Vocational Center for Freed Slave Girls in Ghana

180 Donations from 65 Donors:

Project Personnel

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi - Executive Director

As co-founder/Executive Director of the AWDF, Bisi is returning her extensive fundraising, leadership training and organizational development experience to the women of Africa. She was Director of Akina Mama wa Afrika, a development organization for African women; helped develop the African Women's Leadership Institute which has trained 600 African women; and speaks at conferences worldwide.

Abigail Burgesson - Program Officer

After working at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Ghana, Abigail joined AWDF to oversee its regional organizations and the Small Grants Program. With an MA in International Relations, Abigail has focused her extensive experience on getting women's groups and organizations recognized and involved in policy making.

Fortune Abodakpi - Coordinator

As a young girl, Fortune Abodakpi was sent to a priest to atone for her grandmother's sin. Upon her liberation, she and other former slaves received vocational training in the craft of making batik and formed a group. By pooling resources and sharing labor, they produce and sell enough batik cloth to support the group. She helps other freed slaves learn skills and gain economic autonomy.