How one young Ghanaian is using tourism to improve life for Persons with Disabilities

With inspiration from a chorus in a patriotic song titled; “we are all involved”, buoyed by the support from siblings and friends, Joseph Asameni Obiri is making a difference in the lives of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

The 29-year-old with a first degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), through his company Lionize Tourism Consult has initiated a project which takes Person’s with Disabilities on tour for free.

In a country where adequate information and data on PWDs is scarce and issues pertaining to their welfare are neglected, activities related to entertainment and tourism for these groups of people are unavailable, despite the fact that Ghana has a law to address these.

However, his organization seeks to fill that gap by organizing these groups of people and taking them out to places of interest both for educational and recreational purposes.

Obiri started out with his organization about eight years ago, but was engaged in the usual tourism services such as tour guiding, ticketing, airport pickups and hotel bookings.

The company went into hibernation for four years after it was established, within this period he focused on his education and worked in the tourism industry gathering extensive knowledge in the field.

With ten years of experience from the tourism industry, having worked in hotels, with car rental agencies, restaurants and night clubs he found out that the industry does not cater for the needs of people with disabilities.

This partly motivated him to currently focus his organization on PWDs.

“I look at the 15 years Tourism Development Plan (2013 to 2027) which projects that there should be an increase in tourism inflows from the international market so I thought that the disabled group could add up to the numbers and I began researching about them,” he told ghanabusinessnews.com in an exclusive interview.

“I found interesting revelations, some of which shocked me. I went to the Ghana Tourism Authority ((GTA) and I found out that there’s no company organizing tours for PWDs.

I checked internationally and there was no such initiative in the West African sub-region, so it further ignited my passion to work on the initiative.”

The initiative called ‘Inclusive Tour’ is grouped into three: speech and hearing impaired group, intellectual disability which includes autism and delayed development and the physically challenged group, those who walk with crutches and use wheel chairs.

“To mark the World International Day for Disability last year, I successfully organized a tour for about 25 speech and hearing impaired people.

“I took them on tour to the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, the Accra Central Library and West Hills Mall for free with funding from friends, parents and siblings who believe in my idea. It was an exciting moment for participants and they felt part of the society,” he added.

As you would expect, he takes keen interest on issues of PWDs and would be organizing a second trip for them, this time  for people suffering from intellectual disabilities on February 18 this year.

On his first tour, he observed that most of the places they visited were not disability friendly, the library for instance had no interpreters for these groups of people.

“Some of these public places were not disability friendly and there were no people to assist them around, making them uncomfortable.”
“When we got to some of the sites there were no sign language people and I wasn’t able to do sign language either so I felt very bad. Assuming it wasn’t a group and they were visiting these places on their own, who was going to assist them?” He asked.

He urged the government to support people with disabilities since they were part of society, adding, “The government should fix interpreters in public libraries to assist them. “

With the intention of organizing these tours for free and a target of reaching the international market he called on government, philanthropists and well-meaning Ghanaians to support his initiative.

He expects support from the government and stakeholders as the numbers of participants grow.

“Staffing and weak customer services in restaurants, infrastructure and deplorable roads leading to tourist attraction sites are some of the challenges the tourism industry is faced with,” he said.

Obiri said although there is the Tourism Development Fund and tourism levies, the government and stakeholders in the tourism industry should ensure that monies allocated for these funds are used for the intended purposes.

“I want to see Ghana and West Africa grow to become the preferred tourist destination for Persons with Disabilities,” he averred.

It is estimated that there are five million people living with disabilities in Ghana and 80 per cent of persons with disabilities live in developing countries.

By Pamela Ofori-Boateng

Ghana Business News
pambelle12@gmail.com

Heard of the only taxi service in Ghana offering Wi-Fi and free drinks?

It is very common in Ghana to hear people complain about the lack of jobs for graduates, but there is someone who doesn’t think so. He looks beyond the traditional job market.

Last week, ghanabusinessnews.com had a chat with him on WhatsApp.

Victor Adepoju is his name, and he argues that there are lots of job opportunities in Ghana for graduates and everyone who wants to work.

He argues that graduates can be gainfully employed, except that they feel ‘too big’ to accept any job apart from white-collar jobs.

