GHANA - Cancer Awareness Drive

Roko Cancer initiates a Cancer Awareness Drive in Ghana(South east Africa, Indian Ocean) which is being launched on 4th February 2011 on the WORLD CANCER DAY.

Ghana First Lady Concern about cancer

Mr. EMMANUEL EKOW KAKRA HAGAN is our flag bearer in Ghana, he is Founder. Parishioner Missionary Stewards (NGO), Ghana, Cape Coast, Central Region and member of International Educational Consultant, Ghana. K. Perez and Associates, Canada and also Local Translator. Global Resolve, Arizona State University (NGO), U.S.A, United States of America, Arizona.

Ghana at a Glance

Ghana before Independence on March 6, 1957 was called the Gold Coast. The earliest Europeans to arrive here were the Portuguese in the 15th Century. On their arrival, they found so much gold between the River Ankobra and the Volta and subsequently named it "da Mina", meaning The Mine. In 1482, the first castle was built in the Gold Coast by the Portuguese at Elmina. Read more

FACTS FILE:
The Republic of Ghana extends inland from the Gulf of Guinea on the western ‘bulge’ of Africa, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the south, Togo to the east, Burkina Faso to the north and La Cote d’Ivoire to the west. With a surface area of 238,837 sq km, it is similar in size to Great Britain or the American state of Oregon. It is bisected by the Greenwich Meridian and lies entirely within the northern tropics between 4.50N and 110. Most of the country is relatively flat and lies below an altitude of 150m but several peaks in the east rise to above 800m. it has a tropical climate, warn to hot all year through, and can be divided into two broad geographic zones: the south and centre are moist and support a cover of a direr savannah environment.

THE PEOPLE:
Ghana’s population is estimated at 20 million, roughly ten percent of whom live in and around the capital city of Accra. Other major urban centres include Kumasi, Tamale, Tema, Takoradi and Cape Coast. More than 70 languages and major dialects are spoken countrywide, classified in four linguistic groups: Akan, Mole-Dagbani, Ewe and Ga. The most widespread Akan language is Twi, which is spoken by roughly half the population, including the Asante (Ashanti) people of Kumasi and the coastal Fante. Two-thirds of Ghanaians are Christian, another 15% are Islamic, and the remainder adhere to traditional animist beliefs.

LAND AREA : 238,837 sq km (92,100 sq miles)

COAST LINE : 540 km

POPULATION:
18,845,265 (2000 census)
20,757,032 (July 2004 est)

LANGUAGE:
Official - English
Local languages include Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani, Nzema and Hausa.

RELIGION :
Mostly Christian, Moslem and Traditional religions also exist.

CAPITAL CITY : Accra
GOVERNMENT : Constitutional Democracy

LOCAL TIME: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Roko Cancer Country Office:

Emmanuel Ekow Kakra Hagan

Wesley Girls High School
P.O.Box 61
Cape Coast, Ghana