Ghana trip

Development Youth Prize: Winners travel to Ghana

From 3 to 8 May, the 27 pupils who won the European competition "Development Youth Prize 2008/2009” travelled to Ghana with their teachers to learn more about Africa and to watch development cooperation as it happened.

The “Development Youth Prize” is a competition open to pupils between 16 and 18 from any European country. The 2008/2009 contest was the third edition of the event, which asks pupils to produce videos or posters that relate to Africa’s challenges and its future. The goal is to raise awareness of Africa and to boost knowledge of European aid and activities in Africa. Each edition of the prize has a special theme; for 2008/2009 it was “Human Development in Africa”.

The prize for the winning pupils and their teachers is a study trip to an African country, which is the most effective way to understand more about African problems and reality. This year, the winners headed to Ghana. The group visited schools, European cooperation projects, local poverty initiatives, markets, art galleries and historical sites – an unforgettable experience and a first-hand insight into Africa.

The group followed an intense programme, which also gave them the unique opportunity of meeting African pupils to chat about their habits, cultures and experiences. The trip ended in Brussels, where the pupils stayed from 7 to 8 May, visiting the EU institutions in the run-up to Europe Day.

About the Development Youth Prize (DYP)
The Development Youth Prize is a school competition organized by the European Commission DG Development and managed by European Schoolnet.

About European Schoolnet
European Schoolnet (EUN) is a unique not-for-profit consortium of 31 Ministries of Education in Europe created in 1997. EUN provides major European education portals for teaching, learning and collaboration and leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology.