Apr 11, 2017 | Education, Girls We Love
Search for: Meet Melissa Orphaned at 15, 17-year-old Melissa lives with her uncle, aunt, and seven cousins in a remote village in Zimbabwe. Forced to drop out of school two years ago when it got too expensive, the teenager spends her time at home dreaming of a better...
Oct 4, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love, HIV & Aids
Search for: Meet Sharon Sharon Aripa is a quiet, somewhat shy, happy young woman. She lives with her grandmother and nine other members of her extended family in a small village in eastern Uganda. Sharon hasn’t seen her father since 2011; her mother, a teacher, lives...
Sep 1, 2016 | Education, Human Rights
Search for: YES: Eva’s voice is being heard! WATCH THE VIDEO Eva is a 15 year old girl in Tanzania. She and her classmates at Mlowa school have big ambitions for their future, but without access to basic things like clean water it’s hard for them to stay in...
Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love, Women's Health
Search for: Mrs. Naa-Morkor Abrefa Busia was born on April 5th, 1924 in Accra, Ghana… At age 16, she was admitted to the newly established three-year midwifery-training course at Korle-Bu Hospital, and graduated among the first hospital-trained midwives in the...
Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Organizations We Love
Search for: Busia Foundation International WATCH THE VIDEO Busia Foundation International was founded by sisters, Dr. Abena Busia, and Akosua Busia, under the inspiration of their mother, Madam Naa Morkor Busia (now deceased), former First Lady of Ghana, in...
Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love
Search for: Who Are The Helpers? Before I became Chair of Busia Foundation International (BFI), I asked myself, “Who are the helpers?” Who are the people who champion various causes? Who is worthy, or willing to do so? Many times if you encounter a gathering under...