The 32 year old is the mastermind behind Beautiful Feet Cab Service. Arguably the only free Wi-Fi installed Taxi Company in Ghana. What’s more? In addition to free Wi-Fi on the air conditioned taxi, customers also get to enjoy free drinks and biscuits, toffees, chewing gum and tissue papers on board.

Victor decided to enter into transport business in April this 2016 after observing how passengers get bored on their journeys to and from work daily. “So I decided to start my internet enabled cab to keep the clients lively” He told ghanabusinessnews.com.

Adepoju says he used his savings from his five year and three year jobs as a security officer in Dubai and Accra respectively to begin the business, despite being discouraged by some friends.

“People had told me they will snatch my car if I brand it the way I have done, but it never happened. The closest to that was when my phone was snatched at dawn while working but thank God there was no customer on board,” he recounted.

What’s more, Victor is not Ghanaian, he is from ECOWAS sisiter-country, Nigeria.

It’s however, intriguing that Victor chose to start his business in Ghana, notwithstanding the fact that Nigeria has a bigger population than Ghana.

His reasons among others he said were because, “Over there you need huge capital to enable you to break into the market. I am originally from there you know,” he adds

I came to Ghana in 2001 through a church conference and I loved the country at first sight especially the accent so I told myself when I complete Senior High School, I will come to Ghana to hustle and further my education”

Victor, who dreamt of becoming a pastor when he was growing up, has not given up on that dream. “I will become a pastor one day. It is a futuristic stuff. I will be a man of God from Ghana to the world,” he said.

He says he is a graduate, and also holds a post-graduate certificate in Human Resource and Strategic Management.

For a cab service such as this, one would have thought it will be expensive. On the contrary, it is relatively cheap, with charges starting from GH¢5:00.

For now, Beautiful Feet Cab Service has only one taxi cab in operation. Although according to Victor, several investors both from Ghana and abroad have shown interest in investing in his business with more cars, he has declined upon advice given to him to take his time and grow his business.

While some taxi drivers roam about in the streets of Accra empty, Beautiful Feet Cab Service gets more clients in a day than it can handle. Thanks to social media, his clients book for his service on his website, Instagram and Facebook.

“I make roughly GH¢2000 a month. I simply can’t decipher why most graduates prefer white-collar jobs, seating in an air-conditioned office that pays GH¢800 a month than to driving a cab for more. Most graduates here feel driving a taxi is way under them. I want to buy more cars since the business is expanding but drivers are scarce to get. I have advertised for drivers and I am willing to pay a GH¢1000 a month.”

Ghanaian Italian Actor,Henry Adofo Asiedu

BF Cab Services hopes to become a cross border transport service. “I want it to grow to other parts of Africa. I plan to extend to The Gambia,” he said.

Ghanaian Actor, Kweku Elliott says he uses this service most of the time. “It is very affordable and safe and he makes himself available 80 per cent of the time. What makes him different in the taxi business is the free Wi-Fi and refreshment on board,” he noted.

In an interview with Asmaa Outrhali, a foreign student in Ghana, she expressed her satisfaction with the service.

There are other professional cab services in the country like Gold Cab and Uber, which was launched in June this year and the “newbie” Taxify which began its online transport company over a week ago.

With other online cab services springing up some few months after Beautiful Feet Cab Service, Victor Adepoju is poised to stay on top of the market.

By: Pamela Ofori-Boateng

Derrydean’s big dreams – A tech entrepreneur’s story

Derrydean Dadzie was exceptional. He wasn’t like the many university graduates during his time who went job hunting. He sought to set up business and to employ others.

An IT lover, he was used to working in IT firms and even before he graduated from Ashesi University College he had started his company with three other friends at age 24.

The IT firm he established with three co-founders in 2007, Dream Oval now employs 45 people and still looking forward to employing more.

Internship

Dadzie never missed any compelling internship opportunity while in school- most of which were unpaid.

“Although I wasn’t paid for all the internships, I worked my head off. Apart from gaining experience, I believe internships enable one to discover their capabilities, and the kind of sector one can fit in. I did a lot of internships from different sectors. On one of my internships in a bank, it didn’t take long for me to realise banking wasn’t for me and definitely not a field I would be working in.” says Dadzie.

The genesis of Dream Oval

At his last internship with an IT firm –Genesis Solutions, he felt rather a strong urge to establish his IT company. He was compelled to start the company partly because he discovered a gap around how people use technology to do things and he figured out he could do it better.

