Alumni of the College Scholarship Program

Rhoda is 20 years and in second year student of the Nurses and Midwifery Training School at Sunyani, Ghana. Rhoda has been asked to defer her studies because her aunt (her guardian) can no more afford to pay her fees. Rhoda lost her mom and only parent when she was 2 years and since then, her aunt has been responsible for her upkeep; but she too lost her husband and her petty trading has fallen on the rocks. In spite of all that, she managed to put Rhoda into nursing school during the first year. However, things are so difficult that she can no more continue to sponsor her niece. At the moment, HopE Ghana has approached the school authorities to let Rhoda be in school with the promise to pay her tuition including her arrears. Why not help to make such a beautiful dream come true?

Dorcas Awuah Adomah is a second year student at Catholic University College of Ghana. She is pursuing a degree in education to become a teacher, and she hopes to be an inspiration to other children in her area. In September 2014, faced with the decision of dropping out of college, HopE Ghana discovered her situation and offered a partial scholarship to pay her college tuition. Dorcas is the youngest in a family of six children, and was three years old when her father passed away. Her father’s death plunged the family into indescribable financial stress which meant that none of her siblings could attend high school. Thanks to the generosity of a Good Samaritan, who was impressed with her determination to succeed against all the odds, the young girl scraped through high school. Hope for Education Ghana hopes to upgrade its support to a full tuition sponsorship for the last two years of her studies until she graduates in 2017.

Narkie is a final year student of the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. She is pursuing a degree in political science and information studies. Her single mother struggled to care for her four children after her father passed away. HopE Ghana offered her a full annual tuition scholarship during her final year in 2014-2015. Narkie hopes to get her masters degree in international relations with the objective of becoming a market research analyst so she can give back to her community in the future.

Belinda is a first year student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) studying Actuarial Science. Belinda is enjoying a comprehensive college sponsorship from HopE Ghana. She comes from a family of eight children with elderly parents who are subsistent farmers. This situation put Belinda’s dream of a college education in jeopardy. HopE Ghana discovered Belinda and paid for her to attend college. Without this support, it is very likely that she would be like so many of her peers and never be able to attend school again. This brilliant teenager dreams of becoming a professional actuary, to establish a consulting business that extends a helping hand to needy and poor of society.

Jessica is from a family of six. Her father does a variety of odd jobs; her mother is an assistant to a local canteen. With a family of six to care for, and with her father periodically out of a job, it was hard for Jessica to get an education. HopE Ghana gave Jessica boarding fees to help her complete her high school education. She is now applying for admission to University to study Information and Communications Technology. Her goal is to become a Database Administrator. HopE Ghana’s support to date is not enough for Jessica to realize her dream.

Juliet comes from economically disadvantaged family of five. Her mother is engaged in petty trading and her father is in part-time employment with a water company. Her family’s financial difficulties distracted Juliet from her studies. She considered dropping out of school entirely. HopE Ghana gave Juliet the necessary funds to complete high school. Right now, she is looking to enter college to become an accountant. Her life ambition is to put smile on the faces of street children one day. HopE Ghana would like to help her make that happen.

Abiba is a first year student in the Nurses and Midwifery Training College at Tamale, Ghana. She was one of the HopE Ghana first four High School Scholarship recipients. She is currently enjoying a partial HopE Ghana College Scholarship to pursue a nursing education and we hope to make it a full tuition from the 2015 academic year. Abiba comes from a family of six children. The death of her father brought untold hardships on her single mother and as a result, HopE Ghana sponsored her during the latter part of her high school education. She dreams of becoming one of the best midwives Ghana has ever had and to contribute to efficient health care in Ghana.

Naomi is 24 years old and attending Jackson College of Education. Naomi is the youngest of three children. Her parents divorced when she was still a toddler. Since then, Naomi has never seen or heard from her father again. Caring for the children and their household was left to their single mother. Due to financial constraints, Naomi’s older siblings weren’t able to go to school. They are now unemployed. When Naomi was accepted to college last year, her mother borrowed from neighbors for her to be able to attend. Because her mother could not pay back the money, the creditors are unwilling to help this time around. Naomi has two options: drop out of school or get support from benefactors. You can be one of her benefactors by helping HopE Ghana provide these funds for her.

