Annversary Report - By Kojo Oduro - Kwateng

OBJECTIVES
To promote academic, entrepreneurship, social and cultural progress or development among Ghanaian youth living in Austria.
This involves organizing the youth in the following manner:
1. Academic:
The youth pursuing various academic programs in schools will network by way of email telephone and all other electronic media to exchange learning experiences, help each other with academic work. Sharing common knowledge about Computer techniques or application.
2. Entrepreneurship
The youth pursuing entrepreneurship oriented programs like those of HTL, Berufschule and so on will also share information and learning experiences, job creation, seminars, workshop and symposia.
3. Social and cultural
To network together in organizing through discussions of Social activities particularly those activities with direct relevance to the learning of Ghanaian culture and also to expose the youth to Ghanaian traditions including music, drumming, dancing, communication, cooking and interpersonal relationships. This is to enable the individual to have an unbroken umbilical cord to typical Ghanaian way of life. Also inclusive in this section is the adoption of morality, etiquette and linguistics to appreciate the study African Ghanaian History.
4. Sports
To organize sports activities like soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming and athletics including other fantastic games for children popularly played in Ghana like 'ampe', 'dame' and 'oware'. This will not only promote mental and physical health and well being of the participants but also inter-personal relationships among the youth, helping to build leadership qualities and strong sense of competing.
5. Excursions
Organizing excursions to places of interest in Austria and neighboring countries. To establish youth partnerships, with some schools in Ghana under the auspices or collaboration, of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Accra Ghana.
6. Conclusion
To exchange with the youth in Ghana through the creation of e-friends and pen-friends, visitations, publication of magazines based on African Ghanaian content and folklore stories like ananse stories, news and information from Ghana on fashion, music, food and general livelihood. Quiz programs on Ghana and Africa including National pledges, anthems, flag identification and other patriotic songs.

By Kojo Abu Oduro - Kwateng