By Leonie Heppener | CEO
2020 has been a troubling year for most of the world. Ghana was no different. The pandamic had school closed and with girls at home and being bored, teen pregnancy numbers surged. Ghana recorded a staggering number of 107.023 pregancies with girls under 19 years old in 2020. Go Girl Ghana in this time struggled to get foot on the ground in the new communities within Manya Krobo because the Education Services had bigger fish to fry and people were hesitant to let people in their houses due to covid 19. But with the end of school closures and the hard work of our new project coordinator Janet we were able to move into the communities and start our work. We spoke to many girls, parents and schools to see the way forward in 2021 and make sure the girls on our communities return to school
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