Ghana’s upcoming elections risk violence, especially in the North where youth unemployment, political marginalization, and historical grievances create a volatile environment. HOPin Academy seeks to empower young people to become agents of peace and enhance youth electoral engagement. 

This project, “Youth Empowerment for Peaceful Elections,” aims to reduce electoral violence in Northern Ghana by empowering young people. The necessity that embarks this project is to HOPin Academy, partners with Danish organization “Bidrag til Ghana” to deliver workshops and advocacy campaigns and to establish a network of youth peace ambassadors in five communities.