Curious Minds Ghana celebrates 15th anniversary

Accra, April 2, GNA - Mrs Eva Lokko, Former Director of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation has called for the establishment of Curious Minds Club in all junior high schools to develop knowledge, skills and attitude among students.

She said the Club would help improve the lives of students by increasing their opportunities for active participation in the development of the media. "If this is done, Ghanaian children will grow to possess personal resilience and leadership skills to build the better Ghana we are advocating," she said.

She made the call at the 15th Anniversary of Curious Minds Ghana, in Accra on Friday on the theme: 9315 years of Driving Young People's Development in the Media; The Curious Minds Experience." The objective behind the anniversary is to prepare the youth to blaze the trail in developmental issues.

Mrs Lokko said Curious Minds aimed at ensuring that children had the consent and ability to develop their interest to be confident in developing their future.

She pleaded with television stations to allocate a slot for Curious Minds initiatives to bring children into the mainstream media so that they would be considered by the society as essential part of their communities.

Mr Kingsley Obeng- Kyereh, Executive Co-ordinator of Curious Minds said the body aimed at placing young people's interest and concerns at the core of its work.

He said Curious Minds would continue to provide rich opportunities for children to learn creatively and develop personal resilience and leadership skills. "We believe it is every child's right to have the opportunity to realise (his or her) creative potential," he said. Mr Bawa Amadu, Assistance Country Representative of the United Nation Population Fund said the Fund was committed to empower children through human development support.

He advised children to forge ahead to contribute fully to the society and lead positive and productive lives. Curious Minds Ghana was started in 1996 by Women in Broadcasting, an NGO to deliver high quality programmes concerning education and learning for the development of children in Ghana.