Mon, Feb 11, 2019

ATESE INSPIRES GIRL EDUCATION


Born Leona Osibo, Atese(Likpe or Sekpele name meaning "praise") started her basic education at the E.P. Primary School at Likpe Mate in the Oti Region of Ghana.

Her father's early retirement badly affected the early part of her education so her mother persuaded her(Atese's) father to transfer her to Happy Home Preparatory School in Hohoe in the Volta Region.

Since Atese lagged behind in class, per the syllabus, her father(a teacher) taught her at home all that she had missed in class.
She made it to Ola Senior High School in the Volta Region to read General Arts.
At the school she was amazed at the good backgrounds of her colleagues and asked herself:

" What can I do to improve basic education at deprived areas?
What change can I effect?

Realizing that more children needed better than they received, Atese resolved to help in the future.
She saw people donate to widows and widowers without taking the pain to find out how they made ends meet without their partners.
Atese said:

"I want to set up a foundation in future that will not just donate but teach the beneficiaries the skills to be self-providing. "

Atese wanted to get enough money before helping but her mother told her:

"You don't have to wait till then.
You just start and leave the rest to God. "

Atese proceeded to Accra Polytechnic(now Accra Technical University) and Methodist University College for her Higher National Diploma(HND) and degree respectively in marketing.

The inspiring mother and business executive has realised her charitable dream by setting up ATESE CARE FOUNDATION(ACF) to support quality basic education of children and the welfare of orphans, widows and widowers in deprived communities.

ACF's first gesture was a giveback(donating of teaching and learning materials, hand washing items and others) to Atese's alma mater, E.P. Primary School and then R/C Primary School at Likpe Mate, with the support of well-meaning philanthropists.

Atese encourages children, especially girls, to dream big and work hard at achieving their dreams in life.


✍🏽: Osei Kuffour
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