Jemima Nartemle Nartey of

Accra Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of ...

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

was 2017 to 2021 Vice-Chair and one of 12 elected volunteer members of the

World Scout Committee The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

, the main executive body of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

Education

An alumnus of

Labone Senior High School Labone Senior High School (popularly known as L-A Bone) is a public senior high school located in Labone in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is noted for its success in the National Science and Maths Quiz, athletics, music and cultural activ ...

, Jemima studied Women and Gender Studies at the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

Public Relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...

at the

Ghana Institute of Journalism The University of Media, Arts and Communication- Institute of Journalism (UniMAC-IJ), formerly the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), is a public university in Ghana. The University is a merger of the erstwhile Ghana Institute of Journalism, the ...

, and French at Mount Mary College of Education,

Somanya Somanya is a town and the capital of Yilo Krobo Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Somanya has a 2013 settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structura ...

, Ghana.

Career

In 2017, she was elected as First Vice Chairperson of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement at the 41st World Scout Conference in Baku,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. She occupied this position until 2021. With over 25 years as an educationist, Jemima Nartey founded and is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) o
Happy Kids Schools

Awards & Recognitions

Former Deputy Chief Commissioner at

the Ghana Scout Association The Ghana Scout Association is the national Scouting association of Ghana. Scouting was founded in the British Gold Coast Colony in 1911 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1960. The association has 3,919 membe ...

, Jemima was awarded the

Silver World Award The Silver World Award is a distinguished service award of Scouting America. It is presented for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on an international basis. Recipients must be a citizen of a country with a member of the World Organi ...

, a distinguished service award of the

Boy Scouts of America Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...

(BSA) in 2018. She was inducted in 2018 as a member of the Seed Transformation Network Ghana, under the Stanford Seed Transformation Program. In 2022, Jemima was awarded the 382nd

Bronze Wolf The Bronze Wolf Award is an award presented by the World Organization of the Scout Movement for outstanding service by an individual to the Scout Movement. Just over 400 people have received the Bronze Wolf since its creation in 1935. WOSM has r ...

, the only distinction of the

, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.

References

External links

*http://moys.gov.gh/moys/?p=267 MOYS, MOE, WSC To Roll Out Nationwide Scout Program *http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/profiles/Jemima-Nartey-Vice-Chairperson-World-Scout-Committee-World-.htm *https://www.scout.org/node/49598 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nartey, Jemima Living people World Scout Committee members Scouting and Guiding in Ghana Year of birth missing (living people)