Volunteer of the week

Name: Francis Oko Armah
Age: 21
Profession: Advocate
Nationality: Ghana
Hobbies: reading,writing, singing, exploring.

Oko Armah as known by many, is a native of Teshie, a town located at the shores of Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Earlier had his basic education at  Teshie St. John School and completed at Teshie Anglican basic school where he had a Basic Education Certificate. He was then awarded a scholarship as a brilliant but needy student in the LEDZOKUKU KROWOR MUNICIPALITY IN ACCRA to further his education in Presbyterian Senior High School-La Accra, where he had his secondary School education. Oko Armah is very passionate in using writing as a tool for creating change in his community, especially with issues concerning children and young people. In 2009, He joined the Children and youth In Broadcasting-Curious Minds Ghana, a youth-led advocacy group that basically uses the media to address issues of interest to young people and also to empower them. Since then, he has been involved in many advocacy and capacity building platforms in Ghana. Also volunteered for the Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES) Ghana in their first ever YES GHANA CONFERENCE in 2012.Francis enjoys good Ghanaian music and little of Spanish mix. He also adores children and loves to spend quality time with them.He draws inspiration from the Most High God, his dad Mr. Fredrick Armah, Mr. Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh, Esi Yankah, John Armah and a host of others. He covered Ghana's elections for IQ4NEWS online and is currently a scholar in the upcoming world congress on post-secondary education as he hopes to break the barriers affecting post-secondary education in
Africa.

Oko Armah plans to study Journalism at the tertiary level to explore more social issues on the African Continent in making the world a better place for all children and young people. Strongly believes in the ability of young people to create the change that they so wish for.