The Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities Int’l Story

The Honey Project

In collaboration with the Honey Project organization and GFLSCI's Country Chair for Ghana, Becky Wright, Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International participated in a very important international economic and sustainable development project that produces young social entrepreneurs in the United States working to alleviate poverty in Ghana.

In 2009, The Honey Project partnered with our Sister City, Agogo, Ghana, One Village Planet and Citrix to organize a trip to Agogo where 6 high school students, trained to become Independent Partner Agents, learned about harvesting honey and how to create their own micro-enterprise. The honey from Ghana was then sold in the United States by these students as a fundraising effort to alleviate poverty in the rural communities of Ghana. The mission is simple: train, inspire and empower young people to impact the world through social enterprise.

~Paola Isaac Baraya

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