Sharon Aggrey Takes the UN SDGS to Ghana’s Universities and Communities

In Africa, African Influence, Education, Empowerment, Publisher Channel, Youth by Mary Kurek1st February 2022

Sharon Rose Aggrey is a Certified Sustainability Leader. The training that bestowed that title also bestowed the mission to create an SDG-focused project. She went beyond to create a nonprofit (Global Foundation for Community Development) that is moving SDG training to all of the universities in Ghana and also to communities with a systematic approach to determining needs and then meeting them. In 2022, she starts off with a series of “in-person” and “online” educational opportunities for youth who wish to know more about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. (Registration information below on this page.)

Sharon talked with Frontrunners Innovate Producer and Host, Mary Kurek, and Co-Host, Ambassador Ghazala Khan about her work, mission, and events coming up in 2022.

Meet Sharon Aggrey. (26-minute video)

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Sharon Aggrey’s Short Bio:

Sharon Rose Aggrey is a young woman who is passionate about changing the world positively, transforming lives, and reviving society positively. She is a journalist, certified Sustainability leader, and a youth leader. Sharon is passionate about sustainable development goals, human capacity building, society transformation, and community development. She is the founder of the Global Foundation for Community Development, a non-profit organization championing sustainable development goals in Ghana and beyond. She is a 2022 Books for Peace International Awardee and has also been nominated for the 2022 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.