Hajia Alima Mahama, Ambassador of Ghana, came to Cass Technical High School on April 18 to recognize the local chapter of the Great Girls club for their service in making sanitary napkins for the women and children in Ghana.
Great Girls is a program started by Links Incorporated. Links Incorporated is an organization for women that is dedicated to enriching and sustaining the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other people of African ancestry. Links Incorporated started Great Girls to support high school girls in the same way.
Junior Kelli Cox, who is the president of the local chapter of the Great Girls club, shared how the local chapter got involved with making sanitary napkins for the women-children of Ghana.
“Adrienne Booth Johnson is a link member … she partnered with [Cass Tech principal Lisa] Philips to do the service project with us,” said Cox
Cox said around 20 members were involved with the process of making and shipping approximately 50 sanitary napkins to Ghana.
Cox said the highlight of the event for her was seeing the Ambassador to Ghana react to the performances of Cass Tech’s male choir. The choir sang native songs from Ghana and the Ambassador was very impressed.
Cox explained why participating in this service project was so important to her.
“... As a person of color you’re not really connected to people across the continent,” Cox said. “So, to be able to be connected… to serve them as well is really humbling experience … especially learning about what they go through on a daily basis versus what I have to go through on a daily basis … made me wanna continue serving and contributing to the community.”
Great Girls also recently hosted a prom dress giveaway and Cox said next year they plan on hosting several events with Cass Tech girls and other girls that reside in the city of Detroit
Hajia Alima Mahama is Ghana’s first female ambassador to the US. She was appointed Ambassador of Ghana to the United States of America in June 2021.
