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SELF-ESTEEM, HOW TO DEVELOP IT …

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Building self-esteem What is self esteem Self-esteem is your opinion of your own self and your worth. In order words, your perception of your value as a person, particularly with regards to the work you do, your status, achievements, purpose in life, your perceived place in social order (class), potential for success, strengths and weakness; how you relate to others and your ability to stand on your feet. The confidence one has in him or herself as being capable of doing certain things and doing it better can also be considered as self-esteem. Your self-esteem is made up of all the experiences and interpersonal relationships you have had in your life. Everyone you have ever met has added to or taken away from how you see yourself. Your relationship with friends, love partners, family, school mates, church, members and the people you interact with in general has contributed in one way or the other in building your self-esteem. For example, your motivator or your role mo
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Young Tetrem Afigya man helping tackle poverty in Kumbungu District

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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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CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO CHANGE THE WORLD!

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REVIVE THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERING IN GHANAIAN YOUTH A group of young people volunteering for International Service and in partnership with NFED- Kumbungu to alleviate women groups in Beigu in the Kumbungu district from poverty. Volunteering is one of the powerful tools towards national development. It creates avenues for individuals to make use of their knowledge and skills to help promote a good course of action. Empirically, volunteering comes with many benefits to the individuals, the target group and the nation at large. But in most recent times, the youth of our country have virtually ignored the idea of volunteerism and therefore deem it as somehow a waste of time due to the fact that, one has to offer services for “free” without a promised salary, wage or any form of payment. Volunte ering is generally considered a self-sacrificing activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial gain "to benefit another person, group or organizati
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