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The Young Peace Brigades (YPB) is a non-profit organisation focused on tackling poverty through promoting access to opportunities for community education, economic development, and health services through volunteerism and community self help initiatives.
We welcome your effort, your ideas, your participation and your support in forming a unified front in promoting our mission and vision.
News and Updates of Our Activites
May.22.2009
a helping hand - Orion Health Support YPB
OrionHealth, a Rehab or Multidisciplinary company based in Western Canada, for the past three years has continually supported the work of Young Peace Brigades in Ghana. This has enabled over 300 children have access to much needed education and improved healthcare. Learn More...
Jan.1.2009
our partnerships grow - Young Peace Brigades Partners GYAN-Ghana and NYC-Ghana
Global Youth Action Network-Ghana and the National Youth Council of Ghana-Bawku Municipal in the Upper East Region has entered into a strategic partnership with Young Peace Brigades in promoting community self help initiatives, Peace Education and Health Education in the Upper East Region through volunteerism. Learn More...
Dec.1.2008
making a difference - $10 Friends of Africa!
$10 friends of Africa is an initiative aimed at fundraising $30,000 through the donations of $10 from friends and individuals who have the welfare of the continent of Africa at heart. The funds raised will be used to construct a medical clinic in the rural village of Kramokrom in Ghana and a primary school in Sierra Leone. Be a friend and make a difference in the lives of others. Learn More...
Dec.1.2008
a Brigade's Story from Ghana - Anne Marie Jekyll's (MD) Experience
After one month in Ghana, I am only beginning to understand the challenges facing access to healthcare for the people living in rural communities of Upper Denkyira and other areas of Ghana. I have learned about the upsetting reality that at this point in time many people will never receive healthcare or education. There certainly is no easy answer. Learn More...
Oct.30.2008
our Brigade expands - Young Peace Brigades in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a small country located in the Western part of Africa. Sixty five percent of this population is of the youthful age while the remaining thirty five percent constitutes the children and adult. The rate of mortality over the years has been on the increase since the end of the devastated civil war. Now we have Young Peace Brigades in Sierra Leone. Learn More...