Asked about how he was able to establish his company at a time when most graduates were searching for jobs, he said, “My case was different because I had the chance to do a lot of things like training, internships, entrepreneurship, organizing events – and with such things you get the chance to meet and network with people who matter and who can direct you and guide you in terms of career choices.”

He however, noted that as a team they wanted to come out with something different in technology at that time so they focused mainly on business solutions to enable businesses become more efficient and have easy access to data.

Capital for business

Dadzie and his team started with human capital – the people involved and the mindset. Additionally, they decided among themselves to contribute GH¢200.00 each.

“That amount was a lot of money at that time. We were young and some couldn’t afford that so we didn’t really start with capital. It was the human factor and the passion that drives it,” he added.

Derrydean Dadzie

Challenges

I am yet to meet an antrepreneur who faced no challenges while starting their business. Like many start-ups, Dream Oval was not without difficulties at the initial stage but perseverance enabled it to sail through.

He and his co-founders did not have a lot of examples in the technology field to emmulate because at the time, not many tech companies existed.

Also, Ghanaians at the time were not as tech-savvy as today and for that matter didn’t see the need for the use of technology. There was also an issue of trust because people believed that only those from the Western countries could produce and work on issues bothering on technology.

“We also encountered people who didn’t believe in us and our products because we were young.

There were also internet issues: inaccessibility of internet and in cases where one gets access to internet, it was extremely slow and expensive,” Dadzie said.

“It is only when tech entrepreneurs are allowed to solve local problems that they would be successful. So we need to empower and encourage our local tech entrepreneurs to solve Ghana’s innumerable challenges. I don’t believe that being heavily dependent on foreign technology is the way to go.”

Is Dream Oval a forerunner when it comes to young tech entrepreneurs in Ghana?

“Yes I believe we started the journey and others are following. There may be others somewhere who might have started that we may not have heard of but we lit the candle that lighted other candles. For that I can say we are the pioneers when it comes to young people in tech entrepreneurship,” Dadzie said proudly.

Apparently, he had lost count of the awards he had received since the company’s inception. However, the most recent one he could remember was an award he took in Mauritius for sustainable leadership.

The focus of Dream Oval

Dream Oval focuses mainly on providing the kind of technology that will empower people to make smart decisions to grow their companies. They do that by providing businesses with bespoke software services and also by producing customised products that fit businesses.

On request, they build technologies for companies that many people can use without having to customize it, like their enterprise platforms which drive enterprise related services. The company also helps banks to make smooth transition from their legacy system unto a new generation technology.

The future of Dream Oval

Dream Oval hopes to move beyond the borders of Ghana and have business operations in a lot of African countries and around the continent. Dream Oval is also preparing to establish a transformative training system that will churn out amazing problem solvers in technology to meet the escalating demands of technological services in Ghana.

Off duty

As busy as his schedule could be, Dadzie finds time here and there for Tae Kwon Do, which he enjoys very much. He is also a family man who loves to spend quality time with his family.

Business advice

“It’s not only about money; money does not make you successful. Make sure you have a big vision and work towards that vision. You don’t always need money to start a business…all you need is the passion that drives you.

“Once you have an idea and there’s nothing to start with just get started, you will get people along the line to assist you. You should also try as much as possible to put your vision ahead of your harvest,” he advised.

By Pamela Ofori-Boateng

How to Become a Meteorologist in Ghana

“My friend’s daughter wants to become a meteorologist. Do you know what courses she can offer at the Senior High School? Which University can she attend and what kind of courses can she do?” Mom asked.

Ghana Meteorological Agency

I stood at the entrance of the kitchen looking at her as if I did not hear the question. I heard the question alright, but the answer was simple – I didn’t know.

She looked at me in awe and said, “Eeei! You do not know the answer to this simple question, and you call yourself a university graduate? What about those of us who didn’t go high on the academic ladder?

This kind of reaction to my inability to offer the required answer was expected because in our parts of the world, a university degree is tantamount to knowing answers to almost everything you are asked.

I randomly asked about three friends the same questions my mom asked and the answers were not convincing enough. This incident got me thinking about how many people may also need these answers to guide their career choices apart from my mom’s friend, so off I went to the Ghana Meteorological Agency.

“To become a meteorologist, one requires more than passion.”

In an interview with ghanabusinessnews.com, the Director of Research and Applied Meteorology, Mr Charlse K.A Yorke, noted that to become a meteorologist, one required more than passion.

