Xpect Leadership Program

In December of 2009, iSA launched a two day leadership Camp dubbed the “Xpect Leadership Program” for twenty-three carefully selected boys and girls from Junior High Schools (JSS) in Accra, Ghana. The program offered Leadership, Teamwork and Creativity games, Networking and Presentation Skills workshops, interaction with invited successful business executives, professors, and a corporate tour to acquaint the participants with the skills and resources necessary to fulfill their dreams and aspirations. The Xpect Leadership Program is a program designed to establish and develop the three core values of iStandAbove: Leadership, Teamwork and Creativity, so that the participants can stand above all adversities and become great leaders of tomorrow, and in doing so embody the culture of iStandAbove.

.During this program, the students also learn the importance of giving back to one’s community through the community service aspect of the Xpect Leadership Program. The students were instrumental in donating books and decorating book boxes that will be donated by iStandAbove to children at the St. Mary’s Anglican Church of Jamestown, the Osu Children’s Home and other youth organizations throughout Ghana.

The Xpect Leadership program is the first of its kind at the JSS Level in Ghana and will help provide our young leaders of tomorrow with the resources needed to overcome any obstacles they may face in their pursuit of their success. iSA believes that targeting the youth at such a young age and keeping them engaged on what it takes to be a leader, an entrepreneurial thinker and a team player, will ensure effective personal growth.

At the end of the program, the students graduate into the yearlong mentor ship program dubbed the “iStandAbove 360Degrees Mentoring Program” to maintain the momentum of the program and keep the participants engaged throughout the year.

The iStandAbove Organization would like to congratulate the following Xpect Leadership 2009 participants.

“This is your first step to Standing Above.”

Pictured Above:

Ahmed Ibrahim* Asare Sarah Adukyen* Angela Akoto* David Doh-Coffie* Nafisat Enyonam Ahmed* Nicole Nana Antwi-Darko* Hawa Shamwana* Prince Opoku* Dede-Nakoh Appiah* Vanessa Donkor* Nana Araba Torson* Betty Boamah Appiah*

Maame Nyarkoah* Jessica Quaye* Maame Akua Koduah* Stanley Akanni* Stacey Osei* Naana Dompreh*

Darteh-Adjei Adwoa Adoma* Yasmin Mimi Iddriss* Nana Ama Akowuah* Kezia Lamptey* Selase Doh-Coffie*