What have I been up to?

June is here! Happy New month folks….

It’s been a while, I know. Life can get busy as we know.

The past couple of weeks, I have been out and about. I have moved to a new city (yes! I love new beginnings), attended a residential, attended an Awards event, been busy with other engagements on the side. But above all, I have been keeping well despite life, ‘lifeing‘…

Having lived in Leeds for a little over a decade now, and even though I have been in and out for a couple of times, I have always wanted a change of environment but I’d say, the right opportunity hadn’t presented itself yet. So I did it eventually and I am proud of myself for doing so and I couldn’t have done so without the support of my good friend and sis – Patience Afudego, my bestie & favourite cousin – Godfrey Sakyi and my kind and sweet friend – Elsie Quayson. God bless you all very much!

Back in May 2017, I won an award as the ‘Young Achiever of the Year’ at the Women4Africa Awards. This was the second award I had won after I finished university – I was elated. 7 years later, I was invited for their 10th year anniversary last month and it was nostalgic being there. It was also an opportunity to see other women being honoured for their contributions towards society. I also partook in their Empowerment Summit, a day before the awards, which was also an avenue to hear from women who have been successful in their careers and the challenges faced. I interacted with some of them and took some nice pictures (as usual!)

With Celestine Oniye -Thomas, reconnected after 7 years

A week later, I was at a Residential programme kind courtesy of my role as a community leader with the ONE Campaign UK. This is an event that takes place every year – where we strategize our campaign actions for the remaining part of the year. For this year, our focus is mostly on the General Elections (little did we know it will be fixed for 4th July) and I had an amazing time hearing from others concerning their campaign plans, giving and also receiving feedback on mine. The Residential is also an opportunity to interact with fellow CLs (community leaders) and YAs (youth ambassadors), share our campaigning plans and catch up on other things – be it personal or professional. At this year’s residential, we celebrated Africa Day in a special way! We had a fashion show and yours truly partook in it (cos why not?) It was an opportunity to showcase Ghanaian clothing and as a lover of traditional clothing, I couldn’t disappoint! I had fun at this particular residential and it was good catching up with familiar faces and also meeting new people.