Venceremos Development Consult

Venceremos Development Consult

Venceremos Development Consult is an experienced provider of safe and enriching international education programs. This organization has collaborated with StFX Immersion Service Learning since 2015 to develop and offer immersive experiential learning opportunities for students in Ghana.

Coleman Agyeyomah supports community-based relationship development in Ghana, and has been a development and local change educator for over 2 decades. As director of Vencermos, he is uniquely situated to connect Service Learning staff and StFX students with Ghanaian experiences supporting academic growth, leadership skills and the development of working relationships that can have a profound, lasting impact.

To quote a former student, she says:

“Coleman sparked my passion for education, helping others and the importance of community and local engagement. …. he helped pave my path of experiences to guide me in the right direction for my career. I became a teacher because of Coleman.”

Coleman and Venceremos have also hosted Development Studies students who completed internships and conducted Honors research in Ghana. As he has done for Immersion Service Learning courses in Ghana, Coleman facilitated these internships, gearing them to the interests and capacity of each student and safeguarding their experience: guiding them through frustrations, and supporting their wellbeing.

Coleman has also had a deep impact on StFX faculty and Canada Research Chair, Dr. Jon Langdon’s research. To quote Dr Langdon:

“His collaboration has been at the center of my many research projects in Ghana, and he has stepped into leading research efforts in Northern Ghana this year, as COVID has prevented me from travelling to Ghana during the normal research period”

For their commitment to student development, their support of the StFX Service Learning program and their ability to inspire members of the StFX community, I am pleased to present Venceremos Development Consult for the St. Francis Xavier University Community Partner Recognition Award.