We are excited to share the incredible story of Erica Cobbinah-Essoun, our former mentee and a current student at KNUST, who is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication Studies. Erica completed high school in 2022, and after several attempts to further her education without success, she nearly gave up on her dreams. However, […]
Akurase Mpuntuo TVET Scholars ProgramThe Akurase Mpuntuo TVET Scholars Program is a partnership between Akurase Mpuntuo Foundation and Lions Training Institute to award full tuition scholarships to deserving candidates from rural/deprived communities to pursue technical and vocational education and training courses at the Institute. The program aims to empower deserving candidates from such communities with […]
On 18th December 2024, Gifty Kinatin Jakper, our mentee pursuing Bachelor of Laws at KNUST on full scholarship from the Mastercard Foundation, empowered 350 rural girls at Mim Senior High School in the Ahafo Region. The project, dubbed the “My Future, My Choice Project”, was intended to empower the girls to focus on their academics […]
“Diamonds are forever” it is often said. But lives are not. We must spare people the ordeal of war, mutilations and death for the sake of conflict diamonds.” – Martin Chungong Ayafor, Chairman of the Sierra Leone Panel of Experts. Illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is a significant environmental and socio-economic issue due to […]
Illegal small-scale mining, popularly referred to as Galamsey, has now become an existential crisis as it is destroying large tracts of lands and almost all notable waterbodies in the country. So far, some 200,000 hectares of farmland in the country and notable waterbodies like the Pra, Ankobra, Birim, and Densu Rivers have been destroyed by […]
In commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child on 11th October 2024, Akurase Mpuntuo Foundation, together with its partners – Eco-Me Africa and Butterfly Foundation for Girls – and individual donors and supporters, empowered the adolescent girls of Bosovilla Basic School in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The foundation, among other activities, educated […]
Overview of the Scholars Program The Akurase Mpuntuo Scholars program is a partnership between Akurase MpuntuoFoundation (AMF) and Butterfly Foundation for Girls (BFG) to award tuition scholarships to brilliant but orphaned female tertiary school students from rural communities in Ghana. The program aims to empower young girls from rural communities with quality education and prepare them to give back […]
Most children in the cities and developed countries have clear aspirations for their future careers. When asked what they want to become, they often mention governance roles like president or ministers, as well as executive positions in multinational companies such as Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer. Others also say they would want to […]
Discussions about women’s empowerment dominate news headlines and policy formulations across the world. Now more than ever, governments, civil society organizations, and all other relevant stakeholders are giving prominence to the empowerment of women to take up critical positions in every facet of our lives. While developed countries have made giant strides in their women’s […]
Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey’s words “If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family (nation)” is relevant today, as it was in the pre-independence era. It is therefore not surprising that well-meaning persons and organizations, including the Akurase Mpuntuo Foundation, have taken a strong interest in […]
