Rhoda is 17 years old and a second year high school student at Sunyani High School. She has four siblings. Rhoda’s mother is a local food vendor and her father is a farmer. This young, enthusiastic young woman hopes to become a doctor someday. Without any financial assistance to pay tuition, room and board or purchase the necessary textbooks, her dream will not happen. HopE Ghana can help her get to medical school.
A little over 5% of the population of Brong Ahafo region in Ghana are able to go beyond secondary school.
1 in 1000 has attained post-graduate education.*
The Region has the lowest proportion of regional population (1.3%) in post-secondary education.
Only 5 of 27 districts in Brong Ahafo Region have 5% of households who own laptops and/or desktop computers. (*2010 census)
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