Evergreen Club of Ghana (ECOG) was founded in 1987 as a voluntary children's club with the aim of beautifying school compounds. Today, ECOG is a national non-governmental organization working with youth groups and children and with a grand mission to include adults in a unique partnership for environmental protection.
Through classroom presentations, interactive demonstrations and practical exercises, ECOG encourages the young to learn about the importance of conservation and the role they can play.
ECOG has members in all regions in the country and works with a number of government institutions, local NGOs and international organizations. ECOG was involved in the preparation of Ghana's environmental plan of action (1991 and 1994), and organized the first National Youth and Children's Forum on Environment for the Earth Summit (1992). In the same year, it produced and launched the first recording album on the environment.
Every year since 1992, it has undertaken national environmental awareness campaigns and since 1994, it has involved a number of young people in forestry projects. In 1997 and 2000, it organized the first and second national conference on forest management for youth. In 1993, 1994 and 1995, members of ECOG participated in international leadership programmes for youth and children in Geneva and the United States of America, and in 1997, they participated in the Africa Regional Meeting of the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development in Cameroon. In 2000, ECOG was a participant in the Youth Forum at the International Conference on Climate Change in The Hague.
The organization also publishes Evergreen News a newsletter on environment and sustainable development. ECOG was the winner of the National Forestry Week competition in 1996.
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Updated By: Mary Ann Maybaum
Last Updated: 4/8/2004 4:17:00 PM |
