The first day of our leadership conference started with an address by Julien Kofie, a mentee from last year's programme. He described key aspects of the programme and how they had helped him and urged his fellow students to get all they can from the programme. Next up, we had Keli Gadzekpo, Chairman of Databank Foundation give a summary of the programme and how it works. He outlined the various changes we are hoping to implement having learnt from our pilot programme last year. After he was through, everyone introduced themselves to the rest of the group with a name, their hobbies, their mission in life and one thing they would like to be remembered by at the end of the programme.
With that done, we got to the 'meat' of the programme with each mentor group discussing possible solutions to a hypothetical school problem. I'll discuss this further in another post. Harry McNinson was next on the bill, he gave a talk titled "Inspire Me". If you're familiar with this blog or our programme, you'll know that Harry has spoken to our mentees on a number of occasions. Being a former Kinbu student himself - and the first in his family and school to go to university - he has much to offer these youth in the form of inspiration, motivation and what you can do with a bit of hard work and a can-do spirit.
After a delicious lunch provided by Red Chilli, I gave a brief summary of our book for this year; The Cross Drums by Meshack Asare. I also outlined a few leadership lessons from the book; cultivating peace, nurturing talents (your own and those of others) and innovation. Like I said earlier, if after reading the book you identify some more (I'm sure you will), please share with the rest of the group.
The last speaker of the day was Dr. Yaw Perbi, who gave a highly engaging talk on our role in the development of Africa. He had much advice on the subject, and his talk was highly enjoyed by all. (More details in this post).
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