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Testimony by Fikelephi Jackson -Author of Against All Odds
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Briefly How Muzvare Betty Makoni assisted me:



Lead consultant for FORWARD UK women and girls leadership and empowerment training -2007 to 2012
Empowerment and Leadership training for girls in London
This was just one day training with girls in London from Black and Ethnic minorities to identify the best in them and develop leadership skills. The leadership training by Muzvare Betty Makoni helped them to speak out and start setting life goals they want to achieve. The session was on girls empowerment and leadership. The youngest girl to attend this session was aged 8.
Our “GIRL TALK” Journey
The concept of “GIRL TALK” was birthed by Sherry Peters and Abigail Yeboah-Boafo, an unbeatable mother and daughter team that have had a dream to empower young girls to reach their full potential since 2009.
“Our vision is to empower a generation of young women with the confidence to not only survive but to surpass their circumstances and situations.”
However the actual journey began after attending the Women’s International Fair and meeting Betty Makoni. The conference was just what we needed to wake us up or to light the proverbial fire under us to fervently begin to set our passions in motion.
Meeting with Betty on May 11th gave us the insight and direction on what it takes to help fulfill our vision for the young women of Ghana.
Betty is allowing us the opportunity to dream our own dream and she has decided to pledge her support for the launch and establishment of GIRL TALK, which we are so grateful for. We will be availing of Betty’s wealth of knowledge and leadership skills by training under her for the next two weeks over Skype.
On the 13th of May 2011 our ground work continued as we took to the streets of Accra talking and sharing with young girl hawkers to gain the understanding and knowledge surrounding their circumstances.
We are well on our way to seeing our dream become a reality.
Thank you Betty, for all your help and support.
Love Sherry and Abigai
Testimony By Edinah Masanga – Executive Director

Women Empowerment Foundation Southern Africa
Women Empowerment Foundations Southern Africa began a journey to empowerment with Betty Makoni at time when the organization was in critical need for strengthening.
We needed to learn from someone who is a passionate activist, someone who lives, eats and dreams activism with a passion. WEFSA was looking for a mentor whose models of empowerment have been tried and tested and whose excellence has been accepted and recognized worldwide.
There was no one perfect to do the job than Betty Makoni. We saw Women Empowerment Foundation Southern Africa becoming a force to reckon with. When I wrote to her and told her who I was and what I wanted to do, I think she could read the passion and determination in my words.
At first we never believed that this world icon would listen to me, that she could possibly find time in her busy and important schedule for one small organisation and one woman with one dream; Women Empowerment. But she did.
We were so overjoyed when she agreed to do the mentoring and organizational development.
From that day Betty held our hand, she designed an organisational development program and committed hours on end every week coaching us. Teaching me how to transform the organisation from just grassroots to grassroots with a purpose.
We would be spend six hours in a session and sometime I would ask her if she wanted to take a break and her answer was always ” Edinah let’s get this done”.
That day I realised why it was so easy for people all over the world to see her dedication and honor her hard work. Why her excellence reverberates globally and why the world has raised their heads recognized her.
She has such amazing passion and strength. Betty transformed Women Empowerment Foundation Southern Africa into an organisation with a clear vision, mission and purpose.
The journey with her was amazing, she was so patient with us. She took us through how to mobilise resources for the organisation to achieve its objectives. She introduced us to people in the development world, she taught us the development language. She helped us translate our passion, our knowledge into action.
Betty Makoni will always be the woman who made the dream a reality and the one who turned the passion into action. For me personally, it was victory over the night when my dreams nearly came to a halt, when being a girl was a curse.
Thank you Betty.
Edinah and her work are on www.wefsa.org
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