2010 Fellow Kwabena Danso in Ghana

Kwabena Danso grew in the rural community of Yonso in south-central Ghana. Today, the very place where he once struggled against poverty is where he now works to improve educational outcomes for children and livelihood opportunities for women through the Yonso Project. Focusing its efforts on five small towns with a combined population of 12,000, the Project seeks to tackle some of the largest problems facing the developing world on an effective, manageable scale. Among its activities, the Project offers scholarships to children, renovates schools, provides textbooks and other equipment, sponsors teachers, and recognizes quality teaching through an awards program. Recognizing that families frequently can't afford to send their children to school, the Project provides business training workshops and microloans to rural women. A bamboo bicycle production initiative employs local youth, while providing rural farmers with a way to transport their goods to market. To date, the Yonso Project has renovated three rural schools, provided scholarships to over 130 students, and made loans to more than 200 women.

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