Projects and Awards

PROJECTS AND AWARDS

2025-26. The Dance for Youth Empowerment Project - 1. part 2025.

In December 2025 the Drumming and Dancing Competition ended successfully at Tamale Youth Home.

Four community groups namely Malgu Cultural Group from Bamvim, Yumzaa Cultural Group from Gumbihini, Kalpohim Baamaya group from Kalpohim and Changli Cultural Group from Changli participated in the competition. The main aim of this event was to practically demonstrate the drumming and dancing lessons learnt from the Instructors who were selected to support in reshaping the dance moves, drumming rhythms and sharing of cultural ethics. At the end of the event

Yumzaa Cultural Group was 1st.

Kalpohim Baamaya group 2nd.

Changli Cultural Group 3rd.

Malgu Cultural Group 4th.

The project is financed by KGL Foundation, Ghana. KGL Foundation || Non-profit Organizations || Government Support Agency in Ghana.

2022-24. Theater play Questions.

The theater play Questions was played 9 times in October 2024 in Münster, Germany, and several times in Ghana in August.

The play is developed in a collaboration between Cactus Junges Theater (Münster), Tete Adehyemma (Accra, Ghana) and Youth Home Cultural Group (Tamale, Ghana). Director for for Cactus Barbera Kemmler og director Abdul Rahaman (Abraman) from Youth Home Cultural Group have been responsible.

The play consists of a hidden story of a conflict between the king of Dagbon, Naa Andani, and Germany in 1890th. The conflict resulted in a German colonization of parts of Northern Ghana and Togo. But the play includes also similarities to modern colonized conflicts.

The play consists of numerous drumming and dances from the Dagbani culture, which is the key competence of Youth home Cultural Group.

All costumes have been produced by the sewing workshop in Tamale.

2022. Abdul-Rahaman Mohammed, Director of Youth Home Handicraft & Cultural Shop, was awarded as Outstanding Culturalpreneur by National Youth Authority. The justification was his contribution to Youth Empowerment, Socio-economic development and Promotion of Northern Ghanian Culture. The Awarding Ceremony took place at 25th of June 2022 at University of Development, Tamale.

The Apprentices at the Sewing Workshop with the Award

The participants in the dance for Youth Empowerment project 2025.

The Winners with the prise

2017-2018. A collaborative project financed by The Civil Society Fund in Denmark and the Danish Friendship Association titled Cultural Awareness - a tool for sustainable development among young people in Tamale Ghana was conducted in 2017-18. The aim of this project was to make it possible for more young people in Tamale around Youth Home to improve their finances, better their living conditions and to safeguard that TYHCG in the future is an example for children and young people as well. The immediate objectives are contributing to the development of TYHCG by (1) further development of the sewing workshop at Youth Home, (2) establishing an office for cultural promotion and tourism and (3) the further development of the organisation of TYHCG which combines the activities of the sewing workshop and the office for cultural promotion and tourism. The project was run in cooperation with the Danish Organization.

The project started in January 2017. Workshops and training has taken place during 2017 for the sewing workshop as well as for the tour guide group. Tamale Cultural Tours office opened at a ceremony in September 2017 and the sewing group presented their new designs.

2016. From the Danish company DanaWeb (now Group Online) we recieved a sponsorship for the creation, development and maintenance of a new homepage www.yhcg.net.

2015. The Civil Society Fund and the Danish Friendship Association supported a trip to Denmark for four members.

2014. Our group received the Danish Ambassador´s Award for being the best cultural project in Ghana.

2014. Our group was a part of the project Singing and dance for Health together with University of Alberta. Link to www.bit.ly/sngdnc4h.

2012. A container was sent from Denmark through the Danish Friendship Association with hospital equipment, computers and school furnitures.

2012. We, 13 members of the group, visited Denmark in the project Put Your Hands Together financed by Center for Cultural Development. The group performed together with students from Egedal Music School in contemporary dances.

2011-13. A collaborative project financed by Center for Cultural Development in Denmark was conducted in 2011-13. A partnership between TYHCG and Egedal Music School started the project Developing traditional music and dance in Dagbon. The group taught drumming and dance in 6 Tamale Schools and it was a great success.

2011. The Danish Friendship Association was founded with the aim of supporting the activities of TYHCG. Reference to Friendship Association.

2007-2009. Our group recieved 3 project fundings from Ghana Cultural Fund in order to develop various activities and to start contemporary music project.

2006. Our group has recieved grants from Ghana Cultural Fund and The Royal Embassy of Denmark. The grant enabled the building of a new stage, renovation of the club house, the building af workshops, toilet and bathing facilities and an office with computer end printer.

Workshop in the Project Cultural Awareness 2017

The Cultural Tour Office is under construction. 2017

Singing and Dance for Health 2014

PROJECTS AND AWARDS​

PROJECTS AND AWARDS