At the age of 23, Dorcas Apoore founded Advocacy for Social Inclusion and Girls Education (ASIGE), with the vision of empowering women and young children in her community in Northern Ghana through skills based training centers and sustainable livelihood empowerment initiatives. Today she has reached 429+ women in 6 different communities in Ghana through a range of initiatives such as providing sexual health education, sanitary products, and sustainable vocational training.
She is an absolute star in impact and returned to her home village to weave the communities together and support women to become the main income source of their families. We asked her a while back on what it means to be a female leader and the feminine to flourish in which she answered:
"To be a female leader, it takes passion and determination. To me it means to be courageous to support the women and girls from my community. It means that they know how to stand in their own power and not to wait for others to help them. In our part of the world, being a female leader means being respected by the community leaders. ‘For me it is important that the women come to the center with joy and leave the center of joy. When women are filled with joy, it takes care of the entire family and land."
Every time we receive the bags, we feel her courage, the joy of the women sitting underneath the big tree sharing stories & dreams and we hope that you feel fabulous bringing them on your summer adventures.
