Location: Ghana

Level of Training: (Level I – 2011) & (Level II – 2012) & (Level III – 2019)

Scholarship(s): The 2011 Bruce Tancrell Memorial Scholarship

About: 

Nana is the Founder and Director of the Youth Icons organization in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Nana was the first recipient of the Bruce Tancrell Memorial Scholarship. Since returning to Ghana, he has been working tirelessly to bring nonviolence training and education to the youth of Ghana.

Nana is a social entrepreneur and youth activist who earlier in 2018 launched the Green Republic Project, a youth-driven grassroots effort to fight against climate change through tree planting. The initiative calls on the youth of Ghana to plant 20 million trees in the country by 2028.

Osei-Darkwa has a background in communication and over a decade of experience in non-violent social change. He was named Peace Ambassador by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Ghana Chapter, Giraffe Hero by the Giraffe Heroes International USA. He led several iconic peace campaigns such as the 1Ghana Peace Project 2008, the Ghana Peace Campaign 2012 (re-enacting the million march for peace in Ghana) and the 2016 Ghana Peace Invasion Campaign.