My wife is an extraordinary pillar – Asantehene

General News on Thursday, April 18, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-04-18

The saying that behind every successful man hides a strong and wise woman applies to the Manhyia Palace.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II appreciates the role his wife, Lady Julia, played in the success story of his reign.

S addressing the Daily Graphic at Manhyia Palace in Kumasi last Saturday, Otumfuo Osei Tutu said that "Being Asantehene is demanding and that it takes a woman who understands you."

He most often said the only day he found time to sit with his wife and children on Saturdays.

Serwaa Ampem Foundation

Otumfuo Osei Tutu created the Serwaa Ampem Foundation for Children in 2002 and placed Lady Julia at the helm of the priority.

She has also been the pillar of the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation (OOCTF), where she chairs the board of directors.

Asantehene found that the progress made by the Serwaa Ampem Foundation, a non-governmental organization named in honor of her mother, late Asantehemaa, the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, testified to the industry of his wife.

The foundation manages the health component of the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charitable Foundation, which aims to improve the lives of Ghanaians by implementing the ideals, values, and visions of its patron, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and at the same time. thus use as vehicle of the transformation of Africa.

programs

Children infected with HIV / AIDS and family planning are particularly important in the activities of the Serwaa Ampem Foundation.

This is due to the strong discrimination and stigmatization of children infected with the disease.

Other notable programs implemented by the foundation include the Otumfuo Mobile Dental Project and the Serwaa Ampem Wheel Orphanage, which have helped more than 150,000 children and other young people.

Vehicles carrying health professionals travel to towns and villages to provide dental services to people and orphans.

A recent report from the OOTFT indicated that health programs undertaken by the Serwaa Ampem Foundation were limited to advocacy, infrastructure and equipment activities.

Advocacy

Lady Julia and her team have been at the forefront of health promotion, especially disease prevention programs, including HIV, TB, vaccination and malaria.

In collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and the Ghana Health Service, the Serwaa Ampem Foundation has pioneered the implementation of mother-to-child prevention. through a series of sensitization workshops for 560 leaders and subsequent organization of community durbars in the Ashanti and Old Brong Ahafo regions.

In addition, 48 priorities were covered on advocacy issues between 2006 and 2010 with support from the World Bank's Traditional Leadership Partnership Program.

Community durbars under the auspices of traditional leaders of some communities were also organized.

Topics covered included HIV and AIDS, personal hygiene, vaccination, badually transmitted infections and early pregnancy.

According to the report, the durbars of the community have attracted a large audience with a total of more than 1.5 million participants.

Pregnant women and their partners have been sensitized to the need for HIV testing to prevent their unborn children from becoming infected with HIV.

Material support

A number of health facilities have also received support from the foundation, ranging from infrastructure to equipment, to strengthen the delivery of health care.

They include the renovation and renovation of Komfo Anokye University Hospital, Obuasi Government Hospital, Asante Mampong Children's Home, Suntreso Public Hospitals and 15 other health centers. community clinics.

The foundation also donated a 24-seat Benz bus to Mampong Children Home.

Lady Julia's Profile

A certified lawyer, Lady Julia Osei is Executive Director of the Serwaa Ampem Children's Foundation, an NGO created in 2002 to advocate for the rights of vulnerable children in Ghana and to intervene on issues affecting the children of our society.

Lady Julia was educated at Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast. In 1989, she entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana at Legon, where she obtained a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) In 1992 and continued her studies at the Faculty of Law. from Ghana to Accra, where she completed the professional law course. Cours and was admitted to the Bar of Ghana in 1994.

In September 1995, Lady Julia was admitted to Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and graduated with a Master's degree in International Humanitarian Law (LL.M), after having been a trainee. at the Amnesty International office at the United Nations. At New York.

In 1998, she joined Ecobank Ghana Limited as Head of Legal and Commercial Affairs. Until March 2002, she was secretary of the National Partnership for Child Trust in Ghana.

The field of activities of his organization cuts across many social problems, but mainly in the areas of education, health, water and sanitation.

Combining new innovations and improved existing strategies to address these issues, its foundations in recent years have provided support to organizations and individuals, and strengthened social support structures in Ghana.

These activities are not limited to the jurisdiction of her husband's kingdom, but affect many regions and ethnic groups in Ghana.

Among the main activities of the foundation are the supply of educational material for schools, scholarships for bright needy students from very disadvantaged regions, the creation of an annual national prize for teachers from regions very disadvantaged people in Ghana to stay.

Among its innovations is the creation of Orphanage on Wheels, an organization that supports children infected and affected by HIV, to reduce or eliminate the stigma badociated with providing services to this vulnerable population.

The Otumfuo Mobile Learning and Mobile Dental project aims to ensure that disadvantaged children in rural communities have access to computers for ICT training; as well as providing dental care in their own communities. These three programs have helped more than 150,000 children over the past five years.