Jemima Nartemle Nartey of Accra, Ghana was 2017 to 2021 Vice-Chair and one of 12 elected volunteer members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.[1][2][3]
Education
editAn alumnus of Labone Senior High School, Jemima studied Women and Gender Studies at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Public Relations at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, and French at Mount Mary College of Education, Somanya, Ghana.[4]
Career
editIn 2017, she was elected as First Vice Chairperson of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement at the 41st World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. She occupied this position until 2021.[4] With over 25 years as an educationist, Jemima Nartey founded and is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Happy Kids Schools.[5]
Awards & Recognitions
editFormer Deputy Chief Commissioner at the Ghana Scout Association, Jemima was awarded the Silver World Award, a distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 2018.
She was inducted in 2018 as a member of the Seed Transformation Network Ghana, under the Stanford Seed Transformation Program.[6]
In 2022, Jemima was awarded the 382nd Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.
References
edit- ^ "World Committee / Governance / Our Organisation / Home - World Organization of the Scout Movement". Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "World Scout Conference twitter". 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Day Two of the 40th #ScoutConf culminates with the election of the new World Scout Committee". WOSM. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Jemima Nartey elected World Scout Movement vice chairman". Graphic Online. 1 September 2017.
- ^ Adams, Kodjoe (24 January 2019). "Happy Kids School Launches Library in Classroom Project". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "CEOs of Charterhouse, others inducted as new members of Seed Transformation Network". Joy Online News. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
External links
edit- http://moys.gov.gh/moys/?p=267 MOYS, MOE, WSC To Roll Out Nationwide Scout Program
- http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/profiles/Jemima-Nartey-Vice-Chairperson-World-Scout-Committee-World-.htm
- https://www.scout.org/node/49598