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LLN calls for the protection of girls against social media predators
Founder of the Leading Ladies Network (LLN), a women’s leadership development organization, Madam Yawa Hansen Quao is advocating for an increase in awareness on the dangers social media could have on young girls who are oblivious of how to use such tools safely.
According to her, though social media had many importance, it also posed dangers to ignorant users, especially children and young girls.
She made the call last week during the final leadership mentorship session organised by her outfit for schoolgirls at the Ladies of Asumption Catholic School in the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
The event formed part of series of mentorship sessions organized by the LLN for school girls within the municipality.
One of the key training programmes the LLN had integrated into its plan of action she said was on social media which entailed how to teach young girls how to safely use such technological tools safely.
She also stated that as part of the engagements, the young girls were schooled on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) and also how they could be entrepreneurially minded.
“Also we focused our programmes on mannerism and how these girls at their young ages could becomes professionals in the near future. We know that all the seeds we have planted in these girls during the mentorship programme will bear fruits.”
“We are grateful to the girl child education coordinator for the Ga North Municipality and the entire team for making this year’s edition of our mentorship sessions with young schoolgirls a success,” she added.
Madam Hanson revealed the LLN had started receiving positive feedbacks about the programmes, saying many requests have been received from various districts across the country for her outfit to replicate such mentorship programmes in more districts across Ghana.
“I am happy about this and feel encouraged by the fact that the schoolgirls are doing better in their respective schools, they are becoming student leaders and I think these interventions are very transformative and this really makes us feel encouraged,” she added.
Executive Director of an NGO called The Woman Called She, Ms Elsie Boateng in a presentation dubbed “Think before you Click” said due to the vulnerability of young girls on social media, especially when it comes to cyber bullying, there was the need for more coaching, to protect girls from becoming victims of such unpleasant situations.
She stated that there was a lot knowledge gap when it comes to awareness about the use of social media among young girls.
She therefore urged teachers and guardians to ensure they coached young girls on how to remain mindful about their engagements on social media and other online spaces.
BY RAISSA SAMBOU
Hundreds of Church members from the World Mission Society Church of God (General Pastor, Kim Joo-Cheol) last Saturday participated in a clean-up exercise to clear waste around the Weija Dam, and it’s surroundings in Accra.
It was part of their annual activities in promoting proper sanitation practices in the country, as well as educating the public from indiscriminately disposal of waste in ensuring good sanitation practices.
The about 8-hour clean-up exercise saw members of the Church cleaning domestic waste on the highway, sweeping, picking up plastics and clearing debris around the dam.
The General Pastor of the Church, Kim Joo-Cheol, said every year the Church organised a clean-up campaign in order to clean the environment to improve sanitation practices in communities.
“However, this year, the name of our campaign is the Forest Hope campaign. So we took up this initiative to remember the World Soil Day. This is to create awareness, to let people know the importance of the soil and also the International Mountain Day, which is also to raise awareness on the importance of the mountains, how it supports our life by producing fresh water and all that, ” he said
Pastor Joo-Cheol said the main purpose of the campaign is to help people know the importance of keeping their environments clean, and especially protecting the country’s mountainous areas and the forest
“Because they are very important to us, because we know that the Earth is a place that contains life that supports and contains life in the ecosystem,” he said.
The Assembly Member of New Weija-West, Mr Ohene Djan, commended the church for engaging in such sanitation exercises, stressing that, for many years, it has become difficult getting the public to assist in clearing up the community.
He noted among the many challenges troubling the communities was the improper sanitation practices, and that the sanitation task force would continue in dealing with those who flout the law.
BY BERNARD BENGHAN
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
