ISIR GHANA

15/08/2026

We are the Institute for Sustainable and Innovative Research (ISIR Ghana).

28/06/2026

The girls of Tamale Girls Model JHS proved that innovation begins with curiosity.
Every brick they placed built more than a model, it built confidence, teamwork, and the courage to imagine bigger possibilities.

28/06/2026

🧱✨ Another school, another room buzzing with ideas.

The Brick STEAM Discovery Caravan made its next stop at Tamale Girls Model Junior High School, where a pile of LEGO® bricks turned into rockets, vehicles, and engineering ideas none of us saw coming.

There was laughter. There was the occasional “bricks, that won’t fit” followed by someone fixing it five minutes later. That’s the magic of hands-on STEAM, it doesn’t feel like a lesson, it feels like play, and the learning sneaks in anyway.

Every model these girls built carried something bigger than the bricks themselves: confidence, problem-solving, and a growing belief that they belong in science, technology, engineering, and innovation, not someday, but now.

A heartfelt thank you to GEM-GHANA, the school community, our volunteers, and everyone supporting this journey with us.

Together, we’re changing what education looks like for girls across Northern Ghana.

27/06/2026

🧱✨ We scheduled an hour. We got almost three.

That’s what happens when 40 girls at Zosimli Girls Model JHS get a pile of bricks and an idea. Rockets took shape. So did fire trucks, motorcycles, even flowers, whatever their imagination reached for next.
Nobody wanted to stop. Not because they had to finish a model, but because they were figuring something out, together, piece by piece.
That’s the real win of the Brick STEAM Discovery Caravan: confidence built alongside the LEGO towers. Teamwork. Problem-solving. The kind of self-belief that doesn’t show up on a worksheet but shows up everywhere else.

Thank you to GEM-GHANA, the school community, our volunteers, and everyone who believes practical STEAM should reach every child, not just some.

We’re just getting started. 💙

27/06/2026

✨ They showed up to build LEGO® models.

They left thinking, “maybe I could actually be an engineer.”

40 girls.
3 hours that flew by.
Way more ideas than bricks could hold.

This is what the Brick STEAM Discovery Caravan is really about: showing young minds that innovation starts with a little curiosity and a lot of hands-on building.

🚀 Next stop, another school.

21/06/2026

✨ Reaching more schools.
✨ Inspiring more girls.
✨ Building more futures.

The Brick STEAM Discovery Caravan is heading to two new schools in Tamale:

📍 Zosimli Girls JHS
📍 Tamale Metro Girls Model JHS

Students will build, create, collaborate, and discover new possibilities for their future.

The future belongs to those who dare to imagine it. 🚀

Innovation

21/06/2026

🎉 WE ARE GOING TO TWO NEW SCHOOLS!

The Brick STEAM Discovery Caravan is on the move again this Wednesday, 24th June 2026:

📍 Zosimli Girls JHS (10:00 AM, 11:00 AM)
📍 Tamale Metro Girls Model JHS (12:30 PM, 1:30 PM)

With our partners GEM-GHANA, we’re bringing hands-on STEAM activities that build creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

🧱 Build. 💡 Create. 🚀 Discover.

Every child deserves to see themselves as a future innovator.

Tag a teacher, parent, or student who’d love this! ❤️

24/05/2026

Healing can begin with a story.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, ISIR Ghana is proud to spotlight our published research showing how community storytelling can support mental health promotion in Northern Ghana.

Sometimes people do not need judgment.
They need safe spaces, listening ears, and human connection.

Mental health matters. Every voice matters.

24/05/2026

Mental health conversations do not always begin in hospitals or clinics. Sometimes, they begin in communities, through stories, shared experiences, and human connection.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, ISIR Ghana is proud to spotlight our newly published research in the American Journal of Health Promotion:

“Community Storytelling as a Mental Health Promotion Strategy: Evidence from Northern Ghana.”

Our findings highlight the power of culturally grounded storytelling as a tool for mental health promotion, community resilience, and social healing.

As we continue advocating for accessible and community-driven mental health approaches, we invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and development partners to join the conversation.

Because sometimes, healing begins when people are finally heard.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171261417440

Purpose Mental health stigma and social isolation remain major barriers to well-being in low-resource settings. This study examined the effectiveness of a 6-wee...