GYAM (Ghana Young Artisans Movement)

Ghana Young Artisans Movement (GYAM) is a community based organization operating in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is specifically engaged in developmental issues within the rural communities of the Karaga District, the Tamale metropolis, and its peri-urban communities.

GYAM was founded in 1993 by young graduates from the country’s Polytechnic and Vocational Training institutions in the Northern Region. The formation of the organization resulted from the growing rate of unemployment in the Northern Region among the youth with or without any formal education. GYAM works to alleviate this problem on two fronts, first with our Vocational Skills Training Program which intends to provide self employable skills to socially deprived youth, and secondly through our Community Program which intends to enhance the social well being of deprived communities with social infrastructure development, KVIPS, hand wells, as well as targeting the enhanced social well being of women specifically. Indeed there is a direct correlation between conditions in rural communities- specifically the availability of water and the seeming
subordinate position of women, and those who migrate from these rural areas to the cities only to be forced onto the streets with no means to support themselves.

Goals of Core Programs
To encourage a greater quality of live among rural communities in the northern region of Ghana through the provision of vocational skills for unemployed youth. Widen opportunities for communities with greater access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for public schools and the greater community.