The course to offer at senior high school level

If you dream of becoming a meteorologist in the future, you should study pure science at the Senior High School level. You should also have an interest in mathematics and be good at these courses. There is a misconception that studying Geography is better if you want to become a meteorologist.

“Studying Geography has no relationship with meteorology studies. In fact, Geographers are not employed here,” Mr.Yorke emphatically stated.

Universities that offer meteorology studies in Ghana

Currently, only two universities offer courses in meteorology: the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Cape Coast University (UCC).

A BSc, Meteorology and Climate Science course officially started at KNUST in 2008.The University also offers MPhil Meteorology and Climate Science. UCC also started a Bsc Meteorology and Atmospheric Science programme in 2012 and also offers MPhil (Physics) with options in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.

Misconception cleared

According to Mr. Yorke, most people are unaware of the course structure so they tend to think studying meteorology limits one’s job opportunities and only means working in a meteorological department or organisation.

“When you complete a degree in Meteorology, one can work with the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), National Disaster Management Ogranisation (NADMO), Forestry Commission and water related institutions, because these organisations deal with environmental parameters like rainfall, drought, flood and all these have the tendency to destroy lives and properties.” He stated.

Interest in meteorology studies soaring?

Mr Yorke said interest in meteorology studies is growing. He said KNUST began the course about five years ago with nine students, and about 49 students are graduating this year, of which about 70 per cent are male and 30 per cent, female.

All young people with meteorology at heart should study pure science and should be ready to learn, because the course is still at its infant stage and needs more research,” he advised.

Food Alert! Why Gino Magic is Not The Usual Tomato Paste You Know

Gino magic can be used to prepare this tasty tomato stew (Photo credit-Broklynfarmgirl.com)

If you love cooking you would know by now that Gino products are one of the best if not the best in food products.

So when the producers of Gino products introduced another tomato paste  I was eager to purchase one and try.

It is Gino Magic (Peppe & Onion Tomato Seasoning Mix)! So why I'm I super excited about this new product. It is not the usual kind of tomato paste you know. This tomato paste already has pepper and onions mixed in it so no need to buy tomato paste,onions and peppers for your stew or soup.

Gino magic tomato paste has got it all! no more stress in preparing your soups and stews.

Students and bachelors it is now your turn to cook the easy way!

It costs only 80 pesewas in my neighbourhood. Why not give it a try? You can share your experince after using the tomato paste in the comment section below.

This is not a paid or a sponsored advert. I tried it and I loved it and thought you should know!

Evelyn Kyere: The woman with your eyes in her hands

(The first and only ocularist in Ghana)

By Pamela Ofori-Boateng

When the tale of a member of the Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) who lost an eye in a protest set the internet abuzz, most Ghanaians could not simply decipher how one could lose one of the most precious parts of the human body - the eye - in a protest which started peacefully.

Barely two months after the incident, the victim had a new eye. You may be wondering how he got a new eye. Come to think of it, can a lost eye be replaced?

The answer is Yes and No at the same time. Yes because you can get a prosthetic or artificial eye from the hospital, which looks very much like the natural eye, and no because that artificial eye cannot perform the major function of the eye -  that is to see.                                                                                                                                            Miss Evelyn Kyere                                    

Who is Miss Evelyn Kyere?

Evelyn Kyere is an ophthalmic nurse and an ocularist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, and currently she is the only ocularist (a person who makes ocular prosthetics – artificial eyes – for patients who have lost their eye) in Ghana.

She brought smiles to the face of Mr Justice Adzakuma, the man who lost an eye in the LMVCA demonstration, by providing him with an artificial eye (ocular prosthesis). After the surgery, one could hardly tell the difference between his natural eye and the artificial eye. It is even harder to notice that he actually lost an eye.

Photo credit-pulse.com.gh

 Before                                                                                                 After

Caption: Mr Justice Adzakuma before and after Miss Kyere performed an ocular prosthesis procedure for him when he lost an eye during the LMVCA demonstration in 2015.

Evelyn Kyere, who is a mother of three, completed Community Health Nursing in 1996 and worked for some time. She decided to further her education at the Korle-Bu Nurses Training College and was posted to the eye unit of the same institution she had studied in. Working at the eye unit for some time, she decided to specialise in ophthalmology.

How did she become the first and only ocularist in Ghana? 

