St Mary’s High School for Girls is located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana and has 850 students. 750 of these students board. However, the dormitories were not in a suitable condition to house the girls. Marie-Ann Ocansey, SIA-Africa Strategic Development Partner and St Mary’s alumnus, commented, “I would like to be proud of my school and the facilities that we offer to our young women, because I have three daughters and I would love for them to come to this school, but not in this state.”
In 2018, St Mary’s were able to improve their dormitories using funds released by SIA-Africa. Although this enabled significant improvements to be made, observations indicate that capital contributions are still needed to bring to dormitories to acceptable living standards. The Betsy Hilfiger Edifanko Initiative will seek to remedy these issues as well as provide other resources and support to St Mary’s.
