{"id":303259,"date":"2017-03-20T16:49:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T16:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303259"},"modified":"2017-11-10T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T10:57:18","slug":"okyeame-kwame-receives-us-presidential-volunteer-service-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/okyeame-kwame-receives-us-presidential-volunteer-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Okyeame Kwame receives US Presidential Volunteer Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Award winning Ghanaian rapper and philanthropist, Okyeame Kwame, received a United States Presidential Volunteer Service Award on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The award was given to him in recognition of his humanitarian efforts in Ghana – the Okyeame Kwame Hepatitis B campaign.<\/p>\n
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The Presidential Service Award is the highest civilian honour that is granted to US citizens and permanent residents for their voluntary community service towards development.<\/p>\n
Okyeame Kwame was given the award by Dr. Pauline Key, on behalf of former American president Barack Obama, with a congratulatory plaque which had an inscription, \u201cOutstanding Humanitarian Service in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This is not the first time Okyeame Kwame has been honored in America. In 2016, he was given a key to the city of Cincinnati for his humanitarian works.<\/p>\n
He was also appointed as an iconic figure by the World Hepatitis Alliance.<\/p>\n
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By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Award winning Ghanaian rapper and philanthropist, Okyeame Kwame, received a United States Presidential Volunteer Service Award on Sunday. The award was given to him in recognition of his humanitarian efforts in Ghana – the Okyeame Kwame Hepatitis B campaign. The Presidential Service Award is the highest civilian honour that is granted to US citizens and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[403,137],"tags":[42,3,3638],"yoast_head":"\n