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Douglas Opoku Agyeman
National Projects Coordinator
- Experience: 3 Years
- Email: odouglasagyeman@yahoo.com
Douglas Opoku Agyeman is the National Projects Coordinator of Patriots Ghana. He holds an MPhil in Marketing and is a Research assistant in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School. Douglas is passionate about improving the social condition of his community and country. While at the university, Douglas founded the Patriots Ghana Chapter of the University of Cape Coast with two other dedicated students with the sole aim of promoting selfless leadership and volunteerism by engaging students in rural community development initiatives. After his 3year term of leadership service, he recruited over 50 students who were engaged in several community development projects. He initiated the Patriots Reading project to help improve educational standards and reading habits after his research on the Fallen Standards of Education in Cape Coast Metropolis, 2013. Douglas worked with his team to organize a number of public health awareness campaigns in Junior High Schools and provided student volunteers who support the Ghana Health Services’ national immunization programs. Out of his selfless and committed leadership qualities, he was selected among the only two Ghanaian who lead a community development initiative for the Hong Kong University in very deprived communities in the Northern and Ashanti regions of Ghana. Douglas also had the opportunity to work as an intern on the Cheerful Hearts Foundation’s, Public Health and Child Labour and Trafficking Project from 2013 to 2015.
Douglas Opoku Agyeman
Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Projects Coordinator
Douglas Opoku Agyeman is the National Projects Coordinator of Patriots Ghana. He plays a crucial role in driving initiatives that foster community development and social change. He holds an MPhil in Marketing and serves as a Research Assistant in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School.
Douglas’s dedication to improving the social conditions of his community and country is evident in his work. While at the University of Cape Coast, he co-founded the Patriots Ghana Chapter with two other committed students. Their goal was to promote selfless leadership and volunteerism by engaging students in rural community development initiatives. During his three-year leadership term, Douglas successfully recruited over 50 students who participated in various community development projects.
One of his notable initiatives was the Patriots Reading Project, aimed at improving educational standards and reading habits among students. This project was inspired by his research on the declining standards of education in the Cape Coast Metropolis in 2013. Under his leadership, the team organized public health awareness campaigns in Junior High Schools and provided student volunteers to support the Ghana Health Services’ national immunization programs.
Douglas’s commitment to community service and leadership did not go unnoticed. He was one of only two Ghanaians selected to lead a community development initiative for the University of Hong Kong in deprived communities in the Northern and Ashanti regions of Ghana. Additionally, he gained valuable experience as an intern with the Cheerful Hearts Foundation’s Public Health and Child Labour and Trafficking Project from 2013 to 2015.
Currently, Douglas is pursuing a PhD in Management with a specialization in Entrepreneurship at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His ultimate goal is to leverage his knowledge and experiences to contribute to national development in Ghana.
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One of Patriots Ghana’s primary goals is to promote volunteering through cultural exchange where Ghanaians and Foreign nationals (international volunteers/interns) can take part in Patriots Nationwide volunteer and internship projects to cause development in Ghanaian communities as well as create an opportunity for learning, sharing and developing capacities of volunteers & Interns.
