The following is a guest post by Hope for education ghana beneficiary Rhoda. Rhoda Afiakwa is my name and I am a level 200 Registered General Nursing student at Sunyani Nursing Training College. Although I came from a very poor home, even as a young girl I had big dreams and aspirations. Life became a lot more

The following is a guest post by hope ghana beneficiary Abiba. On February 25, 2016, I was awarded the overall best student in my Diploma in Midwifery 6th batch class of the Tamale Nurses and Midwives Training College, Ghana. As I received the award, one thing ran through my mind in the midst of the accolades

With the guidance of my spiritual directors and thoughtful reading, I became so much more aware of myself. I also learned how much “garbage” I had inherited from the past and from my cultural milieu. My readings about being assertive helped me to reclaim my inner child who was crying for attention. Given my upbringing,

The choice to focus on getting an education is very personal. I know what schooling has done for me. As a little boy growing up in my village, I was budding with hope and full of laughter, conviction and constant smiles. Underneath it all, however, I struggled to conceal just how nervous and insecure I

The young girls at Notre Dame Girls needed an advocate—someone who could protect them and help them reach their potential. I recall a woman reporting to me that her 17 year-old-daughter was going out with a man in his early thirties. In her eyes, her daughter was being promiscuous and needed to stop her unholy

HopE Ghana is dedicated to serving brilliant students from underprivileged backgrounds to be transformers of their communities. The next stage of my experience and the belief that education is the key was at the Notre Dame Girls High School in Fiapre-Sunyani. I spent almost seven years there (September 2005 – December 2011) as a teacher and