Miss Ghana UK Team Interacts With President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
On Friday 13th April 2018, the reigning Miss Ghana UK queen, Miss Sabina
Lawabea Awuni and the Miss Ghana UK Foundation team paid a courtesy
call on the president, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the
Jubilee House.
Led by the directors of the Miss Ghana UK Foundation, Ms. Mavis Osei Agyapong and Ms. Cilla Gyewu as well as Nana Yaa Owusu, Child and Adolescent clinical Nurse Specialist, the team introduced the foundation’s initiatives to the president.
The team further briefed the president on the purpose of their trip to Ghana and the series of activities they have embarked on in line with their aim of contributing to the development of the nation’s human capital.
Led by the directors of the Miss Ghana UK Foundation, Ms. Mavis Osei Agyapong and Ms. Cilla Gyewu as well as Nana Yaa Owusu, Child and Adolescent clinical Nurse Specialist, the team introduced the foundation’s initiatives to the president.
The team further briefed the president on the purpose of their trip to Ghana and the series of activities they have embarked on in line with their aim of contributing to the development of the nation’s human capital.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commended the Miss Ghana UK queen
and the entire Miss Ghana UK Foundation team for focusing on an area
which has over the years received very little attention, which is mental
health. The president assured the team of government’s commitment to
improve conditions in the health sector and their readiness to partner
with groups such as the Miss Ghana UK Foundation and other key
stakeholders to achieve this.
On behalf of the group, Ms. Mavis Osei Agyapong expressed their
appreciation to the president for making time out of his busy schedule
to meet with them. Ms. Cilla Gyewu assured the president of the Miss
Ghana UK Foundation’s continues support in marketing Ghana as the
gateway to West Africa and a country with the requisite enabling
environment for direct and indirect investment from the diaspora.
The Miss Ghana UK Foundation is also seeking to collaborate with the
Diaspora Office at the presidency to embark on a campaign to further
foster the spirit of volunteerism amongst Ghanaians living in the UK.
The Youth Ambassador of the Diaspora Affairs Office, Mr. Jake
Obeng-Bediako who was present at the meeting assured the Miss Ghana UK
team of the office’s commitment to facilitating the worthwhile
endeavor.
The Miss Ghana UK Foundation is the corporate social initiative arm of
Miss Ghana UK, the biggest and most popular beauty pageant show around
Europe. For the last seven years, the foundation has been actively
involved in educational and community development projects aimed at
human capital development both in Ghana and across the United Kingdom.
These activities include reading clinics in selected schools,
educational outreach programmes in several communities in Accra, Kumasi
and Tamale as well as the donation of educational materials to
underprivileged students is selected schools across the county.
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