Jasintha is 25 years and in her second year of college, studying to complete her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Tamale campus of the University of Development Studies. Jasintha is the fourth of seven children and the only girl. When she was accepted into college last year, she almost could not attend. After many appeals to get tuition fees with no luck, a Good Samaritan stepped forward with the necessary funds for her. Unfortunately for Jasintha, the Samaritan’s business is not doing well. He cannot continue to help. Without these funds, Jasintha will need to drop out of college. Jasintha wants to give back to her village and surrounding communities once she becomes a nurse. On behalf of Jasintha and her community, please help us. HopE Ghana needs your support to make her dream come true. Your financial support will go beyond just helping Jasintha; you’ll be helping an entire community.

Emmanuel is 19 years old and the second of three children. Currently, Emmanuel lives with the mother who is a petty trader and the only breadwinner for the family of five. Since 2007, Emmanuel’s father has been incapacitated because of a stroke. Emmanuel finished high school, but he wants to learn to be land surveyor. It doesn’t take a lot of money to help Emmanuel. Your contribution to HopE Ghana will support his college education and give hope to him and his family of a better way of life.

Philomina Osei is 21 years old and pursuing a Business Administration degree at Ghana Baptist University College. The young girl hopes to be a banker someday. In September 2015, Philomina will enter her third year of college. Her greatest fear is that her father’s retirement and ill-health and her mother’s age and unemployment, will keep her from completing her college education. She has applied to many organizations for help without success. Because of the financial burden on the family, Philomina now commutes from home to school since her parents can no more afford the room and board fees. Living at home means that she is constantly distracted by household chores which interferes with the time she can spend doing reading and assignments.

Francis is 20 years old and completed high school in 2013. Since then, he has not been able to continue his education because of the financial difficulties his family is going through. In 2012, the five-acre cocoa farm the family depended on was destroyed by bush fires. Right now, Francis has applied to college but doesn’t know where he will find the money to pay his tuition fees. Why not help HopE Ghana make his dreams come true?

Eva is 27 years old and currently pursuing a Nursing program at Tepa Midwifery and Nursing training school in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. She will enter her second year in September 2015. When her parents separated 20 years ago, Eva and her eight siblings have depended on their single mom for everything. Eva completed high school in 2012, but she had to work as a street vendor to save enough money to allow her to go to nursing school. The Ghanaian government recently eliminated all aid to nursing students, and Eva has to postpone her training to work save the money she needs to finish her program. Right now, Eva has some outstanding debt from her last semester. Eva needs HopE Ghana and your support to finish her studies. Please help us make that possible.

Emmanuel is 17 years old and comes from a family of three children. In his second year of junior high school, he lost his father to a fatal accident and the family lost their breadwinner. Currently, Emmanuel’s mother struggles to support her family’s needs for housing, food, education and health needs. In spite of that, Emmanuel wants to become a pharmacist. He has applied to a college to fulfill that dream. One day, Emmanuel too hopes to care for orphans and families like his. You can help HopE Ghana make it possible.

HopE Ghana gave Angelina a computer and training, and she excelled in her studies and went on to pursue a bachelor of commerce degree at the University of Development Studies. As the oldest of six children, Angelina risks dropping out of school because her father’s small mechanic shop is failing. Angelina clearly demonstrated her ability to succeed and will enter her second year of the University of Development Studies this coming fall. Without more support from HopE Ghana, Angelina risks dropping out of school because she can’t pay her University fees. Help us help Angelina.

Wilfred Kofi Twum is a 20-year-old, first-year general nursing student at the Drobo St. Mary’s Campus of the Holy Family Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Berekum, Ghana. Wilfred is from a family of four children. Both of her parents are unemployed and the mother is suffering from ill health. Several years ago, Wilfred’s father lost his job as a local mason and is now too old to do manual or meaningful work to support his family. When Wilfred was admitted to nursing school, his mother had to sell her small cosmetic shop to pay his tuition fees. Since then, his mother and father have been searching for sponsorship to ensure that their son can complete his education and become a nurse. HopE Ghana hopes to be able to support Wilfred and his parents so that he can achieve his dreams.

Priscilla Adu is 19 years old. She and her older sister, Anita Barnie, come from a family of four siblings. Priscilla is currently a freshman studying sociology, social work and religions at the university of Ghana, Legon—Accra. Anita is a second-year student learning a BS in Natural Resource Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at Kumasi, Ghana. While their father is alive, the family continues to struggle every day to pay their tuition fees and bills. This is because for more than 10 years, their father has been jobless due to an acute form of diabetes and heart complications. Previously, he was the principal breadwinner in the family. Their mother is without any stable source of income. These brilliant and talented girls suffer the pain and humiliation of being sent home constantly because they cannot pay their fees. These very gifted sisters finished high school thanks to the benevolence of well-wishers. Unfortunately, these generous people cannot support their college education. If we cannot help them, it is likely that they will not be able to finish school.

