In 2022, Spring-UP Global Network established a library for Agbekotsekpo D/A Basic School, a farming community in the Greater Accra Region. This initiative opened doors to knowledge and opportunity for hundreds of learners. Since then, our team has returned time and again, organizing mentorship sessions, STEM activities, and leadership development programs to inspire and equip students for the future.
Our commitment to these learners has been unwavering. In January 2025, Mary Osabutey, then a Junior High School student and Head Girl of Agbekotsekpo D/A Basic School, moderated a panel discussion on emerging 21st-century careers as part of Spring-UP’s career guidance and mentorship initiative. Her confidence and brilliance were evident, and her dreams were big.
Fast forward to October 2025: Mary earned admission to Krobo Girls’ Senior High School, overcoming learning challenges along the way. Yet, despite this achievement, financial barriers threatened to crush her dream.
Mary’s family, sustained by subsistence farming, faced significant financial constraints and could not afford the essential provisions listed on her prospectus and other costs. With no means to prepare for school, Mary considered deferring her admission for an entire year, a decision that could have permanently altered her educational path.
At this critical moment, the Headmaster of Agbekotsekpo D/A Basic School reached out to Spring-UP Global Network. With financial support from our alumni network, Spring-UP stepped in and provided Mary with the required items, enabling her to enroll without delay. Today, Mary is settled at Krobo Girls’ SHS, ready to chase her dreams and prove that timely support changes lives.
And our support doesn’t end here. Spring-UP will continue to walk with Mary throughout her three-year Senior High School journey,providing ongoing mentorship and financial assistance to ensure she thrives academically and personally.
Her journey reflects the power of consistency and community: from building a library in 2022, to mentoring students, to empowering a brilliant girl from a resource-constrained household to begin her Senior High School education. This intervention also aligns with the Ghana Ministry of Education’s goal to ensure more Junior High School graduates transition to Senior High School, a critical step toward advancing girl-child education and breaking cycles of poverty.
