The employer in me got sparked.
Godson was doing his National Service before COVID-19 as a teacher in the Northern Region. He was forced to stay at home due to the closure of schools. However, he was never idle while at home. The seemingly negative circumstances of COVID-19 opened him up to other interesting opportunities. He shares his story.
My name is Godson Kumah Kyerewura. I was doing my National Service as a teacher at the Kpandai District in the Northern region prior to COVID-19. The lockdown and other COVID-19 restrictions leading to closure of schools meant that I had to stay home; thus, terminating my service and job as a teacher.
This was the period during which I got introduced to the CoRe Programme through the National Service Secretariat and my life has since not remained the same. I joined the Accounting, Auditing, Banking and Finance mentoring groups and I am glad I did.
Through the timely intervention of the CoRe Programme, I was inspired to start exploring opportunities related to my talent while at home. This included home tuition, home barbering, networking, even the selling of eggs. In addition to all these, I signed up as an insurance sales agent.
These have further enhanced my networking capabilities and increased my scope of reach by virtue of the people I met in the process. I am optimistic of taking these initiatives further and employing many others.
My dream of becoming an employer has just been sparked.