Founder and Executive Director of the Girls Education Initiative of Ghana(GEIS) has revealed that brilliant but needy girls from other regions across the country will be brought on the foundation’s platform every three years.
The Vlisco Women’s month Nominee, Elizabeth Akua Nyarko Patterson revealed this while speaking with pupils of Esreso D/A 2 primary school in the Ashanti Region.
She said that though the foundation is financially challenged, they will expand to cater for more girls in the society.
“Ideally, we will like to expand to other schools and other regions, other schools in the two regions for now, because, every three years we will be bringing new students, and other regions ideally because we need to expand as an organization, but as at the moment, because we are so limited by finances and human capital its not that easy to just expand.”
Elizabeth Akua Nyarko Patterson, the founder and executive director of the foundation has been nominated for the Vlisco Women’s month for her immense contribution to solving issues in the country.
In her final year of high school, she was involved in a life-changing car accident from which she suffered a traumatic brain injury which has affected her cognitive and intellectual abilities.
Challenged by her own story, Elizabeth had always wanted to see women and girls be at par with their male counterparts.
GEIS thus is a foundation which provides academic and financial support for girls including applicants with special needs, through junior high schools to the tertiary level.
The 7 students who had benefited from the efforts of GEIS in the Ashanti region, were highly excited about the initiative and could not hide their pleasure.
Rosab Abdul Karim a JHS one student of the St. Augustines Anglican JHS, a beneficiary of the GEIS foundation thanked Elizabeth Patterson and her team for their kind gesture.
“I am glad to have the GEIS scholarship course. At first, my mum and my dad they was not having money for my school fees. Since i was part of the GEIS scholarship, all my education needs has been,like it has go low, but not like first like it was.”
Harriet Osei, another beneficiary said “I am happy to the GEIS for giving me vision. At first I was taking my lessons serious but not more, the GEIS classes and books they gave me enbles me learn more and have my education better.”
Mr. Boadu Dickson, headteacher of Esereso D/A 2, expressed profound gratitude to the GEIS team for their initiative.
Mr. Boadu confirmed that the GEIS foundation takes care of every need of the pupils adding she provides “the children with uniforms, books, and everything that they need and she even pays for their examination fees.”
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By: Laurettah Timah/citifmonline.com/Ghana