Meet Patience: A Voice for Girls, A Force for Change

This quarter, we’re thrilled to welcome Patience Adam to our team as the new Programs Coordinator for Create Change Ghana. Patience’s journey to our organization is not only inspiring, it’s deeply aligned with everything we stand for.

Growing up in Northern Ghana, Patience was shaped by two things: the kindness of one extraordinary teacher, and the heartbreak of losing her best friend to child marriage. Both experiences lit a fire that continues to burn today.

“When I was in nursery,” she recalls, “we had a teacher named Auntie Comfort. She treated us like we mattered. Even at age four, she would ask about our goals and dreams. She made me feel seen.” That sense of being seen, heard, and guided stayed with Patience. It planted a seed: one day, I want to do for others what Auntie Comfort did for me.

But it was what happened a few years later that made her mission clear. “My best friend Kada suddenly stopped coming to school. I went to her house to find out why. That’s when they told me, she had been given into marriage. She was just eight or nine years old.” Patience was devastated. In that moment, she made a vow: Wherever I go in life, I will fight for girls’ education.

Today, Patience is keeping that promise. At Create Change Ghana, she brings compassion, clarity, and unwavering dedication to her work. Whether she’s assessing schools in remote communities, encouraging girls who’ve stopped believing in themselves, or listening to a mother explain why her daughter can no longer attend school, Patience leads with empathy and action.

She sees the harsh reality of what girls are up against: poor infrastructure, a lack of female role models, early marriage, household pressure, and the belief that girls “will end up in the kitchen anyway.” But Patience also sees something else: the spark in a young girl’s eyes when she’s given the chance to dream again.

“When I walk into a community,” Patience says, “I want school to be a safe haven, a place where girls are inspired, mentored, and believed in. A place that breaks the cycle of poverty and replaces it with possibility.”

Through her work with Create Change, Patience is doing exactly that.

She’s not just coordinating programs, she’s shifting mindsets, one girl at a time. Her leadership is grounded in listening, following up, and reminding every girl she meets: You are capable. You are worthy. And your dreams matter.

To our donors, Patience has a message: “Even if you’ve never been to Ghana, your support is felt. You're not just funding education, you’re creating leaders of change. One day, these girls will stand on a stage and say, thank you for believing in me. And that will be the greatest impact of all.”

We couldn’t be prouder to have Patience on our team.