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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 Joshua   +Wilson Seyram Ameamu   +sampson oboh   +Ansaba Amoah   +Kwesi Quagraine  and some other volunteers

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 Gh

Many a times people have told me that I am very friendly and helpful. It lends well to a lot of the work that I do with the  +GhanaThink Foundation  etc. Someone said I have the heart of a mother. If I do, you might imagine how great my mother is. She is :-) Her greatness lends itself well to hosting people . She's hosted many people in our house growing up. And for the last few years, she has a guest house where she hosts more people. If you're looking for a place to stay in Kumasi , a guest house for one, two, three nights, a week, two weeks - look no further than Higgins Memorial Lodge . It's affectionately called Higgins Homes . You can book your stay there by contacting me -  @Abocco or on gmail as well with the same username. Higgins is a great place to stay. You can ask  +kofi yeboah  who stayed there for more than a week.  +Yayra Tay  stayed there with a couple of friends for some time. My brother  +Kofi Ulzen-Appiah  can also tell you more. Higgins Homes is