HOW WILL I THANK WELLS MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION? MY STORY
It all began in June 2010 when I was looking for support to pursue my studies in Hardware and Network Engineering at IPMC an ICT giant in Ghana as my initial idea but later on changed to Emergency Medical Technician course. I looked for support everywhere and it was not fore coming, one day as I was surfing the net I came across WMF which offers scholarships to third world countries and I felt a bit relieved. I followed the application procedures and processes and in August 2010 I had an email from WMF informing me of my selection. I completed the final documentation and my scholarship grants were wired into my account and my life began to change.
I am Gaani Michael Dimongso the eldest son of my parents who are blessed with nine children. I have since completed my study, passed my exam and have been certified as Emergency Medical Technician Advanced (EMT-A) and working with the National Ambulance Service that responds to critical emergencies an agency of Ministry of Health. Through WMF my dream has been fulfilled and I am saving lives and touching souls THANKS to WMF.
But what is my story? Before becoming EMT-A, my Father knew that education was the key to success, so after my Senior Secondary School, my Daddy went in for a loan and financed my tertiary education to study Higher National Diploma in Statistics at the Bolgatanga Polytechnic, with the hope that I will secure gainful employment after completion, but our hopes were does off after completing the program successfully with second class upper. I joined the unemployment queue which kept on growing day by day, month by month and year by year from 2006 to 2010 without any gainful employment. My father was later arrested and sent to court for failing to settle the loan he took to financed my tertiary education. I was depressed, confused and scattered.
Thank God WMF scholarship has turned events around, I am gainfully employed with my EMT-A certificate and have paid all outstanding debts and my old man who is now 68 years is free. What a relief? But there are many more colleagues in rural Ghana who are equally going through the problem I went and for that matter I will in the coming months outdoor an organization to support brilliant but NEEDY students in rural Ghana, and to support the study of Mathematics and Science also in Rural Ghana which has proved to be a Filter in these communities. I have therefore set a certain percentage of my net salary to begin with and will want to be affiliated with your organization in the near future. My story is long but I will pause and come back later.
In fact Mr. Thomas Wells has become my god-father. To All WMF scholars, study hard and think of what you can do to change lives.
–Michael Gaani
God Bless You