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January
• 07-22 American University of Rome
• 21-31 Rhode Island School of Design
February
• 01-13 Rhode Island School of Design
• 23-28 Women Water Conference
March
• 01-03 Women Water Conference
• 14-26 Lake Forest Academy Gender Program
May
• 20-28 EF Naima Prince
June
• Internships
July
• 24-31 Carver Health Science & Research High School
• Internships
August
• 01-02 Carver Health Science & Research High School
September
• Gap Year Program
October
• Gap Year Program
November
• Gap Year Program
7th AUR Governance & Democracy Program (Jan 7-22, 2010)
This year marked the seventh time that Kokrobitey Institute had hosted the American University of Rome Governance and Democracy program. Focus of this 2-week intensive course was on i) history of the Atlantic Slave Trade, colonization and independence ii) the development and consolidation of democracy iii) development economics and iv) West Africa International Relations. Students from AUR, John Cabot University, Rome and Ashesi University College, Ghana participated in this program with students from the latter school on scholarships. Prof. James Walston of AUR was lead faculty.
Speakers included: Prof. K.B. Asante, a former Ghanaian diplomat abroad; Prof. Akosua Perbi, Head of History Department, University of Ghana; Madam Anna Bossman, Deputy Commissioner, Ghana Commission on Human Rights & Administrative Justice; Honorable Mr. William Awinador-Kanyirive, Director/Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration and Mrs. Juliana Lindsey, Deputy Resident Representative, UNICEF Ghana. H.E. Luca Fratini, former Italian Ambassador to Ghana was guest at the Ambassador’s forum.
Field trips were to: Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, National Cultural Centre, KAIPTC, Teshie Coffin makers, Cape Coast Slave Castle, Elmina and Kakum National Park where students camped overnight, etc.
Special events included the screening of "Inside Buffalo", a 60-minute immersion into the last 70 years of African-American history, told through the lens of veterans of the 92nd Buffalo Division at the DuBois Centre, Accra. The US Embassy, Accra, sponsored this event.
For their community service projects, students worked on vegetable and animal farms at Cape Coast School for the Deaf and erected a shed at the Kokrobite football park.
RISD Design Collaboration Program (Jan 21- Feb 13, 2010)
Students from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) collaborated with Renée Neblett, Artist/Director of Kokrobitey Institute and some local Ghanaian artisans at the Institute to develop a series of objects that utilize local materials, recyclables and natural substances. Artisans who participated in this program included brass casting, carpentry, woodcarving, sewing, glass beads, basket weaving and kente weaving artisans. Objects that students made included, lamp holders, wooden box chairs, laptop bags made from recycled materials, etc. Prof. Rosanne Somerson and Prof. Eck Follen of RISD were lead faculty whiles Isaac Wood alias Jojo was facilitator at the Institute’s Design Centre.
Guest artists included: Tei Huagie, Artist, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Accra; D.K. Asare, Architect, Harvard University and Prof. Ablade Glover, renowned Ghanaian artist and CEO of the Artist Alliance Gallery, Accra.
Field trips included: Accra City tour, trip to Cape Coast Slave Castle, Elmina and Kakum National Park where students camped overnight and trip to the 10th Anniversary Durbar of Chief Togbui Gbordzor in the Volta Region.
Special events included a “Meet the Artists” at the Artist Alliance Gallery, Accra and an Open House Exhibition at Kokrobitey Institute.
For their community service projects, students worked at Cape Coast School for the Deaf wood workshop, art studio, vegetable and animal farm and erected a play equipment made of bamboo and recycled tyres at the Kokrobite DA School.
West Africa Women and Water Training Program (Feb 24 - Mar 3, 2010)
Fifty (50) women community leaders from around the world met at Kokrobitey Institute for the 2nd biannual West Africa Women and Water Training Program this year. The aim of this program was to equip women leaders with the requisite tools, water technologies and business development skills they needed to be able to launch sustainable water service projects in their communities. These women came from West African countries such as Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo whiles their women organizers and trainers came from international organizations such as A Single Drop, Crabgrass and Women’s Earth Alliance with local support from ProNet Accra.
A closing ceremony was organized where these women leaders showcased their knowledge acquired water technologies and project proposals. Dr. Yasmin Haque, Director of UNICEF Ghana was guest speaker at this event that included cultural performances and refreshments. As part of their community service projects a biosand filter, rainwater harvesting equipment and water tank were installed at the Kokrobite DA School whiles solar cook-kit demonstrations and a composting toilet were setup at Kokrobitey Institute.
Lake Forest Academy Gender Program (March 14-26, 2010)
An intensive two-week program was organized for a group of twenty-two (22) Lake Forest Academy students and faculty on “Gender Roles and Issues in Ghana” at the Institute. Students and teachers from Kokrobite DA School, Sunbeam School and Presbyterian Senior High School as well as nurses from Kokrobite Clinic participated in this program.
Speakers included Mrs. Irene Engmann of Street Girls Aid, Mrs. Mavis Dontoh of Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment, Dr. Juliette Tuakli, Physician and lecturer at the University of Ghana and Dr. Yasmin Haque, Director of UNICEF Ghana.
Field trips included: Accra City tour, trip to Cape Coast Slave Castle, Elmina and Kakum National Park where students camped overnight and trip to the Manya Krobo Queen Mothers in the Eastern Region.
Special events included the screening of "Pray the Devil Back Home", an inspiring story of a group of ordinary women who came together Muslim and Christian, rich and poor, urban and rural to bring peace to their war-torn but beloved Liberia at the DuBois Centre, Accra.
For their community service projects, students taught students from the schools listed above how to construct solar cook-kits.
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