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  Ada Youngsters Charity Foundation has supported kids and young ones by having the Easter Love Feast and made its maiden donation exercise to the 320 children at Big-Ada, in Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region on Easter Sunday. The Ada Youngsters Charity Foundation donated items, such as exercise books, pens, pencils and erasers. The kids were also served food and drinks plus other goodies. Miss Antoinette Nacco Otumfuo and Mr. Emmanuel Teye Gbadah Wussah, founders of the charity group, said the mission of Ada Youngsters Charity Foundation is to help the young ones to excel in any good thing they wish to achieve. “The vision of the group is to guide, patch, motivate, inspire and equip the young ones with the norms and values that will guide their steps toward a brighter future,” Miss Otumfuo said. She added that everyone should come on board to help these kids to excel. Mr. Wussah also indicated that he believes in investing to develop the minds of young ones. ...

  One Big Family, the foremost youth organisation for young persons of Ada origin, held a two-day unity gathering dubbed ‘Ignite Love for a Better Tomorrow’ that brought together members from different locations to focus on improving relationships and communication within the group. Members expressed their concerns and discussed the importance of self-confidence and good communication in all aspects of life. They also emphasized the need to avoid allowing politics to divide the group and to demonstrate leadership and unity in all of their actions. The Youth Development Chief of the Ada Traditional Area, Nene Tetteh Kakepeemi I, praised the group for their love and unity and advised them to support each other in achieving their common goals. He also cautioned against petty conflicts and jealousy within the group and encouraged them to respect and strengthen their bonds as a family. He urged them to think about how they can move forward and not pay attention to undue criticism....

  It was all excitement when several clans, families and culture lovers fully graced the maiden youth involvement of the annual Ada Asafotufiami Festival of the Dangme people of the Ada Traditional Area. One Big Family - a non-governmental organisation which has become one of the most loved groups in Ada for gathering all clans, families of the Ada Traditional Area and friends from the diaspora - quickly changed the status quo of non-involvement of youth plans in the celebration of the festival to make it a fully youth involved-programme; and it was wonderful to see several groups of youth gather to share a common platform and vision. The Ada Asafotufiami Festival is an annual warrior's festival celebrated by the people of Ada in the Greater Accra Region from the first Thursday of August to the second weekend of August. It commemorates the victories of the heroic warriors and ancestors in battle and those who fell on the battlefield. The festival also ushers in the harvest sea...