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John A. Kufuor Foundation Hosts James Madison University Students on Internship
Two students from the James Madison University in the USA have successfully completed their internship at the John A. Kufuor Foundation.
The foundation in June 2021 received two Ghanaians diaspora students; Margaret Nsiah, a novel Health Science and Pre-Med graduate, as well as Suwaibatu Mohammed, a third-year Health Science student from the James Madison University.
As part of their summer vacation, they worked with the Agriculture and Nutrition Department of the foundation. As Health Science students, their interest in nutrition was a major motivating factor in their choice of the institution to intern with and the foundation put together a comprehensive program to suite their interests.
The virtual and in-person work sessions were curated to provide the interns with an in-depth understanding of nutrition from the agriculture side, to compliment what they are studying in school. They were also tasked to come up with a social intervention or business idea to address a problem they have observed in the Ghanaian society.
The students had an extra-ordinary opportunity to participate in the annual mini bootcamp for members of the Kufuor Scholars Program, during which they participated in various mentorship and networking activities. Through the bootcamp, they had the opportunity to meet and interact with former Ghanaian President and chairman of the John A. Kufuor Foundation, H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor. They also met Chief Executive Officer of the foundation Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, as well as professors at the University of Ghana including Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Prof. Justice N. Bawole.
They also had some fun and other learning experiences. They participated in a trip to Cape Coast, specifically the Kakum National Park and the Cape Coast Castle. They learnt about the slave trade and the dark stories of the living conditions in the castle where some slaves were kept before being shipped abroad.
The foundation did put together a holistic internship program for the students and it is our expectation that did not just gain work experience, but appreciated their motherland and be motivated to contribute to its development.