Springboard Road Show Foundation

Ebenezer Kofi Mensah

Intervention: CoRe

Encouraged to Persist. 

Ebenezer is an electrician but currently facing some challenges. He hopes life will get better as he starts putting into practice the many lessons learnt from the CoRe Programme. He shares his story.

My name is Ebenezer Kofi Mensah. I am an electrician, and I was part of the Electricals group of the CoRe programme which I got to know about through YIEDIE. It has not been easy for me at all since the outbreak of the COVID–19 pandemic. First, I am not established yet in my electrical work and I am yet to have a shop. I relate with customers especially through phone calls and go out to do jobs whenever someone needs my services.

I have been managing this way until the effects of the pandemic made things worse especially during the restrictions on movement. My customer base was affected because I do not have a shop either. I have been encouraged through the CoRe programme to persist and not give up. I have learnt that there’s always a way out even amid Covid-19. I earnestly hope things would get better.