By thefourlens.com Odumase, March 8, 2024 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of G2 Foundation, Ms Gifty Nyarko has opined the theme for the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) has potential to reduce poverty. Commemorating this day is a recognition of the significance of women to global economic growth, she stated. Continue Reading

By thefourlens.com  Wenchi, March 06, 2024 The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Wenchi Constituency, Mr. Kojo Frimpong has described the 24-hour economy campaign message from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a propaganda. He therefore implored Ghanaians to ignore such propaganda machinery and not be swayed by it. Continue Reading

By thefourlens.com Odumase, March 18, 2024 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) are no more to issue building permit, Ms Gifty Nyarko, the Head of Physical Planning Department at the Sunyani West Municipal Assembly has said.  She disclosed that Section 33 of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, Act 925Continue Reading

By thefourlens.com Sunyani, December 12, 2023 The National Association of Beauticians and Hairdressers (NABH) on Sunday graduated 29 qualified persons in hairdressing. The graduands within the Sunyani and Sunyani West Municipalities were given three years intensive training, knowledge and skills in general beautification to create jobs for themselves. In herContinue Reading

By thefourlens.com Sunyani, December 11, 2023 Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic has on Monday launched an initiative to pay monthly salaries to 20,000 apprentices across the country. The initiative dubbed “Business and Employment Assistance Program” by Ghana government under the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) wasContinue Reading

WiLD, Women’s-Role-in-Local Governance By thefourlens.com Banda-Ahenkro (B/R), Oct. 31, 2023 The Women in Livelihood Development (WiLD), under its Action for Voice and Inclusive Development (AVID) project has held a forum to sensitize the general public on women development and the Role of women in Local Governance. WiLD is a non profitContinue Reading

International Day of the Girl Child:  Digital literacy programs are crucial to child development By thefourlens.com Milan (Italy), October 18, 2023 Investment in digital literacy programs and infrastructure is crucial to foster a positive digital culture and to bridge the digital divide in order to create an inclusive environment for theContinue Reading

A Feature by thefourlens.com Banda-Ahenkro, October 15, 2023 In the nation’s quest to nurture good future leaders and responsible citizens, parents as key stakeholders owe it a great responsibility to carefully monitor their children and constructively advice them on societal values and strange behavioral change.  Parents and guardians are to increaseContinue Reading

Tano North By thefourlens.com Koforidua-Duayaw Nkwanta, Ahafo region October 13, 2023 More than 150 Polling station executives (women) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Tano North Constituency of the Ahafo region have been empowered with employable skills to improve and sustain their livelihoods. They were women organizers trainedContinue Reading

By thefourlens.com Bonsu (Nkoranza South), Oct. 3, 2023 The National Women’s Wing of the Islamic Mission Secretariat has reiterated the benefits of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the process of socioeconomic development of the people, particularly women and Ghana at large. TVET is one of the possible ways toContinue Reading

22 Trainees Inducted Onto Skills Training By thefourlens.com Sunyani, October 2, 2023 The Sunyani Youth Development Association (SYDA) on Thursday inducted 22 new trainees enrolled onto the Association’s employable Skills Training Programs. The inductees were about 95 per cent females, mostly teenage single mothers who would be trained in Fashion, Hairdressing,Continue Reading

By thefourlens.com Sunyani, October 1, 2023 The Reproductive Needs and Fitness (RENEF) Foundation says it has trained more than 400 nurses and other health practitioners in handicraft skills opportunities in addition to their professions to enhance their socioeconomic livelihoods. RENEF is a Ghana based non-governmental organization (GNO) established in 2016,Continue Reading

By thefourlens.com  Sunyani, September 22, 2023 A three-days Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training workshop for youth groups to solve societal challenges is underway in Sunyani. The ICT workshop from Thursday to Saturday aimed at equipping participants with knowledge to identify problems in their respective communities and generate possible ideasContinue Reading

GIF injects GHC140,000.00 worth of training equipments into SYDA By thefourlens.com Sunyani, September 21, 2023 The Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) has supported the Sunyani Youth Development Association (SYDA) with training equipment worth GHC140,000.00 to improve their employable skills training opportunities. Mr. Atta Akoto Senior, President of the Association announcedContinue Reading

SYDA to build creche to absorb children of apprentices in Sunyani By thefourlens.com Sunyani, September 21, 2023 Discussions are underway for the Sunyani Youth Development Association (SYDA) to build a creche to absorb children of trainees of the Association and apprentices in the Sunyani Municipality. This was announced at theContinue Reading

