Equipped and inspired to become an achiever.
Evans’ film making and event coverage business came to a standstill due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Encountering the CoRe programme has enabled him to become resilient and hopeful of a brighter future due to the many insightful and inspiring sessions of the programme. He shares his story.
My name is Evans Frimpong Kwabi. I live at Abeka in the Greater Accra Region. I am a product of Ghallywood Academy of Film making and National film and television institute (NAFTI) respectively.
I am a professional film maker (Audio Visual Editor). I do a lot of freelance film making especially with event filming and editing and my livelihood depends mostly on that. Business was however slow at the beginning of the year 2020 but I was managing to survive.
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic further worsened matters with my business due to the many restrictions on movement and social programmes including wedding events, birthday parties, funerals, church services, conferences etc. Thankfully, my mentor Sarah Woldeamanuel Getahun introduced the CoRe programme to me, and this has helped to improve my life in many diverse ways. Firstly, I’ve been empowered about relationships; how to simply identify healthy and non-healthy relationships, how not to follow only my heart in relationships but use my mind as well. I have also learnt about how to be resilient in the face of challenges and come out victorious.
Skills like proper time management, effective use of social media and digitization all came in handy with the sessions. Lastly, the CoRe programme has taught me how to do business the new normal way which would help me in my daily business activities and how to reinvent and rebrand myself in this era of COVID-19 and bounce back.
I would like to appreciate my e-Counsellor, Ama Obeng-Berkyaw. Her sessions in the CoRe happy group were so enlightening. I say ayeeko. God bless the entire management team of CoRe, especially Albert and Comfort Ocran for this programme. I am poised to be the self-reliant youth the future awaits. From all the topics treated, I believe that my future is already a brighter one. I intend not to keep what I have learnt from the programme to myself but rather reach out to family and friends to educate them as well.
God bless the organizers of this wonderful programme.