Best student Award 2017
The best student award for 2017 goes to Anita Dey for the best performance in the Math and Entrepreneurship examinations, as well as for her leadership in the...
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ICT training
Our students can stream educational content from a Raspberry Pi Educational Server (including Khan Academy educational software, an offline version of Wikipedia, and many other resources). Thanks to Fredrik for donating and setting up 7 second-hand laptops that our students and teachers use in ICT classes and for browsing the...
Outreach: Ho Technical University
Today we reached out to Ho Technical University who helped us designing our electricity and solar curriculum. Christoph gave a guest lecture on “The Role of Trust in Business, Entrepreneurship and Finance”, which featured an in-class experiment on trust based on Berg, Dickhaut and McCabe (1995, Games and Economic...
300 W Solar power installation in the unnelectrified village Adaklu Gaakukorpe
Today the Lady Volta Green Tech Academy installed a 300W solar system in Adaklu Gaakukorpe, an unelectrified village in Eastern Ghana. We and the users of the solar system are happy that it worked out well! The system has a 220Ah battery and supplies 220V to smaller electrical consumers like...
New evening classes
The school is now offering morning classes and evening classes to target different student populations. The new evening classes are very attractive for students who have a regular job and the desire to obtain additional professional training in electricity that allows them to pass the Ghanaian Energy Commission examination. Currently...
Lady Volta Green Tech Academy inauguration
In March 2018 we inaugurated the “Lady Volta Green Tech Academy” which will bring educational training and women empowerment to the next level! The jewel of the center is the electricity lab sponsored by Schneider...
Pilot phase for solar power installations
Julien, volunteer for our partner organization Village Exchange Ghana and technical expert of the Lady Volta Vocational Center, is preparing for the pilot phase of a solar power program sponsor by the French Embassy Solidarity Program. In March two test solar power system (300W, 12V) will be installed in the...
Start of a new course to prepare students for the Energy commission examination
This year the Lady Volta Vocational Center comes yet another step closer to our vision by stepping up our competencies and by offering courses at a higher level. In January the school started a new course to prepare students for the Ghanaian Energy commission examination. Several of our previous students who...
Amazing new calendar by Dirndl Girls from Sappada
A big hurray goes to the “Dirndl Girls” from Sappada who created this amazing new calendar by “Dirndl Girls” for 2018. The proceeds are donated to SVAfrica’s activities. Here you can find the Facebook...
10 of our students took NVTI examinations in electricity
In 2017 our vocational center trained 10 students for different trade levels of the Ghanian National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) examination in electricity that took place in November/December 2017. Another 3 students have been prepared for the NVTI foundation and proficiency examinations in fashion design. We hope that our students...
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