As part of the activities marking the ‘Year of Return' 2019 in Ghana, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Akwapim District Assembly and the Beafit at the weekend held a hill walk challenge to promote awareness of the ‘Year of Return’.

The walk challenge which commenced from the Ayi Mensah Police Station to the Peduase lodge in Aburi, in the Eastern Region of Ghana, was aimed at creating awareness among Ghanaians about the ‘Year of Return’ through a fitness health walk.

The event targeted keep fit clubs, diasporan groups, tourist clubs and the public.

Mr Jones Nelson, Head of Corporate Affairs, Ghana Tourism Authority, said, the health walk was another event under the activities commemorating the Year of Return to celebrate the global African resilience as well as welcome Ghanaians who have been away for 400 years.

He said, the Year of Return would yield developments, adding that the returnees were establishing businesses and investing in various forms of businesses in the country as well as building houses which he believes would bring about development in the country.

Mr Nelson said the celebration started in January 2019 and expected to bring together 500,000 people from America, Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom and Brazil into Africa and Ghana by the end of December 2019.

He added that, other private individuals were also partnering with GTA to celebrate the Year of Return and one of those were the African Greek Week, which was celebrated at Basics International, a non-governmental organisation, providing enterprise assistance, education and empowerment.

The Africa Greek week was introduced by the Nine Greek letters Fraternity groups from the Diaspora and America and have returned to their homelands to give back to the society.

They carried out voluntary work like painting the Foundation’s library and shelves, donation of books and engage the children into to essay competition, and games.

The nine Fraternity groups provide education and community service.

Mr Nelson urged everyone to be a part of the awareness campaign and work cohesively in developing Ghana and Africa at large.

Mr Francis Wayne, a member of the Phi Bi Sigma Fraternity express gratitude to the government for such an opportunity and pledge their support to the celebration.