Ghana

Shawn Mendes Wants To Continue Making a Difference, Perhaps Go to Africa

Shawn Mendes Wants To Continue Making a Difference, Perhaps Go to Africa Shawn Mendes accepts Allan Slaight Honour at Canada's Walk of Fame show — photo credit: George Pimentel.Shawn Mendes is 17 and one of the most successful newcomers in pop music. His debut album, Handwritten, has charted all over the world, including No. 1 in Canada and the U.S. and…

Kate Nash In Ghana: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

Kate Nash In Ghana: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves U.K. singer-songwriter Kate Nash meets the Chief of Hohoa, Ghana, where she would be visiting with children at Likpe Mate pre-school and teens in Plan International's Girls Making Media program. “I feel about nervous about this. I think it’s going to be intense. So we’ll see. It’ll be awesome…

UK Pop Star Kate Nash Didn't Want Celebrity To Destroy Her Life

UK Pop Star Kate Nash Didn't Want Celebrity To Destroy Her Life Kate Nash promo pic for her new album, Girl Talk.British singer-songwriter Kate Nash is in Ghana right now. She was feeling a million emotions about the trip when she spoke with Samaritanmag in Toronto to promote her upcoming album, Girl Talk, (out March 5) prior to leaving. The 25-year-…

ATTENTION U.S. Bieber Fans: Want Him To Visit Your School? Get Cracking

ATTENTION U.S. Bieber Fans: Want Him To Visit Your School? Get Cracking Canadian pop artist Justin Bieber, whose official web site includes a charity movement section that runs a tally of the amount raised through his Believe Charity Drive — $1,192,2004 and counting — has issued a further challenge to his fans: the school that raises the most money for…

Cadbury Bicycle Program In Ghana Expands To Help Teachers

Cadbury Bicycle Program In Ghana Expands To Help Teachers Cadbury-donated bikes make life easier for villagers in Ghana Few corporations have taken the old 'Charity begins at home' chestnut to heart quite like confectionary company Cadbury and their clever Bicycle Factory initiative, which gives bikes to middle school children in Ghana to help ease their…

Cadbury Delivers 5000 New African Terrain Bikes To Ghanaian Kids

Cadbury Delivers 5000 New African Terrain Bikes To Ghanaian Kids All photos taken on Cadbury's The Bicycle Factory Program, Ghana, fall 2009It’s so simple it sounds almost trite, and yet it’s true: something as everyday as a bicycle can, in the right circumstances, actually change a life. That’s the take-away from a new documentary, Wheels of Change,…

Disney’s Selena Gomez: “Your Voice Is The Most Powerful Tool”

Disney’s Selena Gomez: “Your Voice Is The Most Powerful Tool” “A big deal in my family is that we’ve always learned about giving back. My mom always wanted me to know that even though we weren’t as fortunate as we are now that giving back was always very important. As much as you could do really meant a lot. So now that I have this platform that I’m able…