While working at the eye unit, a visiting ophthalmologist came to Ghana to perform surgeries for people with cancer of the eye. Madam Kyere at that time assisted the visiting doctor to perform surgeries, removing patient’s eye to prevent the cancer spreading to their brains.

“After performing many surgeries by removing cancerous eyes, we were thinking of how to fill in that hole. Some doctors noticed that I had interest in what I did with the stock shell because even when we were using stock shell to replace lost eyes for patients, I always try to make it look better on patients because I was worried seeing patients with that kind of shell in their socket.

“Realising my enthusiasm in the field, one Dr Dogbe suggested that I further my studies in India. So I went to India to specialise in ocular prosthesis. I spent six months in India and did a little rotation there as well. I came back and I went to the UK for further studies at Moorfields Eye Hospital to learn more about ocular prosthesis there.”

From stock shell to custom-made ocular prosthesis

Prior to her studies, Miss Kyere and visiting doctors used stock shell to replace lost eyes, but she didn’t like the way it looked on patients. “The stock shell doesn’t come out with the nice colour that we expected and occasionally the cornea comes out grey and other different colours which did not match the normal colour of the eye.

“But now here in Korle-Bu we are able to make custom-made ones for patients. We take the measurement of the hole of the lost eye, mould and paint it to look like a natural eye. We then put a glass on it, polish it, making it very difficult to sense the difference if you have not been pre-informed.”

After her specialisation in ocular prosthesis, she has performed surgeries on 92 patients since 2013. Some of whom came from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

Response from patients who have gotten an eye fixed

About 98% of Miss Kyere’s patients had been satisfied with the procedure, according to a research that had been conducted at Korle-Bu. However, only 2% of the patients were unsatisfied with the procedure. The 2% were patients who by accident lost an eye and eyelids altogether and thought the surgery could miraculously provide a new eyelid. This, according to Miss Kyere, is impossible from her end.

How does a patient with a prosthetic eye maintain it after the process?

After a successful procedure on adults, the artificial eye needs to be changed every 10 years. However, patients have to come for polishing every six months. Word is, the artificial eye does not provide vision but it’s very difficult to tell the difference between the eye that sees and the artificial eye.

What happens to patients who need the services of an ocularist when Miss Kyere is not available since she’s the only ocularist in Ghana?

“At the moment, my doors are open and expecting ophthalmic nurses from various regions to come and learn from me, but right now I’m training one ophthalmic nurse from Korle-Bu who is also good to do what I’m doing. We have sent information to various hospitals and Nurses Training Colleges to inform interested students to come and learn but response has not been encouraging.”

Things that can cause you to lose your eyes?

Cancer of the eyes, detergents and other chemicals in the eye, hair relaxers, ‘Apollo’ (a contagious eye infection) and measles if not treated well.

Prevention

1. Visit the nearest hospital if any kind of chemical enters your eye. Avoid over-the-counter eye drops because, if not correctly applied, it can make matters worse.

2. Parents should be alarmed immediately they sense some changes in their child’s eye and report to the nearest clinic.

3. People whose jobs usually expose them to fire like welders, caterers and plantain roasters should wear protective glasses while working.

4. Children should avoid playing with sharp objects.

The earliest known evidence of the use of ocular prosthesis is that of a woman found in Shahr-l Sokhta, Iran, dating back to 2900-2800 BCE and the first in-socket artificial eyes were made of gold with coloured enamel, later evolving into the use of glass in the later part of the 18th century.

A LETTER TO MY FUTURE HUSBAND

Dear Kwame,

Thank you very much for all you have done and sacrificed for me all these three years  we have been in this relationship.Your love is manifest to me through your caring nature,your commitment and loyalty to me.This is not to say the journey has been smooth like birth giving as the idiomatic expression goes.Our relationship is just like  any other relationship with twist and turns,curves and bends,sweetness and bitterness.We have experienced good times together and we have been through bad times too.But I can boldly say without a second thought that i would rather spend a bad time with you than good times with someone else.

It is not as if i do not get all the messages you have been writing to me to express your displeasure about certain things i do or how i live my life. I get all those letters which most of its contents are true though there are some parts that is far from the truth.I just decide not to reply any of them because i do not want to seem as a nagging girlfriend because i know how much you, like any other men detest nagging  girlfriends or wives. Additionally i do not want it to seem like my neighbor who when her husband say one word,she would reply with ten words. But i think this is the right time to clear the air, respond to some of your letters,explain some of the things you say in those letters and clear some perceptions you have about me.

