship, courtesy for boys and girls, Sex education, underage drinking, career counselling, Health & fitness as well as Personal grooming and hygiene.
The day also saw the kids engaged through fun activities including face painting, singing and dancing competition, musical chairs, bouncing castles, trampolines, amongst others.
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