On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, H.E Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo and other African First Ladies met with Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff of the United States at the Spousal Programme, as part of the US Africa Leaders’ Summit at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC. They discussed ways

H.E Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has spoken about the injustice of stigmatizing women with infertility in Africa. She believes this unfair treatment aggravates the pain these women already go through, and it is time we work together to create a culture that supports these women and their partners in treating or coping with the condition. She

The participants, who were chosen from across the district, were taken through theoretical and practical training on how to conduct outreach activities, effectively screen for both breast and cervical cancers, and treat cervical cancer using the Thermal coagulation machine purchased for the project. A total of one hundred and eighteen women were screened during the

The Rebecca Foundation, through the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Roche, has launched the Capacity Building for Breast and Cervical Cancers in Ghana to help reduce breast and cervical cases and mortalities. The initial project areas are the West Gonja, Birim South, and

Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo receives an award at the IFC/EDGE Ghana Green Building Awards ceremony on October 6, for her role in advocating for social change and climate action and also for The Rebecca Foundation’s Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Mother and Baby Unit and market creches.

Beneficiaries are JHS students of the Apraman MA Basic School, Tepa SDA School, Bantama State Girls School and traders in Kumasi. This is part of an ongoing Digital Technologies Training program to help improve the digital literacy skills of students and economically empower women.

The Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) met on the side lines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York, to discuss the strategic focus of the organisation for the next two years. In H.E Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s submission, she called for greater efficiency and commitment in OAFLADS fund raising efforts.

Every new school year, The Rebecca Foundation donates food items and school supplies to Special schools and orphanages in the country. Food items were donated to The Mampong School for the deaf, Akropong School for the blind, Dzorwulu Special School, SOS Asiakwa, SOS Kumasi, SOS Tamale, SOS Tema, and The Accra Psychiatric hospital children’s ward.

The Rebecca Foundation has graduated some 58 more women in the Dome Kwabenya community as part of our Terema Initiative. These women were trained in bakery and cosmetology and were given startup kits. This is in partnership with The Rebecca Foundation.

This is part of the Terema initiative by The Rebecca Foundation which seeks to empower women economically by giving them employable skills through training. Beneficiaries were given startup kits and certificates to kickstart their businesses. They were also taken through basic financial and business management training. The foundation hopes that the women will also train