About 15,000 male students in Senior High Schools across the country have benefited from Wellmen Healthy Minds Foundation’s ‘The Future Man’ campaign.
The programme which started in July 2024 and ongoing is to help students manage examination related stress.
The campaign is also to expose the boys to strategies on how to prepare for the upcoming WASSCE without stress thus enhancing their ability to perform better.
The beneficiary schools include St Hubert Seminary Senior High School, Spiritan Senior High Technical School, Osei Tutu Senior High School and Prempeh College, all in Kumasi.
The others are Adonten Senior High School and Ghana National College in the Eastern and Central regions respectively.
Dr Daniel Osei Yeboah, President and Founder of Wellmen, in an interview last Tuesday noted that most students were under stress from fear of exams, anxiety and related mental uneasiness.
“We’re here to tell them to calm down, ease the pressure, relax and be able to achieve their dreams,” he stated.
According to him, from observation, quite a number of men are into drugs, alcohol and other unhealthy habits, hence, ‘The Future Man’ concept aiming to stem the tide by engaging with young boys.
“If we take care of our boys, they would be future men well-prepared to take the mantle of leadership of our dear motherland”, stressed Dr Yeboah.
He indicated that one astounding and depressing phenomenon that is very rife among young men of Ghana is the penchant to travel outside Ghana.
“They’ve lost hope and a sense of belonging, but Africa is the next ‘heaven’, hence our resolve to engage boys on their mental health”, stated Dr Yeboah.
Dr Yeboah challenged the youth not to flee the shores of Ghana but believe in themselves, believe in their skill set and talents to be able to do something worthwhile for themselves.
The foundation’s campaign team include Prof Nana Kena Frimpong, Vice President; Dr Tye Caldwell, American partner; Dr Gideon Gratien Montgomery, PRO; Mr Wisdom Agodza, Media Production Manager and Regional Mental Health Coordinator and Faustina Nuako and Lydia Asante Frempong, Ghana Education Service (GES) SHEP Coordinator, Kumasi.
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