Young Tetrem Afigya man helping tackle poverty in Kumbungu District
Justice Boakye Tumfour, from Tetrem Afigya is in Kumbungu spending 10 weeks volunteering on a UK government funded project to fight poverty in the Northern region of Ghana. Justice Boakye Tumfour, 23, is working as part of a UK government funded scheme International Citizen Service (ICS). He is working alongside UK volunteers to work with women groups engaged in shea butter and rice production as their income generation activities. The fulfilment of their economic right is his priority where he seeks to formalise them as co-operatives under the Ghana Co-operative Guidelines and provide them with basic skills which will help achieve stability in their economic activity. Justice said: “I wanted to do ICS because I always want to reach out to people to help solve their problems whenever I have the opportunity to offer my help and impact positively in people’s lives and I found ICS which I am grateful for. During my placement, I had the opportunity to offer my skills and ass
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