OUR TEAM
Eric Opoku Agyemang
Founder & National Coordinator
- Experience: 10 Years
- Email: info@patriotsghana.org
- Phone: +233 262626182
Eric Opoku Agyemang’s journey towards founding Patriots Ghana began at the age of 10 when his father unexpectedly passed away. According to local custom, when a married father dies, his wife must go live with the father’s family for one year. The father’s family also inherits any assets or property which the family owned. Because of this custom, Eric’s mother lost her business and the money needed to send Eric and his three brothers to school. Using a network of supportive family and friends, Eric and his siblings received the education they all yearned for. While in senior high school, Eric promised his mother that if he ever was in a comfortable financial position, he would use his resources to give back to society just as it had given to him. He became familiar with non-profit work after joining a student run charity organization while attending Kwadaso Agricultural College. During his one year of national service as a District Project Coordinator with the National Disaster Management Organization, Eric was also volunteering as an Agriculture Science teacher at CKC International School. He was soon promoted to the Head of Boarding Department which afforded him the opportunity to support three students with his extra income. In 2006, after his national service, Eric was appointed by the State House as a District Agronomist to manage the Ghanaian President’s Project on Oil-palm in the Kwahu West District. He left that post in 2007 to become the Headmaster of the Great Promise School Complex in Kasoa. This position finally allowed him to honor the promise he made his mother years earlier when he co-founded a community based organization with his friend Bright Fiatsi called Cheerful Hearts Foundation. Wanting to expand the scope of their influence, Eric together with other passionate Ghanaians founded Patriots Ghana as a bigger platform to unite all Ghanaians who are passionate about the nation’s development and to combine resources to make a huge impact in Ghana’s development nationwide. Eric is also a Global Giving Mentor and assisted Rwanda Development Organisation with strategies to raise funds during the December 2012 Global Giving Challenge. He is also a team member of the ENDHIVNOW (www.endhivnow.org) project initiated by the World Initiative for Science and Healthcare (WISH) based in California.
Nathan Adjetey Adjei
Youth Empowerment Projects
Nathan is a committed and passionate Ghanaian dedicated to improving the nation’s development and cross cultural exchange. Nathan is a graduate from the University of Ghana, Legon, where he worked as a Research Director and Vice President of Incoming Exchange for AIESEC, the largest student-run organization in the world. Present in over 110 countries and territories; AIESEC is the international platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potentials for a positive impact on society. Nathan proved strong leadership skills and secured partnerships with major organisations such as Access Bank Ghana and has worked with over 100 internationals from 30 countries. Within AIESEC Legon, Nathan was the Project Lead for Empowering African Projects, including Entrepreneurship, Tourism, Career Fair, Global Village and HIV/AIDS. Nathan was also Project Director of African Young Entrepreneurs Project an initiative to use international exchange to reduce unemployment and poverty in Africa through entrepreneurship. Furthermore, Nathan was the Student Ambassador for the Global Health Leadership Initiative of Yale University, for Mental Health in Ghana, and was awarded the First University of Ghana Community Excellence Awards in 2011. Nathan has also acquired important business skills as Marketing Manager for PENSA Business Chamber. Nathan’s tireless contributions to forming important business developments in Ghana, as well as an excellent rapport with local and international volunteers are an asset to the organisation.
Want To Join Our Team?
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.
