Humanist Action
8 Insights From Our Open Discussion on Humanist Volunteering
Each month FBB hosts a live Fireside Chat with grantees, volunteers, and friends. The last session was an informal open discussion with volunteers and team leaders in our Beyond Belief Network. Here are a few of our favorite insights that came out of this free-flowing chat:
Read MoreCongratulations Humanist Action Ghana vocational training graduates!
Our Humanist Action Ghana program (soon to become a Ghanaian NGO) just presented certificates to graduates in its vocational training program! This anti-poverty program trains young people near the town of Cape Coast the trade of sewing and gives them resources to start their own business. 10 trainees have trained under 4 professional tailors for…
Read MoreWhat I Want to Give Women in Northern Ghana
The Northern region is the largest region in Ghana. It is also the poorest. Although there has been some increase in access to education and modern infrastructure, the region still has a long way to go in terms of women’s rights.
Read MoreHumanist Action Ghana is becoming an NGO!
On FBB’s latest Fireside Chat—we announced big moves forward for our Humanist Action Ghana program. Later this year, HA Ghana will become an independent nongovernmental organization (NGO)… led and staffed entirely by Ghanaians in the country’s Northern Region! Participants discussed these changes as well as the challenges facing camps for alleged witches, our vocational training…
Read MoreLife in Ghanaian Alleged Witch Camps Under COVID-19
Earlier this month, student journalists from Ghana contacted us to provide an update on the increasingly dire conditions of the country’s camps for alleged witches. Our poverty-alleviation program Humanist Action: Ghana will soon be turning into an NGO working to impact the lives of these very people. Coronavirus disease as a global pandemic struck Ghana…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 4)
Chiemi Maloy is a Humanist Action: Ghana volunteer who has traveled to Ghana for the first time as part of a year-long service commitment in the town of Cape Coast. This is her second entry in this blog series. (Click here for her first installment.) One of the best and worst parts of being away…
Read More400 Years- An Invitation to Mourn, Celebrate, and Imagine
In this blog, former HA: Ghana Ghana volunteer Christian Hayden shares his thoughts on the Year of Return. The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a major campaign inviting the worldwide African Diaspora to return to Ghana. The year chosen commemorates 400 years since the first enslaved African arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. A few historians…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 3)
This article is part of a series written by FBB volunteers detailing their experiences in the Humanist Action: Ghana. The opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily express those of Foundation Beyond Belief as a whole, its staff, or donors. Elroy Leday is a Humanist Action: Ghana volunteer who has traveled to Ghana for the…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 2)
This article is part of a series written by FBB volunteers detailing their experiences in the Humanist Action: Ghana. The opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily express those of Foundation Beyond Belief as a whole, its staff, or donors. August 2019. On June 27th, I left Salt Lake City with three suitcases and a…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 1)
This article is part of a series written by FBB volunteers detailing their experiences in the Humanist Action: Ghana. The opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily express those of Foundation Beyond Belief as a whole, its staff, or donors. August 2019. How do I sum up my last three weeks? Well, for starters, I…
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