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Past Events
  • 1 June 2002
    Health Care Provision in Ghana

    • International Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Project - Martin Webster

    • Globalisation and Modernisation - Kenneth Adjepon-Yamoah

  • 16 November 2002
    Social gathering

  • 28 June 2003

    • Ghana - the way forward - HE Mr Isaac Osei, High Commissioner for Ghana

    • 100th birthday celebration for Elspeth Elder

    • Scottish Girl Guides' Ghana Project - Morna Ferguson

  • 15 November 2003
    Murrayfield Parish Church link with Kwamebikrom, W/R - John Crispin

  • 5 June 2004
    The Cultural Heritage of Ghana

    • Ghanaian Drumming - Sam Akyeampong and Suleman Chebe

    • Asante Culture - Prof Malcolm McLeod

    • The Agotimes of the Ghana-Togo Border - Paul Nugent

  • 13 November 2004
    VSO in Ghana - Donald Smith

  • 11 June 2005
    Forests and their Products

    • Ghana's Forests - the Conservational History - Dr Ben Donkor

    • Nitrogen Fixation in Forest Trees in Ghana - Dr Joan Sutherland

    • Genetic Diversity of the Endangered Ghanaian Tree Talbotiella genetii - Dr Daniel Dompreh

    • Herbal Remedies from the Forests - Dominique Davis

  • 12 November 2005
    HIV in Africa with particular reference to the situation in Ghana - Lawrence Brew

  • 10 June 2006
    The Commission for Africa and the Role of NGO Scotland-Ghana links - Dr Rosemary Stevenson

  • 4 November 2006
    Fairtrade - Shirley Brown

  • 22 September 2007

    • Ghana@50 - Championing African Excellence - HE Mr Annan A Cato, High Commissioner for Ghana

    • A display of links between Scotland and Ghana
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  • 7 June 2008

    • John Crispin - Murrayfield Parish Church and Kwamebikrom

    • Keri Reid - Muthill Primary School and Juliet Johnston School, Tafo

    • Donald Smith - trip to Ghana (July 2007)

  • 22 November 2008

    • Rev Ernest Asare - Clerk to the Asante Presbytery, Kumasi

    • Rebecca Morrow - volunteer teacher at the Juliet Johnston School, Tafo

  • 20 June 2009
    The 2008 elections in Ghana

    • Professor Paul Nugent, Edinburgh University

    • John Day

  • 7 November 2009
    The speaker was ill and so we held an informal social meeting.

  • 12 June 2010

    • Archie Hinchcliffe and Beatrice Shillinglaw, Cerebral Palsy Africa

    • Dr Charles Aryiku, Honorary Consul-General to Scotland

  • 13 November 2010

    • Morna Ferguson on the Guides' return centenary visit to Ghana

    • John Day on the recent elections in Togo

  • 11 June 2011
    Stephen and Jeannie Droop from the charity Love Ghana.

  • 26 November 2011
    Will Leschen, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling on Fish Farming in West Africa.

  • 15 September 2012
    Professor Malcolm McLeod on the work of St Andrew's Clinics for Children in Upper East Region.

  • 8 June 2013
    Dr Noah Kofi Karley on "Remittances to Ghana: Benefits to the Housing Sector and Impact of the Financial Crisis".

  • 2 November 2013

    • Andrew Morrow on his experiences as a medical student visiting health facilities in Tamale and Agogo

    • Mae Mackay on her visit to the Juliet Johnston School in Tafo.

  • 14 June 2014

    • Dr Sarah Worden on the Ghana collection in the National Museum Scotland.

    • Dr Charles Aryiku and Mrs Pat Lister on plans for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

  • 1 November 2014

    • Michael Brennan on Mental Health Care in Ghana.

  • 13 June 2015

    • Paula Daly of The Fishermen’s Mission on the exploitation of migrants by the Scottish fishing industry

  • 7 November 2015

    • Jade Mullen from Enliven Mama Africa, a charity working in Kumasi

  • 11 June 2016

    • Jenny Wood on the McLaren High School project visit to Elmina in June 2015

  • 5 November 2016

    • Stephen Adjei on Lake Bosumtwi - its people and traditions

  • 24 June 2017

    • Fiona and Kenny Ferguson, having just returned from their first visit to Ghana

  • 4 November 2017

    • Annette West on shea butter production in Ghana

  • 9 June 2018

    • Neil Austin on international students in Scottish universities

  • 3 November 2018

    • Prof Malcolm McLeod on restitution of artefacts to Africa

  • 8 June 2019

    • Stuart Imrie on his work with Rural Physiotherapy Clinics

  • 26 October 2019

    • Keri Reid, Emma Hepburn, Stewart Campbell on their return trip to Tafo

      • Muthill Primary School link with the Juliet Johnson School, Tafo.

      • Memories of VSO in St Paul Technical School, Kukurantumi.

  • 13 November 2021

    • Dr Charles Aryiku on the Covid effect on BAME groups

  • 11 June 2022

    • Hollie Clements reflecting on her experiences of visiting Ghana

  • 5 November 2022

    • Joss Cameron on her Ghana years

  • 10 June 2023

    • Mark Holmes on his Football Academy in Ghana

  • 4 November 2023

    • Helen MacGillivray on the Sickle Cell eye screening project in the Ho area of Volta Region

  • 8 June 2024

    • Richard and Blathnaid Smart on VSO in Kaleo, Wa, and the work of Friends of Mangu.

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