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Mobility Disability Couldn’t Stop Veronica Obenewaa from Achieving her Dreams

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Last updated: 2023/01/27 at 4:06 PM

By Festus Conteh Published January 27, 2023 189 Views 1 Min Read

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Mobility Disability Couldn't Stop Veronica Obenewaa from Achieving her Dreams

Mobility Disability Couldn't Stop Veronica Obenewaa from Achieving her Dreams

Veronica Obenewaa ’26, a cheerful and outgoing student, is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science at Ashesi University. Despite facing mobility issues due to waist pains, Veronica was determined to complete her Secondary Education at St. Louis Senior High School, where she studied General Science.

During her time at school, she aspired to be protocol prefect and was determined to find a university that was disability friendly. Thankfully, her friend suggested Ashesi University and the Financial Aid Office was able to provide her with a motorised wheelchair to help her navigate campus.

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Veronica is now on her way to becoming a cyber security analyst, and is taking each day at a time. She is determined to show people her capabilities, despite her disability. “I am always looking to improve myself as a person,” she shares.

Veronica’s story serves as an inspiration to everyone, and shows us that we can persevere and overcome any obstacle. We wish Veronica all the best in her future endeavours.

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Festus Conteh is an international youth that functions conveniently in all forms of writing including article writing, news, script, content writing, constitution and project/proposal writing. Writing is fun to Festus and has brought fame and recognition in his clime. In 2019, he was awarded best upcoming writer in an online writing completion that was organized by the Association of Sierra Leonean Authors (ASLA). After his impactful contribution to national development and cohesion through writing, he was nominated for the African Genius Award for the Best Writer in Africa Award Category an award he lost to one of the greatest African Writers - Chinua Achebe. In 2022, Festus was one of the applicants to the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) as Vice Chairperson (Policy and Advocacy) a process that met imperil feedback. As a freelancer, Festus has written articles for magazines, newspapers, and media houses and his articles have attracted big media houses including BBC, Aljazeera and Legit. Ng and is the Head of Programs at Salone Messenger a public relations firm based in Sierra Leone with the latest news and information. He is the founder of Africa’s Wakanda a platform that spotlight the beauty of Africa. Festus is also a perpetual volunteer in life-changing causes and has shown great commitment and dedication to being a catalyst and solution to the challenges faced by young people like himself. Festus currently serves as the Secretary General of the Africa Youth Leaders movement which is a network of youth between the ages of 20 – 30 years who have shown achievement, leadership potential and commitment to make a difference. Festus is also the Africa Focal Point of Youth for Change Initiative, which is a platform through which young people can access resources, be empowered and given the opportunity to grow to become useful members of society who will participate in the development of their communities and nation. Along with another Africa Youth platform, Festus has Co-Founded the Future of Africa initiative which is an advocate forum with the aim to bring together local and international socio-economic stakeholders to support innovative programs aimed at advancing the radical and practical progress of adoption awareness-vulnerable children and youth and youth leadership-through interlinking local, regional and international resources and opportunities.