{"id":73688,"date":"2014-12-12T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=73688"},"modified":"2014-12-12T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:02:57","slug":"citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first beneficiary of the Citi Opportunity Project on Education (COPE) has successfully graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mary Mensah was awarded a full scholarship by COPE, an initiative of the Citi FM Foundation, and had the cost of her four-year training at the nation&#8217;s premier university absorbed by COPE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;h91V3X575yn2bFALP1e5rJ9jQ6jbuFwW&#8221;]Speaking about how her COPE experience, she said &#8220;my father died when I was a young girl. I had to struggle through primary school, JSS and SHS because my mother was not around and I had no help. Some kindhearted people helped me along the way but at a point some of them were asking me to sleep with them before they could give me money for school. When I refused to give in, the help stopped coming. It was very difficult until a friend told me about COPE. I applied to COPE and to my surprise they gave me a full scholarship and now I have completed my university education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to Mary, she hopes to be a Financial Analyst and intends to further her education after her national service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42797\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mary-Mensah-and-Elinam-Adadevoh-Teinor.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42797\" src=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mary-Mensah-and-Elinam-Adadevoh-Teinor-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Mary Mensah and Elinam Adadevoh, at her graduation\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Mensah and Elinam Adadevoh, at her graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Elinam Adadevoh Teinor, COPE Coordinator, explained that the project seeks to finance the education of as many qualified students as possible through the Senior High and University levels of education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThere are a lot of needy students who need our support to continue their education. Most of these students have the potential to be change leaders in the society but are not getting the financial support they need. The idea of COPE is to be a part of the success stories of these students. We have all here by the help of others. It\u2019s our turn to give back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/COPE-Beneficiaries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42795\" src=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/COPE-Beneficiaries-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"COPE Beneficiaries\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first beneficiary of the Citi Opportunity Project on Education (COPE) has successfully graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon. Mary Mensah was awarded a full scholarship by COPE, an initiative of the Citi FM Foundation, and had the cost of her four-year training at the nation&#8217;s premier university absorbed by COPE. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;h91V3X575yn2bFALP1e5rJ9jQ6jbuFwW&#8221;]Speaking about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":73700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[6,33],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first beneficiary of the Citi Opportunity Project on Education (COPE) has successfully graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon. Mary Mensah was awarded a full scholarship by COPE, an initiative of the Citi FM Foundation, and had the cost of her four-year training at the nation&#8217;s premier university absorbed by COPE. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;h91V3X575yn2bFALP1e5rJ9jQ6jbuFwW&#8221;]Speaking about [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-12T15:01:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-12T15:02:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mary-Mensah.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/\",\"name\":\"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-12T15:01:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-12T15:02:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"The first beneficiary of the Citi Opportunity Project on Education (COPE) has successfully graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon. Mary Mensah was awarded a full scholarship by COPE, an initiative of the Citi FM Foundation, and had the cost of her four-year training at the nation&#8217;s premier university absorbed by COPE. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;h91V3X575yn2bFALP1e5rJ9jQ6jbuFwW&#8221;]Speaking about [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-12-12T15:01:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-12-12T15:02:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":330,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mary-Mensah.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/","name":"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-12-12T15:01:22+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-12T15:02:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/citi-fm-cope-beneficiary-graduates-legon\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Citi FM COPE beneficiary graduates from Legon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}