Our Team.

Our Team is made up of a group of passionate and devoted employees, trustees and volunteers both in Ghana and the UK.

Brightlingsea Academy

Headteacher, Ben Antwi is a groundbreaking leader of the Brightlingsea Academy.

His vision continues to drive the school to new heights and greater achievements. He leads a team of 25 employees incorporating: teachers, cooks, a social worker, a nurse and a driver/caretaker who have the dedication, passion and inspiration to make Brightlingsea Academy a place of happiness, stability, safety, refuge to provide a well rounded education to their students.

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The Girl Power Foundation

Led by an inspirational Director, Claudia Opoku-Mensah, and registered as a charity in Ghana, The Girl Power Foundation provides an umbrella for several projects, run by a talented and well educated team of managers. Gloria Opoku-Frimpong, supports the entire foundation as Head of Administration. Gloria is also an Assistant Manager of the Girl Power Project and Centre.

Arnold Dela Azumah, Facilities and Building Project Manager supports all projects with the resources and facilities needed to run smoothly and develop our projects.

Yaw Jantuah Boteng is a project manager with responsibility for Brighter Futures, a programme for young men to access higher education. In addition, Yaw supports the Girl Power project and is our statistics and monitoring and evaluation expert. Raymond Assan leads a new project for 2023, Start Up.

After a successful pilot, we have launched a new project that will provide recipients with a small business loan to set up or expand their business and the support and training to make it successful. We also offer places for interns and National Service workers who support all of our projects.

UK Team

Charity Founder, Jemma Williams established the charity in 2016 and continues to lead the way in addressing the needs of people living in multi-dimensional poverty in Ghana. Jemma is supported by Lia Smith, Operations Manager who implements and oversees the projects and bridges the gap between the UK and Ghana teams. They are supported by three part-time staff with areas of expertise; Judith Bradfield, Finance Officer, Gina Smith, Administration Officer and Lucy Weaver, Fundraising Support Officer.

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