FEF Sponsored Students

FEF approves sponsorship for students based on financial need who are highly self-motivated with a promising or a proven academic record of excellence.

Brago Worae Gifty

Sex– Female

School Year: College

Institution: College of Nursing-  Ntotroso, Ghana

Program of study – General Nursing

Biography: Gifty is a brilliant student who has been supported by her mother over the years through her education. (The mother has been sick for the past 6 months due to a spinal cord problem, therefore unable to carry on with her petty trading) The father does not support her education or upkeep. In July this year a family member mentioned to a FEF Board member that  she is at a nursing college and may have to stop her schooling due to difficulties in paying her tuition / accommodation fees.

Alice Okyere Aboagye

Age:19

Sex– Female

School Year: College

Institution: Tepa Nursing and Midwifery Training College 

Program of study – General Nursing

Biography: Alice is a serious student and very determined to be a nurse. However, she has challenges with getting money for her education.  Without the free Secondary boarding school education introduced by the government of Ghana she would have struggled to attend Senior High School. She has received admission to a nursing college, unfortunately her father has informed her that he could not assist her with the tuition / accommodation fees for the nursing college.  She worked during school in petty trading to raise some money and currently under FEF sponsorship.

Nathaniel Okyere Asomani

Age:19

Sex- Male

Institution- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

School Year: College

Program of Study- Computer Science

Biography: Nathaniel’s educational journey has been delayed due to difficulties in getting money to pay his tuition fees. He had to sometimes stop school and look for petty jobs / hawking to raise money. He has four other siblings. He is the only one who has been able to attend a university in his family.   He was able to attend and finish secondary school through the support of benevolent people he met in his community, in the course of doing petty jobs for some of them and the assistance he received from some of his teachers in the school.

Agyemang Duah

Age: 22

Sex- Male

School Year: College

Institution- University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Program of Study- Social Sciences (Geography, Sociology & Economics)

Biography:The current Guardian is his 76 years grandmother who is a subsistence farmer / seamstress who does not have the means to support his education. He was able to attend secondary school through the support of a FEF Board member  after being recommended  by his school teachers and the Methodist Rev. Minister in his hometown.

Benjamin Oppong Sekyere

Age:

Sex: Male

School : Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ( KNUST )

School Year: College

Program of study – BSc Architecture

Biography: Benjamin is a brilliant student who had 7 A(s) and 1 B out of eight courses after completion of his senior high school certificate examination. He was being sponsored by his parents until the father and mother died in 2015 and 2018 respectively. He has four other siblings. Life has been hard for him and the siblings ever since their parents died; this is because they are all of school age with no financial support. Through the support of his senior brother and sister, who worked at various part time jobs he was able to complete Senior high school. Prior to FEF sponsorship he had taken to working as a bread baker because he could not afford to attend the University even though his superb academic performance had gained him admission to highly competitive subsidized public University.

Abigail Odjidja

Age: 14

Sex– Female

School Year: High School

Institution: Salem Educational Center. 

Biography: Dorcas has two three other siblings-two boys and a girl- their mother died eight years ago.  After her death she had support from church members etc. to continue her education, unfortunately the support has dwindled over the years. The person currently supporting her has indicated that she can no longer continue with the support

Evelyn Odjidja

Age: 16

Sex: Female

School Year: High School

Institution: St. Louis Senior High School. 

Biography: Evelyn has two 3 other siblings-two boys and a girl- their mother died eight years ago.  After her death she had support from church members etc. to continue her education, unfortunately the support has dwindled over the years. The person currently supporting her has indicated that she can no longer continue with the support.

Kweku Nyamekye Arthur

Age: 4

School Year: Kindergarten

Biograhy: Nyamekye is a small boy of 4 years. He is virtually an orphan because the mother has passed on and the father is nowhere to be found. Guardian has no hope of letting him go on with his education because the guardian is not working

Samuel Azumah

 

Age: 19

Sex: Male

School Year: High School

Biography: Please read “Featuring Samuel Azumah 

Eugenia Adwoa Minnah

Age: 18

School Year: College

Institution: University of Ghana

Program of Study: Information Technology

Biograhy:

Emmanuel Oppong

Age: 

Sex: Male

School Year: College

Institution: Kumasi Technical University.

Program of Study: Dispensing Technology

Mary Effah Boateng

Age: 17

Sex: Female

Institution:

Program of Study: Health Services, Psychology and Chinese.

Biography: Effah comes from a broken home but self-motivated, hardworking and determined to reach her educational goals.

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