Bright is 19 years old and in his second year of high school studying science. Bright’s father died when he was in third grade. Bright and his two siblings’ care is left to his unemployed, uneducated mother—a subsistence farmer. Bright is currently a day student and commutes to school daily. HopE Ghana would like to get him into boarding school to cut cost of commuting and to provide him with an environment that is conducive for studies. At the moment, Bright works weekends and after school by fetching water for a group of masons as his part in bringing in the necessary funds to complete his high school education. Won’t you help us help Bright? It would mean the world to him.

Shirley is 18 years old, one of four children, and a member of the freshman class in high school. She is pursuing a course in Home Economics. When her parents divorced some seven years ago, little Shirley was forced to live with her auntie because her single mother could not care for her and her siblings. When her auntie’s small trade went bad under the harsh economic realities Ghana is going through, Shirley has to suffer the embarrassment and burden of constantly being asked to leave school because she cannot pay tuition and school fees. This is not good news for any studious mind. Shirley hopes to go the nursing school after she finishes high school so she can care for the aged and infirmed of society.

Rosemary is a second year high school student and from a family of six children. Rosemary’s father used to be a “pupil teacher” (Unprofessional, untrained teacher) and because he lacked the finances to go to high school to get the required teaching certificate, he lost his little source of earnings some years back. Rosemary’s father has since turned to subsistence vegetable cultivation which is woefully inadequate for the needs of the family. With the wife bringing home a paltry sum of $25.00 a month and sometimes even less, Rosemary and her siblings have a bigger hurdle to overcome if they are to complete their schooling.

Rebecca is a first year Home Economics student from a broken home. Her single mother is of meagre means caring for three kids all by herself. Rebecca dreams of becoming a nurse one day to care for her siblings and the sick. She is eldest of three children.

Priscilla is in high school and from a family of four children. Because of financial constraints, two of her older siblings have dropped out of school. Priscilla fears that a similar situation can happen to her as well. If Priscilla can find the support to finish high school and attend college, Priscilla hopes to become a journalist to champion the cause of those who are marginalized in society.

Mary is 17 years and aspires to be nurse someday. She is from a home of five children. Her older brother stayed at home after completing high school. Due to lack of funds, he could not go to college. Mary stands to suffer a similar fate. She is distracted because she is being sent home because she cannot pay her tuition fees. Mary’s worries were added to when her father died suddenly in 2014.

Emmanuella, is a 16 year old girl and a freshman at Notre Dame Girls High School. She is the oldest of six siblings. The death of her father in January 2012 meant that their mother who is unskilled and unemployed had the sole responsibility to support the children. It was a situation that the poor single mother could barely manage on her own. Helping Emmanuella get through high school and college will be a great inspiration and incentive to finish her education so she can help her mother take care of her siblings by the time they are ready for school.

Faustina is from a large family and in her second year of high school. Faustina dreams of becoming a motivational speaker some day and to mentor other kids with similar fates as she. Though brilliant, the economic hardships the family is going through had made an otherwise cheerful and outgoing girl reserved and timid with a negative outlook about her future. With the father not working and the mother with an unstable trade as a “hawker” of second hand goods, the children of six will have to take turns to complete high school and may be tertiary as well. Should Faustina and her sister Christabel even succeed in completing high school, without any assistance, they will have to wait for their two senior sisters who completed some years back to complete tertiary education before they can also attend. This is too demoralizing for such a young mind and young shoulders.

Christabel is in her second year of high school and a science student with six sisters. She hopes to have a career in dentistry and philanthropy to support children from poor homes in her little village. Her father lost his job eight years ago and now periodically engages in ad hoc jobs while the mother sells second-hand clothing going door-to-door, a trade which barely earns her $30.00. Christabel misses home. If she visits, it’s another mouth to feed, and the family struggles enough to provide food for her immediate family. Already, she is scared she may not be able to complete her education to earn a living. But without education, Christabel has no chance of making it in today’s Ghana. All she hopes for is for a miracle to come her way. Could you be that miracle?