SYDA Integrated Sewing Project Trainees graduation By thefourlens.com Sunyani, September 13, 2023 The Sunyani Youth Development Association (SYDA) has set to graduate the first batch of its “Integrated Sewing Project” trainees and induct freshers on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. The graduands comprises of three (3) females from the Fashion Department, three (3)Continue Reading

John Paintsil = footballers = discipline and hardworking. By thefourlens.com Jama (Savannah Region), September 11, 2023 The Ex-Black Stars player, John Paintsil has advised young persons who wants to become professional and successful footballers to be discipline, respect, hard work and time conscious. These he stated “are basic, but very importantContinue Reading

Manna Foundation GHC60,000 Support By thefoulens.com  Abesim, July 21, 2023 The Manna Education Development Foundation, a non-profit organisation has released GHC60,000 worth of support for young people at Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality to start and improve their microbusinesses. It is a pilot project including physical cash, payment of apprenticeship training fees,Continue Reading

Let’s Prioritize TVET, STEM and Agricultural Education. By thefourlens.com Sunyani, June 27, 2023  Teachers and Educational Workers of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) schools have been implored to endeavor to make Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as well as Agricultural Education a ‘Core Priority’ in the SDA schools. Dr.Continue Reading

Sunyani Astro-Turf 2023  By thefourlens.com  Sunyani, June 2023 The Member of Parliament for Sunyani, Mr. Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh on Monday cut sod for work to begin on Astro Turf  construction at Penkwase in Sunyani. The soccer pitch construction is a six months project, expected to be ready by December this yearContinue Reading

Do your best to help nation building By thefourlens.com Sunyani, June 16, 2023 The Democratic and Constitutional Rule in Ghana is a great achievement and the  citizens must be proud and do all things possible to sustain it, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has said. The Commission thereforeContinue Reading

1600 candidates took the March 2023 NVTI exams By thefourlens.com Sunyani, April 19, 2023 A total of 1600 candidates from Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions sat for the March 2023 National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) Ghana TVET Service Testing Division. Mr. Kingsley Sarpong, the NVTI coordinator in charge of theContinue Reading

Domestic and Gender-based Violence are punishable offenses – DoVVSU By thefourlens.com  Sunyani, April 01, 2023 Domestic and Gender-based Violence are punishable by (Act 732) of the Domestic Violence Act, Act 2007, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Beatrice Korsah in charge of  the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DoVVSU) of the Ghana Police ServiceContinue Reading

Child marriage violates fundamental rights of girls – Gender Ministry By thefourlens.com Sunyani, April 01, 2023 The Gender Department under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has cautioned that child marriage violates the fundamental rights of girls and exposed them to high death risks. When a girl is marriedContinue Reading

Former High Commissioner to Nigeria prioritises Skills training & TVET for economic transformation By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 30, 2023 A former Ambassador to Libya in the John Agyekum Kufuor’s Administration, H.E George Kumi is advocating for national priority for handicraft skills training as well as Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingContinue Reading

AFRICA STREET MBA training workshop for young entrepreneurs in Sunyani By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 20,2023 – An entrepreneural skills development Services organization, AFRICA STREET MBA over the weekend held a capacity building workshop for young people with entrepreneural interest in Sunyani. The training program seeks to impact the youthful group,Continue Reading

Take key decision-making positions. By thefourlens.com March 15, 2023 Women and girls have been encouraged to always endeavor to take key decision-making positions in society to help promote equal representation of women and men in decision-making. Mrs Safura Mohammed Suraj, a Chartered Professional Administrator and Management Consultant gave the encouragementContinue Reading

HIV prevalence and infections rate in Bono Region is alarming – Minister By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 13, 2023 Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has advised Junior and Senior High School students to eschew sexual promiscuity and other behaviors likely to endanger their lives. She urged the general public to desistContinue Reading

Eschew behaviors like LGBTQI+ – Minister to students By thefourlens.com Sunyani, March 13, 2023Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has advised Junior and Senior High School students to desist from behaviors likely to endanger their lives. She worried recent statistics and projections indicates that the Bono region has 2.64 per centContinue Reading

Secondary, Basic Schools Provides Possible Solutions To Sanitation Problems By thefourlens.com  March 11, 2023 Some Junior and Senior High Schools in Bono region have develop interest and demonstrated high level skills possible to solve sanitation problems in Ghana and Africa. They used plastic waste materials such as bottles and sachet waterContinue Reading