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I'll be going to Ho for the 6th time this weekend. This will be the 5th time for +Barcamp Ho , I've attended every single Barcamp in #HoCity. The other time I was in the capital of the Volta region, I was attending the funeral of the late Eli Aidam , one of the Barcamp Ho co-founders. We miss him , one of the true young heroes of Ghana. He'll be proud of what we've achieved with Barcamp Ho, especially +Junior Camp Ghana . The current team continues to do a great job, led by +Courage Christson Tetteh . +Gameli Adzaho  is still there to give advice and support to others like +Elvis Bomasah   +Ousman Saidy   +Courage ES   +Mark Hammond   +Precious Adade  and +Harry Akligoh . We need to mention folks like +Eric Tackie Tawiah Ankrah  and +Shika Brown as well. The team needs some awesome ladies though, like +Rachel Hormeku  and +Senam Aseye Bridget  who are part of the +Barcamp Ghana  team alongside +kofi yeboah   +Leonard Hagan ...

You might have seen #ReubenRides on social media. It's one of the coolest things happening in Ghana this year and more people need to know about this.  On August 10 th , 2015,  +Reuben Griffiths Bekoe   laced his sneakers,  pumped on his bicycle and started to ride across Ghana to raise money for the  Ghana Cleft foundation  as part of his action at home for the Latitude Global Volunteering, ICS where he volunteered for 10 weeks in Cape Coast.   His cycling tour has taken him from Tarkwa to Takoradi to Cape Coast to Accra to Ho to Tamale and he is currently in Bolga. He's been taking pictures and selfies, posting on social media throughout his journey, ridden with  +Wanlov Kubolor , been on the  +Joy 99.7FM  Super morning show, etc, getting featured by +cecilia amoafowaa sefa  on her blog, etc. Remarkably, he's been taking videofies --- taking videos of himself as he's been riding! See a video montage from his Cape Coast to...

It's early in the wee hours of Saturday morning. I've returned home after being at the Odadee Torch & Bonfire night at Presec. I was wearing a black  +Barcamp Tema  tshirt. Many Odadee recognized me but also recognised Barcamp. Branding. I am not unable to be at  +Barcamp Bolga  which happens today due to prior engagements and personal reasons. I am sad though. I really wanted to be at Barcamp Bolga for the team. But like I've told many people, the Barcamp will run smoothly without me. That's the mark of maturity. The  +Barcamp Ghana  team is taking leadership, spearheading #bcbolga through  +kofi yeboah  and  +Leonard Hagan .  +Rachel Hormeku  and  +Senam Aseye Bridget  have done their part too, with  +Kobe Subramaniam  in the background.  +Abdul Razak Dimbie  and  +Baawuo Gloria  together with  +Daniel Yakuba   +Jon Mydaz  and  +Frank Bruce  are making the sec...

This year, we shall have our 5th  +Barcamp Cape Coast . It's been great to see what has emerged out of Barcamps in Cape Coast these 5 years. There are startups like  +Ahonya.com  which now has the  +Ahonyabid  product. There's the inspiration for  +Tech Needs Girls Gh  by  +regina agyare . But I especially love the growth of people like  +kofi yeboah   +Kobe Subramaniam   +William Osilaja Boampong  and  +francis kumadoh . The first two are joined by +Rachel Hormeku  (also from #Bccapecoast),  +Senam Aseye Bridget  and  +Leonard Hagan  to lead the  +Barcamp Ghana  program in Ghana. With this next theme around 'Equipping the Youth to plan their future today', we at the  +GhanaThink Foundation  are on course to do more. Barcamp Cape Coast 2015 is on September 12th at the University of Cape Coast. The organizing team is made up of  +Papa Baffoe Aikins   +Mantey Joshu...

I've blogged about National Volunteer Day (NVDay) a number of times. It all started with promoting the very first one . People (including some +Barcamp Kumasi  members) joined me for an activity at the King Jesus Charity in Kumasi. For International Volunteer Day (IVD) in 2013, +GhanaThink Foundation   launched the +Ghana Volunteer Program . I encouraged my avid readers to participate in  #NVDay14 . We used IVD last year to share what had happened during NVDay all around Ghana. I was on TV3 earlier today talking about NVDay with +Andrew Tetteh , we were hosted by Benny Blanco. There was this attempt to keep posted on volunteer activities in Ghana through a calendar that hasn't panned out well. Will try revive again during this National Volunteer Day period. #NVDay15 is here. 19th, 2th, 21st Septemeber. Aren't you excited? Looking for inspiration on what to do? Read my own story . Read the press release below. Or skip it, and go to volunteeringh.org . The ...