Mary Ofori, MA
Clark University
Department of International Development Community and Environment
Home Country: Ghana

Mary holds a bachelor of Education from the University of Cape Coast. Before attending Clark University, Mary worked with a local NGO, Ghana Organization of Volunteer Assistance in Eastern Ghana. She worked as field Coordinator in a Youth Capacity Building Project in 20 communities in both the Manya and Yilo districts. In her capacity as a field coordinator, she empowered youth to use locally sustainable resources to create employment opportunities. She later joined Village Aid Project as a project manager in the same districts. In her capacity as a project manager, Youth were empowered to decision-making and rediscover their lost sense of worth and dignity, that awaken them to the realisation of their potential as community developers in the districts through adult literacy called REFLECT (Regenerated Frierian Literacy to Empower Community Techniques) Mary was a facilitator in the Manya district for Clark's Policy Analysis for Participatory Poverty Alleviation (PAPPA) Program in Eastern Ghana. Through her effort as a community facilitator to Clark's PAPPA, 2 communities were sensitised to prioritize their needs and came out with action plans to develope the communities. Now PAPPA has been an essencial poverty alleviation tool in most Ghanaian communities.