An overview of the content of GhanaThink Foundation's Junior Camp Internship Programme (JCIP). JCIP aims to equip high potential Ghanaian high school graduates with relevant knowledge, skills, work experience, and network needed to succeed.

1. Gameli Adzaho | Day 0| 15th June 2015
Webster University, Accra, GAR

2. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those
who cannot read and write, but those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
Alvin Toffler

3. GhanaThink Foundation
• A network of young change makers
• Passionate about Ghana and Africa
• Work on various projects to make a difference
• BarCamp Ghana (including DiasporaCamp)
• Junior Camp Ghana
• Ghana Volunteer Programme
• TechCamp West Africa (in partnership with US Embassy Ghana)

4. GhanaThink Programmes

5. Junior Camp Ghana
• Inspired by the BarCamp Ghana
movement
• Focus on career guidance and
counselling
• 10,000 students
• 22 schools
• ~ 300 mentors
• Major outcomes
• More informed career choices
• JC Ahaspora
• JCIP!

6. Educational Challenges
• Educational system not responsive to current times
• Result? Learning becomes boring and students lose focus
• Students do not gain essential skills needed for workplace
• Graduates unable to play their part in modern society

7. Junior Camp Internship Programme
• Aim: to enable participants to develop new skills useful for study &
work
• Specific objectives
• To deliver two week hands-on training to selected participants
• To expose trainees to the modern work environment
• To provide networking opportunities for future exploits
Training + practice: enhanced skills, experience, confidence

8. Brainstorm: 21st Century Skills
• Word cloud created using worditout.com
• Data generated from JCIP participants

9. Core Modules
• Learning and Research
• Leadership and Ethics
• Communication
• Entrepreneurship
• What do you want to learn?

10. Schedule
DATE/DAY ACTIVITY / DURATION MODULE
15th June / Monday Orientation / 1 hour None
16th June / Tuesday Critical reading / Comprehension Learning and Research
17th June / Wednesday Research Methods (Online research) Learning and Research
18th June / Thursday Personal and Professional Ethics & Social and Environmental Ethics Ethics and Leadership
19th June / Friday Personal Branding (Communication skills) / Leadership skills Ethics and Leadership
22nd June / Monday Public speaking/ presentation / writing skills / Group activity Communication
23rd June / Tuesday Networking / Social media / Group activity Communication
24th June / Wednesday Intro to entrepreneurship (identify problems, idea generation) / Group activity Entrepreneurship
25th June / Thursday Project design / prototyping / financing / sustainance / customer relations Entrepreneurship
26th June / Friday Time with entrepreneurs / group activities / Closing session None

11. Hosts: Webster University Ghana
• American-style higher education
• Global education with contribution to the local community
• Undergraduate courses: management, international relations, media
communications
• Graduate courses: business administration, international relations

12. Participating Companies

14. Thank you
Questions?