As part of activities to increase and sustain public visibility for maternal and newborn health in Ghana, the MamaYe Campaign is engaging youth in Senior High Schools across the country on a platform known as the MamaYe Ambassadors' Parliament (MAP).
As part of activities to increase and sustain public visibility for maternal and newborn health in Ghana, the MamaYe Campaign is engaging youth in Senior High Schools across the country on a platform known as the MamaYe Ambassadors' Parliament (MAP). The ambassadors will engage in the public discourse on the need to improve maternal and newborn health in Ghana. It is meant to inform, alter negative attitudes and raise expectations of maternal and newborn survival among opinion formers and the wider public in Ghana.Some of the schools are St. Augustine’s College, Adisadel College, Mfantsipim Senior High School, Aggrey Memorial (AME) Zion Senior High School, Ghana National College. Mfantsiman Girls SHS, Holy Child SHS and Wesley Girls SHS. Students of Aggrey Memorial SHSSome more students of Aggrey Memorial paying attention to the MamaYe team."Together we can make a difference" - They cheered.E4A Ghana team member, Marian Offei, engaging students of Mfantsipim School. Yea! The young men were fun.The Kwabotwe young men (Mfanstipim School) gave the team a rousing welcome.Senior House Master of Mfantsipim, Evans Badu Nyiaye, also joined the MamaYe chorus.Daniel Richard Essah (right), External Relations Officer and Teacher at Mfantsipim School posed with his students.The young men of St Augustine's College converged in their Assembly Hall to receive the MamaYe team.Headmaster of St Augustine's College presenting T-Shirts to students for answering questions on Maternal and Newborn Health.The Santaclausians (Adisadel College students) listening attentively to the team.A young man answering a question on causes of maternal death.Find out more about E4A-MamaYe Activism