The first female Speaker of the Youth Parliament at the SDD University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Ida Alira Adiyone has donated educational materials to girls at Bamahu Primary School in the Wa Municipality.
The donation was in commemoration of this year's International Day of the Girl Child under the theme, "Girls' Vision for the Future." The Speaker, a political science undergraduate student at UBIDS, donated 20 exercise books and 24 pencils to 44 girls at the school as part of her efforts to support and empower girls in their pursuit of education.
Ida stressed that even small gestures can make a lasting difference as she recalled how she was supported during her time in Senior High School and how it motivated her to give back in a "little but mighty way." "I have been fortunate to be supported in my lifetime during my education at the Senior High School.
I was able to get support from CAMFED when I was in Form 3, so I asked myself this morning, 'it is International Day of the Girl Child, what can I do to give back to society, what can I do to support a girl child?' because I have been empowered in one way or the other," she said.