Youth..Our future..Our Hope with Dennis Gyamfi #isharehope Episode 82 - a podcast by Chris Williams interviews leaders such as John Lee dumas, Susan Polgar, Jake Shimabukuro, Doug Goldstein and others, 3 days a week, telling stories about hope and ways to share hope.
from 2016-05-19T10:00
My name is Dennis Gyamfi, born and bred in
Ghana but moved over to the United Kingdom at the age of 10. At my
arrival I had the opportunity to meet my siblings and mother for
the first time. In the United Kingdom I lived on Somerleyton estate
and attended Christ Church Primary school all in the South London
area Brixton. Living and going to school in one of the deprived
areas in London, Great Britain after moving from Africa I found
myself involved in small drug dealing which lead me to a young man
in my estate by the name Solomon, Solomon got me involved with a
youth project because he saw the potential in me to do well. He got
me involved with a youth programme by the name of X-it programme. I
worked with X-it programme for over 3 years and in those 3 year i
helped the programme achieve Public Service Award and and 72% of
non offending young people.
In 2008 I started my own company by the name of
Endz2Endz, the name means to bring community together. We do this
through media. Endz2Endz was started through friends, I went to
college and got together with my friends to start Endz2Endz which
was to promote the positives that young people were up to rather
than the Negativity. Endz2Endz won Spirit of London Award, won
Cinemagic award through Quiet Storm an advertisement company run by
a very good friend of mine Trevor Robinson. I also interviewed most
of London Mayor candidates for the London mayor Election, I
interviewed Brian Paddick (Lib Dem), Jenny Jones (Green Party),
Siobhan Benita (Independent Party) and Valerie Shawcross (Labour
Party) all on the subject of unemployments, Education, Racism and
community unity.
From the time I won my Spirit of London Award
in 2010, I got diagnosed with Leukemia which is a form of cancer. I
was in hospital for 3years (2013), but while in the hospital I was
still working on Endz2Endz projects. When I came out of hospital in
2013, I decided to run courses with Endz2Endz teaching young people
photography, film making, graphic designing etc. I believed in
empowerment and encouragement and through Endz2Endz I was able to
deliver them both
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