Volunteer of the week
Name:
Samuel Kwame Darko
Age: 25
Hobbies: Reading and
Football
Profession: Real Estate
Agent,
iHav Africa
Country: Ghana
Role in Ihav: Budget Committee member
I am a Real Estate Agent graduate of Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where I obtained my first
degree in BSc Land Economy.
Spent my childhood in Tema, where I
had my junior and secondary education. I attended the now Tema Senior High
School which really helped me come out of my reserved and quite nature into a
more sociable and experimental person.
In 2009, I had the opportunity to
represent Ghana at the World University games in Belgrade, Serbia,
which really exposed me to the outside world in regards to diverse culture and
thinking. The passion and interest I have for volunteering now was actually
acquired at these games in Belgrade. Witnessing students collaborate with the
elderly to organize an event as big as the Olympics really caught my attention
and interest.
After that event I also wanted a
platform to be a part of something similar here in Africa where such things as
volunteering aren’t common. I therefore seized the opportunity to join iHav as a volunteer to be a part of the
change Africa desperately needs.
I am convinced that to change the
future of Africa, we must first change the mindset of young Africans in college
and outside college today. Being a strong believer in the ideology of Ghana’s
first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, I know that change that Africa needs must
start now and so I joined iHav.
Finally, I love football very much,
sometimes I play and most of the time I watch the game on television. I am a
Christian, an active member of The Church of Pentecost and I
believe that with the Almighty God in the iHav boat we will smile at Africa’s
challenges.
“The greatest mistake of the movement
has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have
to wake the people up first, then you will get action”- Malcolm X
Social Networks:
Facebook Kwame Samma
Twitter @kwame samma
