Our Vision
After being invited by a friend to be a speaker for the My Girl Pride program in Kwahu, Ghana it filled my heart with joy. I went back home… but a piece of my heart stayed with those 20 girls that day. I was trying to work on projects and endeavors, but all I could think about were these girls, their sweet faces, eyes full of promise, and how I couldn’t wait to get back to them.
It all started because I went back in 2019 and chose to use my concert ticket money for the Afro Nation Festival to instead have wifi installed for the first time for the entire community in Obomeng-Kwahu. My donation gave free wifi access to 3K people. While I was sad that I missed my favorite artist Burna Boy, the feeling of gratitude to be able to make such a huge difference made up for it. Later on, my friends reimbursed me out of pure generosity and that’s when I knew first hand it really does take a village to build a village! So I founded MentorHer Ghana as a 501c3 in the US and later as an LBG nonprofit in Ghana. We have already served over 200 youth in Kwahu and we have a current enrollment of over 120 girls, with a running waitlist.
I started MentorHer Ghana because our vision is to give these girls support, resources, self-confidence, and self-reliant skills that they can use to build up themselves and their community. I also wanted to open up their eyes to ALL of the possibilities that await them in the world. Our ultimate goal is to build a bridge with girls’ programs in the diaspora to further cultural, academic, and economic progress both on the continent and abroad. Our charge is to catch these young ladies at this pivotal age, empower them to be strategic critical thinkers, help them start building impactful global relationships, and prime them for the success that awaits them in their community and country. I see MentoHer Ghana being an agent of change and building up girls and their communities in all 16 regions of Ghana.
-Kindra Parker, Founder & President
