Executive
Director of the Bright Generation Community Foundation, Bernice Dapaah, has
been awarded a three year fellowship by Vital Voices, a leading US based
non-profit organization founded by Hilary Clinton, the immediate past US
Secretary of State and former first lady of the United States.
The Fellowship, which was created in 2012, supports a global
network of emerging and established women leaders who provide unusual and
sustainable solutions to pressing problems that impede women and girls'
progress to participate fully in society and the economy.
Ms Bernice Dapaah a rising social entrepreneur founded the
Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative in 2009.
Under her leadership, Bernice nurtured
the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative from a project idea into an award winning
social enterprise that has won several international awards including the World
Business and Development Award 2012, GIZ Impact Business Award 2011 and UNEP
SEED Initiative Award 2010.
She also doubles as the National Coordinator of the National
Free Shoes and Educational Supplies Program which is complementing the government
of Ghana’s free school feeding and school uniforms programs.
Hundreds of free brand new shoes and educational supplies have
been distributed to needy students in deprived communities nationwide.
Bernice who is a member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum
has also been appointed as a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda
Council on Biodiversity and Natural Capital made up the of the world's foremost
intellectual network, convening the most relevant and knowledgeable thought
leaders from business, government, academia and civil society to address key
global issues.
During the three year duration of the fellowship, Bernice
will receive vital training and other mentoring opportunities from established
women leaders through offerings tailored to meet her needs in advancing her
unique social entrepreneurship projects geared towards women’s empowerment.
Story
by Kofi Adu Domfeh
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