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Passion Projects

IYIP interns are purpose-driven and passion-fueled! Our program teams support intern-led ideas and initiatives aligned to community priorities, and you can learn more about these projects and how you can learn from and support them here.

Cohort 4

Team Kúkátónón

Developing a sustainable stable community from existing chaos through police leadership skills?

by

Adolina Asmelash

Planting Seeds of Positive Growth

by

Blessing Onyekwere

Stories That Shine

by

Emily Miller

by

Hena Rwamihigo

by

Keshini Ramchurreetoo

Health and safety education initiative

by

Malika Ruddock-Scott

Roots of Change

by

Naomi Nanette

Many Paths, One Future: Career Planning for Youth and Young Adults

by

Ololade Famurewa

Future pathway project

by

Sylvia Nyakundi

by

Victoria Nnadiekwe

Team Sankofa

Stories of the Ancestors

by

Ashiorkor Otoo

ReCreate: Promoting Youth Development Through Recreation and Creativity.

by

Chidindu Anadozie & Lubna Ismail

‘Drawing the Line: A Sexual Exploitation Awareness Campaign’

by

Ghassan-Elias Zaitoun

Girls Who GET UP

by

Jaden Allleyson

Friends of Schools of Dreams (‘Friends of SoD’)

by

Mariam Tilmo

Adwuma Ne Yɛn: Stories of Ghanaian Work and Health

by

Opemipo Oluwasola

by

Titus Ngouepo

Cohort 3

Team Kúkátónón

All Hands Together: A Community Program for the Deaf

by Rachel Lamadine

by Misty Macdonald

Cross-Cultural Dialogue Days

by Hechun Ouyang

Together, Not Alone

by Stephanie Adewumi

Community Health Poster Series

by Graden Grandison

Identity to Impact: A Mindset & STEAM Program for Teens (13-19)

by Dorcas Adewumi

From Culture Shock to Cultural Competence: A Volunteer Survival Guide

by Brady Gleed

Dignity in every stall: flow forward

by Alessia Carbone

Team Sankofa

Sustaining Schools: School Farming Social Enterprise

by Maya Kors

“Mbabunu den sh3” Youth Empowerment & Career Orientation Mentorship Program

by Ladi Bil

Sakura STEM & Digital Bridge

by Joshua Bazié

Children’s Book Drive - ‘’SANKOFA READS’’

by G'mari Ashton

Service in Context: Exploring Security, Duty, and Community in Ghana

by Essa Nadeem

The Daughters of Nsawam

by Amira Naas

by Ali Khan

Cohort 2

Team Kúkátónón

Voices of Hope: Children’s Rights & Peacebuilding in Post-War Liberia

by Ethar Mohsin

Love Letters From Liberia

Leveling the Field: Women and Kickball/Sport in Liberia

Optimizing Waste Management in Liberia

The Gift of Words

Fatemeh's Passion Project

Team Sankofa

Adinkra for the Mind: Ghanaian Mental Resilience Toolkit

by Yambakam Nyangani

HealthTree: A Holistic Health & Self Reflection Tool!

Roots and Identity

She Leads: Girls' Empowerment Workshops

Exploring the Use of Herbal Medicine

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