{"id":11055,"date":"2018-08-31T23:24:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T23:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=11055"},"modified":"2018-08-31T23:24:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T23:24:30","slug":"okyeame-kwame-made-reading-ambassador-by-canadian-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=11055","title":{"rendered":"Okyeame Kwame made reading ambassador by Canadian gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok-featured.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok-featured.jpeg 1008w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok-featured-410x199.jpeg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok-featured-768x373.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian musician Kwame Nsiah-Apau known in showbiz as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/22\/okyeame-kwame-to-raise-ghc1-million-for-kufuor-foundation\/\">Okyeame Kwame<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has gotten another social responsibility appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian government through the Canadian Organisation for Development through Education (CODE), a Canadian Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in partnership with Ghana Book Trust has made the \u2018Rap Dacta\u2019 a reading ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of his appointment is to use his hulking great influence to drive their new campaign dubbed \u2018Read With Me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-436633 aligncenter disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok4.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok4.jpeg 1008w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok4-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok4-768x373.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The campaign has become necessary because research has shown that when parents read with their children their interest in reading is activated more than when the parents \u2018scream at them to read unattended.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The director of Ghana Book Trust, Mrs. Genevieve Eba-Polley, in her submission, mentioned that Okyeame Kwame was chosen because of his exemplary life as a father and as a human being in general.<\/p>\n<p>She also mentioned Okyeame\u2019s his impeccable brand positioning as a motivation for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian government was represented by Corey Huntington<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436638 aligncenter disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok2.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok2.jpeg 490w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok2-258x300.jpeg 258w\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Giving his acceptance speech, Okyeame recounted how difficult it was to read even at age 10 because his parents didn\u2019t read with him and he lacked interest in reading due to that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-436639 aligncenter disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok3.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok3.jpeg 489w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ok3-182x300.jpeg 182w\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"821\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In that wise, he appreciated the appointment and promised to let his influence manifest in the cause.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Best Rapper Alive,\u2019 who is getting ready to release his new album, is the initiator of the Hepatitis B awareness project which for the past years has offered free screening and vaccination against the diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Early this year, he was also appointed as an ambassador for the Dedicated Grand Mechanism (DGM) campaign on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In becoming the ambassador for the climate change initiative, Kwame has been drumming home the impact of the climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian musician Kwame Nsiah-Apau known in showbiz as\u00a0Okyeame Kwame\u00a0has gotten another social responsibility appointment. 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