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Ghana Report No.15 - Arkaah Kobina - President of the Solid Rock Association - East Ridge, Accra - [english]

Interview with Arkaah Kobina, the President of the Non Governmental Organisation "Solid Rock Association" located in the Center of national Art and Culture in East Ridge, Accra. The NGO tries to provide a secure place to play, learn and socialize especially for the children of the slum. They are area as their headquarters and want to provide a clean playground for the children, as well they are teaching them different skills. From dancing, to playing instruments, painting, creating cloth and bags they teach them a lot which can be usefull for earning some kind of money as well. Arts are an easy way to get in touch with the children and after building up a connection they start as well to improve the teaching levels up to basic mathematics, english or geography. They even have a computer room with currently four computers, but two are not working. The President tells us in the interview about the vision of solid rock and their aims.

CONTACT. Adress: P.O.BOX AC 571 Art-Center, 00233 Accra - Email: solidrockassoc2009@yahoo.com - Phone: +233 302976342 (Office) / +233 243322558 (Mobile) - Facebookpage: facebook.com/pages/Solid-Rock-...0617268?fref=ts - President: Arkaah Kobina - Email: arkaahkobina@gmail.com

>> Profile Solid Rock Association: hita-ev.org/?page_id=1549&lang=en

Date: 12th September 2014
Moderation: Günther Michels