Meet Your Reps!

GYD Ghana is very excited about the upcoming year! We have some wonderful projects planned and as always, we are ready to support YOU in any GYD-related projects you want to do in your community!

The regional representatives and position holders for GYD are as follows:

Lizzy Lyons- Northern Rep / President
Kevin Nascimento- Western Rep / Scholarships Coordinator
Sarah Wein- Upper West Rep / Scholarships Coordinator
Kate Stalter- Central Rep / Fundraising & Treasurer
Melissa Obenchain- Upper East Rep / GYDLines
Caitlin McGuire- Brong Ahafo Rep / GYDLines
Stephen Hall- Ashanti Rep / Take Our Daughter To Work Day (TODTWD) Coordinator
Andie Yost- Eastern Rep / Women's Book Coordinator
Lindsey Hanson- Greater Accra Rep / Training
Lauren Neubauer- Volta Rep / Child Trafficking and Human Rights Coordinator

Drop us a line!

GYD wants to hear your voice: how have you supported the mission of GYD in your communities?

Submit any stories, pictures, articles, videos (ANYTHING!) from projects or events to your regional rep by the LAST WEEK of every month. 

Every month the GYDLines blog will post GYD projects 
from each region- share your story with us!

Creative Small Grants

Thanks to GYD small grants, I was able to start a vocational program at State School for the Deaf, Batik! The past term has been filled with many experiments, a few mistakes, and a lot of learning. Students from Primary 6; JHS 1, 2, and 3 have been coming in two days each week to learn about and practice the batik making process.

Currently they are trying their hand at stamp making, learning different ways to apply the wax design, and how to mix chemicals for the dying process. You may have seen or purchased some of our design at the All Volunteer Conference in Bunso. Our next batch is promised to the staff here at State Deaf, but you should feel free to call me with personal orders or ideas for a new design.

We also welcome visitors to the campus to watch the process and design some of their own batik. Thanks again to GYD for helping make this possible with the small fund grant you donated to my school. We are having a blast and learning a ton!