Songs of Hope

One by one, the young women of GHEI’s Girls Empowerment club file into the classroom. Smiling and joking with one another, their enthusiasm is unmistakable. Tonight’s session will have the girls learning and practicing new songs for their upcoming performance for the first group of Summer Serve and Learn Volunteers.



GHEI staff members Aggie Obeng and Enock ‘Happy” Nkrumah lead them through the new material, and at first the girls are bashful, singing just above a whisper. Within moments they have found their rhythm and are singing in unison, as though they had known the songs for years.

These are no ordinary songs. The lyrics depict a bright future for these young women, a future in which education will be their key to a rich and fulfilling life. In a country that often favours boys’ pursuit of schooling, these girls deliver a simple message. They are perfectly capable and incredibly passionate in seeking the same academic opportunities that will enable them to blossom into the next generation of Ghanaian leaders

Educate Your Girl Child

Educate your girl child, in the area of empowerment;
Send her to school, she may be great,
Don’t waste her time, don’t waste her talent, this is the time, send her to school.
Teachers we need, your girl child may be one, Engineers we need, and she may be one.
Lawyers we need, your girl child may be one, Nurses we need she may be one.
Miners we need, your girl child may be one, Pilots we need, and she may be one.
Doctors we need, she may be one, Oh yes, don’t waste her talent, send her to school. Send her to school!