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Join us as we celebrate 20 years of empowering individuals and fostering community support through our "Focus on Your Strengths" initiative. From providing practical and vocational skills to raising awareness of community health issues, we have been dedicated to creating sustainable self-reliance. Come and be part of our journey towards a stronger and more resilient community.

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  1. Welcome

  2. 20 Years of “Focus on Your Strengths”1998 -2018 Presented by Patience Gibbs MA - PGCE (FE) - PGC FOYS Founder and Lead Facilitator

  3. How it all Started … Abiriw, Akuapem  Focus on Your Strengths Celebrating 20 years of activity this year 2018

  4. Inspiration for FOYS Recognising a healthy foundation 6 Key Factors …

  5. Inspiration for FOYS 1. My family upbringing and training • Mr H G Mensah and wife Nana Has Boatemaa

  6. Inspiration for FOYS 2. Domestic environment • Industry, Trade, Horticulture and Livestock

  7. Inspiration for FOYS • Relationship between the family house and the rest of the district. • Sense of Place

  8. Inspiration for FOYS 4. Early exposure to Public Performing and Speaking • Social Skills

  9. Inspiration for FOYS 5. The belief of the community, meaning family,  school and town ‘Oh AnsaaKetewa de, obeyumi aye' • meaning, ‘little Ansaa can do it’ whatever it was.

  10. Inspiration for FOYS • The clear or strong sense of who I was and am. • Identity

  11. Mene ene mkpe. Media no ase. I came to say ' thank you to the people of an earlier  age, through you here present.

  12. Yeri woayole so. Gyina w'ahooden so • To provide opportunities of empowerment and expression of ability • To develop skills and knowledge • And share skills and  knowledge. • Today we acknowledge our achievements as a community supporting each other.

  13. 20 Years of “Focus on Your Strengths”1998 -2018 20 years of Individual & Community support and Self-reiance

  14. Patient Stores built 1929 – my family home

  15. FOYS Aims + Environmental improvement

  16. Delivering Practical and Vocational Skills

  17. Soap-making

  18. Compilation and Dissemination of Information

  19. Delivering books to the Community Library

  20. Raising Awareness of Community Health Issues and Facilitating Health Care

  21. Display of St John Ambulance training

  22. Agricultural best practice

  23. Top-loading Bee hives.

  24. Environmental improvements

  25. Painting the school, Abiriw Junior High School

  26. Other FOYS community activities • Food & Nutrition • Making, Learning, Working together • Creating Sustainable Business • Investing in Education • Broadening Horizons 5. Building support and professional networks 6. Health care and awareness 7. Maintaining & Improving our shared environment

  27. Mushrooms with water bucket

  28. Mushrooms Eat at home or sell

  29. Patchwork textile skills

  30. Bags and Business growth

  31. Quality control

  32. Adukrom - Institute

  33. ‘Equipment for practicals’ Pat Azu

  34. Soap-making Abena Forowa

  35. Presby Women’s Fellowship

  36. FOYS St John Ambulance graduatesready to serve at a regional event

  37. Harvesting honey

  38. Advice about diet - Senior Nurse Charlotte

  39. Blood-pressure testing

  40. Glaucoma testing SDA Junior High School310 young people were seen as part of this project

  41. ITC – Information Technology and Communications training

  42. Dance Group

  43. 2015 early days Calvary Gibbs Choir

  44. Fundraising FOYS Bags

  45. Community made FOYS Products Raise Funding - Bristol, UK

  46. Creating Sustainable community self reliance Thank –you To the members of the community, Abiriw, Akuapem & all the individuals and community groups that have made FOYS possible 20 years 1998-2018 Celebrating 20 years of activity this year 2018

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