The Jedidiah Trust Blog

2010 has been a phenomenal year and has seen the brith of our NGO as well as a lot of amazing changes for the people we train and offer Micro finance to. To show our gratitude and as part of our outreach efforts, The Jedidiah Trust made donations to 20 elderly widows in Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The Jedidiah Team lead by Maame Adwoa Dentaa Amoo and renowned gospel artiste Mama Victoria Sarfo were overwhelmed by the gratitude and thanks they received from these women. It was a very moving experience and we hope the team would be able to do more.   The Jedidiah Trust is also very grateful to the DCE of Amansie West the Honourable Charles Oti Prempeh who organized the women and also made a substantial cash donation to the women and The Jedidiah Trust The Jedidiah Trust is also very grateful for those who made these donations possible especially Mr. Kwame Kyei Baffour CEO of Light FM and Unity oil and Mrs Ruth Achempong of Kojack Pharmacy

My name is Maame Dentaa Amoo for years I have felt it my calling to do something to help the less privileged in society. Trust me I do not exaggerate when I say calling I am the kid who always cried when I heard ‘Man in the mirror’ or ‘heal the world’ by Michael Jackson but I felt it a great burden so I ran away from it. Have you ever heard the saying that many at times a man meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it? That is me! Years of running and I find myself back in my country, Ghana doing what I was destined to do training women in business and entrepreneurship, focusing especially on women in the deprived areas and loving every minute of it. The Name of my NGO is THE JEDIDIAH TRUST FOUNDATION. It comes from the first name the prophet Nathan gave Solomon and it means ‘beloved of God’. I love that the name is associated with wisdom and its meaning is so important because I want the women we meet to know that they are special beloved of God and not abandoned. I always q...