For the two decades plus that you have lived on this planet called earth,i guess you have heard that some can live for more than five years with their girlfriend or spouse without knowing everything about them.You may know all about me, but do not think you know everything about me.There will by all means be something that you might not know about me.

It is very true that you are a jealous boyfriend, i know very much that it's only a fool whose testicles is stepped on twice.I remember vividly what you told me about your past relationships and the fact that a married man with a car marred your previous relationship. And as our elders will say, if you do not tell the barber the exact style you want him to cut your hair, the barber will give you a wicked haircut so i understand your sentiments perfectly.it is not a bad idea that you have resorted to write letters about your displeasure.

For all these while that we have been together, i can swear by father's knee that i have never thought of cheating on you let alone to break someones marriage.This man you see giving me lift since i started work,is a a staunch christian who is a member of the Pentecost Church Ghana and married with two kids.He works close o my office and so one day after work while I had tried several times but failed to secure a seat in any public transport,he offered me a" lift" when he saw me wearily walking by the roadside and panting like a pregnant fish.I did not reject his offer since i was so worn out from walking and this came as a  sort of relief.While i was in his car we chatted about almost everything.It was there that he revealed that though he lived at Nungua , he always dropped his kids to a school around Dansoman  before he goes to work and picked them when they close before he continues his journey home.And the school coincidentally happens to be opposite my house so he then decided to help me by taking me to work after dropping his kids and dropping me home and then picking his kids.

You seemed so surprised that a man who doesn't live at Dansoman where I stay will pick and drop me all the time-that is the reason.It is normal to get jealous when a man with two balls just like you picks and drops your girlfriend each and every day in your full glare but trust me there is nothing more to it.i agree with you perfectly when you say that now a days the married men are the "baddest". It's as if all married men during their 3-6 months  marriage counselling period are advised to get a girlfriend in addition to their wives.I can say that about 80% of married men I know have girlfriends but what is worth noting is that this man is an exception.This man is heaven -sent,and he would not even nurse the idea of even proposing to me.He is a devoted christian as  I said earlier and he is soon going to be ordained as a deacon in the church.

Dear I have not given you a reason for you to doubt me since we started this relationship so why are you doubting me now? and even going ahead to tell me to reject this man's "lift" which we both know it has been helpful economically.You already know that this is my first job after National Service and it doesn't pay well, am only using this job as a stepping stone and also to gain experience.My transportation fare in a month far outweighs my salary and so this lift is really helping me to even get some little money to save. I know you would say why don't I ask for support from you, but that is not my thing.We are all young people  working and trying to survive so I do not want to be a burden on you knowing very well that you are the bread winner of your family,taking care of your younger siblings.

You have every right to be uncomfortable with this issue because what married men can do these days you can not decipher.Last time i was chatting with my colleague Dan about relationships and he (Dan), stated clearly as if he had rehearsed his lines "For me ,the day i will see my girlfriend dropping from another man's car,will be the end of our relationship"

Stop behaving as an unsecured person, this man advises me and preaches a lot when am in his car.At other times too we pray and worship from where he picks me to my destination and so I don't think he has any bad intentions for me.

Even the holy bible has made it clear that what God has put together,no man should put asunder. And I have lived by this principle since I was a teenager so it is not this time that I am a full grown woman that I will break people's marriages.You  are aware of all the married men who come to me with juicy mouth-watering offers I have rejected.You know my usual answers i give to them? "I don't do married men"

So you can clearly see that if I wanted to date  married men,I would have been in such ungodly relationships long time ago.I respect myself a lot and apart from my parents,you are the only man who have  ever seen my nakedness and i will not trade my body to any married man just because he owns a container with 4 wheels called car. My dear, do not for a second think that i am like those girls who are attracted to any container on four wheels. Never!!

Sweetheart, I just want you to know that I  love you very much  and I will always do with or without a car. Don't let this kind gesture by this God-sent man ruin our relationship.I trust you very much so I do not even care when you go on assignments and you have to spend a day or two there, because I know that no matter what,you will stay faithful to me.

On this faithfulness shall we build our relationship.

Your love,

Serwaa

By Pamela Ofori-Boateng-pambelle12@gmail.com