25 SENIOR MOTHERS VOLUNTEER TO SERVE AS MENTORS FOR GIRLS IN TORONTO.

Twenty-five resourceful as well as responsible senior women, who are members of the Ghana Methodist Church in Toronto-Canada, have volunteered to serve as mentors for girls in the church.

These mentors responded to the request made to them by the Girls Fellowship to compliment the effort of other mothers to raise girls in the church to become resourceful, responsible and God fearing citizens in their communities.

As part of their efforts in raising these girls, they will use their successful life experiences, moral uprightness, and Christian faith, educational life styles as tools of mentorship to impact the knowledge of peaceful and successful living unto these girls.

The mentors made their intention known during the celebration of the fellowship's 6TH anniversary at the church at 19 Penn Drive, Finch and Milvan , on August 31,2010.

During the celebration, 22 girls between the ages of one and 18 years old were confirmed as new members whiles old executives who have finished serving their terms of office handed over to newly elected officers.

Confirming the new members, the superintendent minister in charge of the church Very Reverend Jacob William French, made it clear that the church will always and forever strive to carry out programmes for the upbringing of the boys and girls in the society. However the onerous task lies on the parents to ensure that the children fully benefits from those programmes.

Later in an interview, the president in charge of the Girls Fellowship, Mrs. Comfort Tweneboah Owusu, gave the purpose of the group as raising young girls to become responsible and committed Christian ladies, live God fearing live in their various communities to bring meaningful change into other people's lifestyles.

According to the president, the members of the fellowship are thought

various Ghanaian cultural activities such as greetings, dancing, singing and dressing for them to know how to maintain themselves as women when they mature.

She said, young girls are also thought household chores as cooking and other vocational skills as well as other academics to nature their leadership qualities and other potentials for future life.

Mrs. Comfort Owusu who has been leading these girls for the past seven years noted that confirmation of new members have grown proportionately where members after successfully going through training are now serving as mentors to their peers by joining other organizations in the church such as Guild, Women Fellowship, Youth and Young Adult Movement, Susana Wesley and Choir.

She appealed to non governmental organizations [NGOs] which have the interest of girls at heart to liaise with the fellowship to fight a good course for God to bless all.

The Fellowship can be contacted through:

Girls Fellowship,
Ghana Methodist Church [Toronto Society]

19 Penn Drive, Finch/Milvan,
North York, ON. M9l-2A6
Toronto, Canada.
Tel: 1-416-743-4555
Fax: 1-416-744-1411
Email:[email protected]