We also conducted an interactive health-education workshop for students at a Model Power Academy in Nsawam by the support of Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana. We focused on topics that are critical for young people’s wellbeing and development.

Our workshop covered:
   •   Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs): causes, prevention, symptoms, and treatment
   •   Teenage Pregnancy: health risks, social impacts, and prevention
   •   Myths vs. Facts about Sexual Health

As part of our commitment to public health and social justice, Bridging Families launched a community initiative to support incarcerated individuals at Nsawam Medium security prison with essential hygiene supplies. Lack of access to toiletries in correctional facilities can increase the risk of infections and significantly impact personal wellbeing.

Through community partnerships and local donations, we successfully collected and distributed detergents and hygiene materials to help enhance infection control practices within the facility.

This project not only helped improve day-to-day living conditions, but also highlighted the importance of dignity, cleanliness, and equitable access to health-supportive resources for everyone—regardless of their circumstances.

Our Erasmus+ Youth Exchange brought together enthusiastic young people from Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Germany for an inspiring international experience in the heart of Sweden. Over several days, participants explored cultural diversity, strengthened friendships across borders, and gained valuable skills for their future careers.

The project focused on employability and career development, giving young people the chance to reflect on their ambitions and discover new opportunities. Through interactive workshops, group discussions, and hands-on activities, participants learned how to identify their strengths, set career goals, and navigate the rapidly changing job market.

In times of high youth unemployment, it was important to bring together young people from around Europe to learn and share experiences related to ethnicity and work life.

The aim of this project was to provide young people with the necessary tools to tackle the competitive labour market.

The project catered for young people from ethnic minority backgrounds between the ages of 16-25 years. They had interactive workshops on CV writing and interview skills and lots of team building activities. 

The programme was held from 2th-11th August 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated social and economic downturn are undermining children's educational and development outcomes in Ghana. This is having a disproportionate effect on vulnerable groups, particularly in disadvantaged communities such as Nima in Maamobi, where Achievers Ghana, an NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) looks after girls to enable them to continue with their education. These risks will be exacerbated especially in overcrowded communities such as Nima.  
 
Bridging families rose to the challenge and donated hand sanitizers and masks to children and young people of Achievers Ghana.

Amma Frimpong from The University of Essex has been selected as a finalist in the Mary Seacole Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion for the 2020 Student Nursing Times Awards, to be held at Grosvenor House, London on 24 April 2020. The awards have had a recording breaking year with more than 500 talented student nurses, education providers, and mentors entering.  Finalists will now present to members of the 90-strong panel of esteemed educational professionals.

Shining Stars Reading Club was launched in Lila Childcare Foundation in Awoshie in September 2019. Children wrote their names on stars to remind that that where ever they find themselves they have to keep shining. Over 150 children in the school now have access to story books.

- September 2019

We had a reading challenge with the girls where girls sat in groups to share a book with  volunteers from University of Ghana, Legon. The girls had to write down new words they came across while reading and find the meaning to them. They also had to predict what would come next in the story and pretend to be some of the characters in the story.

- September 2019