Babson College's undergraduate Dean Dennis Hanno is leading a team of 50 undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty to Ghana to teach entrepreneurship to high school students and other learners and to start new initiatives within the community.
The program, begun more than ten years ago by Hanno while he was at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has grown from 12 student participants creating a computer center in a village church, to dozens of participants from Babson teaching business basics to over 1000 Ghanaian learners from elementary school age to adult.
"When the project started, the primary goal of the trip was to work with interested students to help them learn about entrepreneurship, business planning and personal development, but much more than that happens," says Dean Hanno. "Friendships and bonds are formed and the knowledge shared during the two weeks will last a lifetime - on both sides of the ocean. This amazing and impactful experience really is global citizenship at its finest."
The two-week winter mission to bring Babson business skills and a curriculum for young entrepreneurs to developing areas of Africa is documented on postings made to Dean Hanno's blog.
“I’m excited for this journey to begin, and I hope you will follow our adventures on both this blog and my Twitter account @dhanno. Check back often for stories of the 2012 Ghana Project!” said Hanno.
The Twitter hashtag for the trip is #ghana2012.
Also follow FME Professor Phyllis Schlesinger’s Tweets about the effort @FMEOBProf.
Videos of Dean Hanno’s previous visits to Ghana:
