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

“If somebody helped my mother’s son to be where he is, then I must help somebody’s son or daughter to be where my mother’s son is.” Preamble My mum and little me Some moments and events are so pivotal and crucial in one’s life and the lives of their communities alike. These occasions are the