LRC CHAIRS THE RE-LAUNCH OF PROJECT CITIZEN AND INAUGURATION OF BOARD OF PATRONS AND ALUMNI NETWORK
Recently LRC’s Executive Director, Ms. Daphne Lariba Nabila, chaired the re-launch of Project Citizen. Project Citizen is an exciting opportunity of in-school youths aged 11-18 to research into community and national problems and work together to come up with innovative solutions to those problems.The theme for the event was “Advancing together- the youth at the forefront” Over the years issues such as Drug Menace, HIV-Aids, Sanitation and Road Crashes have all been addressed. Students involved in the project learn Community Involvement, teamwork and become part of the solution. Furthermore, students who participate from the senior level develop research, writing, public speaking and graphic design skills which will help them later in life. So far Project Citizen covers 195 institutions, including 2 schools for the blind and 3 schools for the deaf. At competition level Accra High School became the overall winner in 2006 in the African Regional Showcase, and again winning an award in 2007 in Washington DC. Also, Christ the King International School was granted a school bus after the students brought attention to the effects of the lack of a school bus on their activities. The project is currently limited to selected schools only, however, the commission intends to expand the scope of the project to cover all schools in Ghana as well as involving out-of-school youth.
