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Transformations Book Release September 23

8/29/2017

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You are cordially invited to the launch of our first ever anthology, Transformations: Letters and Other Exchanges Between Students in Ghana and the Pacific Northwest, 2016-2017, which will feature student readings, food and beverages, and the opportunity to learn more about our work. Register by clicking here.

This book’s title, Transformations, reflects Yo Ghana!’s purpose, to put thousands of diverse students to work at “making the world a smaller place”—and a better one, too. Yo Ghana! is a 501(c)3 charitable organization that fosters transformative exchanges between students in Ghana and the Pacific Northwest through the power of the written word.

The works published in this book were selected over the school year by several judges on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. They are organized into four categories:
  • Getting to Know Each Other;
  • Sharing Stories;
  • Overcoming Challenges; and
  • Improving Our Communities.
A few of our schools chose additional options from our growing menu:
  • poetry;
  • photography and identity;
  • oral history; and
  • memoir.
We hope you will join us for this special showcase of student work, and support the next generation of young writers.
Suggested donation is $6-25 which covers the cost of a book and helps us meet our goal of raising $3,000 in matching funds.
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Karen Lafere and Family at ECG Tamale!

8/3/2017

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Karen Lefere, a Yo Ghana! teacher at Beaumont Middle School, and her family (husband Ted, children Maddie, Luke, and Levi) recently returned from two weeks of volunteering at ECG School in Tamale, one of Yo Ghana!'s strongest Ghana schools.

"We experienced gracious hospitality every day," Karen says, and adds that ECG's students "taught me about quality human relationships."

"The staff and students of ECG school appreciated the family with their readiness to help Africa in learning and teaching," remarks Joseph Abdulai. "Madam Karen helped us understand more about American people and their culture."

Yo Ghana! is grateful to Karen, Ted, Maddie, Luke, and Levi for representing Yo Ghana!, Portland, and the U.S. so well, to ECG School for so warmly welcoming them, and to Niihad and Dominic and their family for their matchless hospitality. You all "made the world a smaller place."

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