Star-Ghana Foundation’s SURE Project are helping vulnerable youth in northern Ghana turn away from radicalisation through skills training and community cooperation.
During a recent field visit to Kpalba, programme officials observed trainees applying newly acquired vocational abilities to support one another’s enterprises. Welding apprentices constructed a functional oven for bakery trainees and built display tables for local soap producers, illustrating what organisers described as a practical model of shared economic growth.
The initiative, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, targets young people considered vulnerable to extremist recruitment by equipping them with employable skills and support networks.
Participants also fabricated a metal gate for a community church in appreciation for its provision of electricity for training activities.
A community durbar involving traditional leaders and government representatives highlighted the project’s broader aim of strengthening social cohesion, which organisers say is essential to preventing violence and sustaining development. Further expansion plans are under consideration, officials said.