What you need to know about Actor, Van Vicker Family

The Ghanaian actor, Van Vicker shared a photo of his family.

He definitely understands the value of family and they also look so happy together.

Van Vicker’s first movie was Divine Love in 2004, where he played a supporting character. Due to the strength and attention his performance garnered in his first movie appearance, Mr. Lover boy – Van Vicker has been on every movie director’s role call for romance films. A role that all his fans have grown to love dearly.

Mind you that Van Vicker was already in the entertainment industry before landing his first and breakthrough movie. He was once both a radio and television personality, and worked for Metropolitan Television (Metro TV) for some years before fortunately landing a deal for Ghana’s television series, Suncity – a movie about university life. The TV series ran for a total of 10 episodes, and can still be found in DVD/VCD formats in the classic section of your local movie stores in Ghana.

Today, Van has advanced his skills and career in both film work and charity, just to name a few. He owns and manages two divisions of Sky + Orange: first an advertising agency and event management company, and the other division – a movie production firm for producing Van Vicker films; BabeTown, a popular unisex barber shop; and the Van Vicker Foundation, an outreach program for upcoming young artists.
Van Vicker’s philanthropic heart through his Van Vicker Foundation (VVF) is a good trail that every Nollywood actor should endeavor to follow. The foundation’s website states that its vision is “To support and inspire kids and youths to develop their psychomotor and conceptual skills with the aim of making them become productive leaders and members in society and thereby restoring fore-gone culture.”

The non-profit organization announced today on its website vanvickerfoundation.org that the foundation has opportunities available this summer for those willing to volunteer their time and creativity:

There are a variety of volunteer opportunities for ongoing programs, special projects, and specific events. During your time, you will have the opportunity to interact with staff members and share knowledge, get workplace mentoring and specifically tailored assignments to match the desire to learn and gain valuable experience and also gain career advice. -Van Vicker Foundation.

Van Vicker’s family of five; which consists of him, his wife Adjoa and three lovely children are worthy of notice. In a frequently searched photo of Van Vicker and family shown below, Van is seen glowing in happiness alongside his hard-working wife and mother of three (J’dyl , J-ian, and Van jr.):

All Van Vicker directed and produced films is being marketed in the U.S by Black Star Entertainment, and Van Vicker is urging all African movie distributors around the world to reach out to him if looking to get a share of Van Vicker film collections. He plans to dominate the U.S markets and uplift the African movie industry to higher standards.

Kevin Onuma is Editor-in-Chief at InformAfrica, webmaster at Biomechanism, and social networking promoter from Nigeria contributing to Africa’s online presence. He also works at Nigeria Music Network and Nigeria Movie Network occasionally. He is currently working to re-develop AfricansConnect, a social network that aims to connect Africans both at home and in diaspora – promoting unity.