She said education was an invaluable tool essential for empowering the less privileged and lifting them out of poverty.

“I urged FAWA to devise strategies for dialogue with the relevant state institutions and communicate with these agencies to determine areas of great need in order to direct attention to those areas”, she stated.

Mrs Akufo-Addo further urged the group to be proactive advocates for change, unity and family cohesion in order to leave an enduring legacy for future generations.
At the 21st anniversary celebration of FAWA, the secretary, Mrs Joyce Amoah-Ntim, explained that FAWA’s efforts to provide the needs of people were excellent proof of its readiness to do greater things.

She said the group, which started with only 10 members in 1996, was poised for greater exploits.

“I believed that with your continued assistance our latter days promise will be more glorious, impactful and meaningful than the past 21 years”, she added.

Objectives

Mrs Amoah-Ntim stated that their aim to impact on society positively through charitable works would be intensified.

She added that their mission was to create meaningful relationships among wives of former and current Ghanaian ambassadors and wives of ambassadors resident in Ghana.

History of FAWA

For her part, the past president of FAWA, Mrs Rosemond Dsane-Selby, said FAWA was formed when medical supplies were donated on behalf of the African Ambassadors’ Wives Association (AAWA) based in Washington DC.

She also said FAWA was established in Ghana by six women to offer help to the needy. FAWA mobilised money to support African children living with HIV and AIDS and children orphaned by HIV and AIDS in 1996.