Meet YAD Municipal, one of the two Youth Alive teams who
have begun working with Youth Alive on an exciting and brand new project in
Navrongo, Upper East Ghana.
Our Team Leaders
Leanne
Inspiration for becoming an ICS team leader: An interest in
Development and experience in the education sector.
Age: 24
Favourite colour: orange
Dream superpower: The ability to freeze time
Destination next to visit: Japan
Guilty pleasure: Cheesy rom coms
Fun fact: Leanne ate a kilogram of sweet corn in one go to
fundraise for her placement. Not once, but twice. If that’s not commitment we
don’t know what is!
Most likely to: Get
goosebumps in Ghana
Anita
Age: 27
Inspiration for becoming an ICS team leader: To develop
herself in leadership skills, to learn from other volunteers and how the
organisation operates.
Favourite colour: red
Favourite music: ‘He Did It Again’ by Sinach
Fun fact: Anita is an identical twin!
Most likely to: cycle the Tour de Ghana
Our Volunteers:
Aminah:
Age: 19
Why ICS: Aminah wants to be a part of this NGO.
Favourite colour: yellow
Dream superpower: To be able to feel like an ice cube in
this 40-degree Navrongo heat.
Favourite food: Lasagne
Guilty pleasure song: ‘My Girl’, Michael Jackson.
Most likely to: form
ICS’ first Navrongo girl band, ‘Navrongo Chicks’
Pearl, aka Auntie
Pearl
Age: 25
Why ICS: To experience other cultures, to help people and in
her small way find possible solutions to the world’s problems.
Favourite place in the world: London
Favourite food: Fufu and light soup
Favourite body part: her waist
Fun fact: She loves to make people smile.
Most likely to: Adopt the entire
YAD team
Isaac
Age: 24
Why ICS: So that he can help people in his home community
Dream superpower: invisibility
Favourite colour: red
Favourite body part: his hands
Most likely to: Make
it to the UK on a dance scholarship
Keline Matthew:
Age: 21
Why ICS: to get experience and acquire knowledge.
Favourite colour: green
Dream superpower: flying
Favourite celebrity: Akon
Fun fact: His favourite football team is Arsenal.
Most
likely to: be an undercover agent.
Emma
Age: 18
Why ICS: Life experience!
Favourite food: peanut butter
Favourite destination: Seattle
Dream superpower: To be able to refill anything, from a pack
of pringles to her bank account.
Fun fact: Is a fantastic dancer and singer.
Most likely to: Be a
heavyweight champion
Sumaya
Age: 22
Why ICS: Wants to aquire new skills
Dream superpower: the ability to jump really high
Favourite celebrity: Jack Appiah
Favourite colour: pink
Ideal holiday destination: USA
Random fact: Sumaya is really good at dancing and has great
fashion sense.
Most likely to: break the world selfie taking record.
Becca
Why ICS: Wants to do something active instead of just
donating.
Age: 22
Superpower: To calm people’s anxiety
Favourite body part: eye balls
Dream destination: Bali for a yoga retreat
Fun fact: Broke her ankle fully in half by sledging age 15
Guilty pleasure: Spice Girls
Most likely to:
become a member of a 90s girl pop band, e.g. TLC
Selima
Age: 24
Why ICS: to help people while discovering herself and
learning and sharing experiences.
Favourite food: Kenkey with pepper and Tilapia
Favourite place in the world: Paris
Favourite body part: her eyes
Fun fact: She loves coming up with new ideas.
Most
likely to: fall asleep at a rock concert
Izzy
Why ICS: she wanted a challenge
Age: 22
Favourite colour: orange
Favourite celebrity: Simon Cowell
Dream superpower: to fly
Dream destination: India
Favourite body part: her lush lips
Most likely to: Most
likely to open Navongo’s first pizzeria.
Lawrencia
Why ICS: To build confidence and presentation skills
Age: 18
Favourite colour: white/pink
Dream superpower: to be able to sing
Favourite music: Gospel and Reggae
Most likely to:
become a rapper
Rukshini
Why ICS: it’s the opportunity of a lifetime!
Age: 23
Dream superpower: be able to adapt to her surroundings like
a chameleon
Favourite colour: orange
Favourite body part: her eyes and lips
Guilty pleasure: Chocolate
Most likely to: have
the cleanest hands on the planet
Louisa
Why ICS: To learn more about development and experience
living in a different place
Age: 23
Superpower: To be able to immediately transport herself to
different destinations at the click of a button.
Favourite colour: Blue
Fun fact: Has a scar that looks like a shark bite on her
left arm.
Most
likely to: never run out of toilet roll
Check out this blog for more adventures of the Youth Alive Pioneers as they explore Navrongo and set up the YAD (Youth Action Development) project!
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