The final funeral rites of the former first lady of Ghana, Theresa Kuffuor is slated for today, November 16, 2023.
She was born on October 25, 1935 and died on Sunday, October 1, 2023. She was the wife of the former President of Ghana, John Kuffuor, the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. She was a nurse and midwife in the United Kingdom before returning to Ghana.
Theresa started her education at the Catholic Convent, OLA, at Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana. She later went to London, where she was educated as a Registered General Nurse, in the Southern Hospital Group of Nursing. Edinburgh, Scotland.
After further studies at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Paddington General Hospital, London, she qualified as a State Certified Midwife with a Certificate in Premature Nursing.
Despite being the first lady of Ghana for eight years between 2001 and 2009, she managed to maintain a low profile in the political arena. In 2007 she pushed for policy changes in the Government's white paper on Educational Reforms towards the implementation of UNESCO's Free compulsory universal basic education (FCUBE) program for kindergarten children.
She founded the Mother and Child Community Development Foundation (MCCDF), a non-governmental organisation operating in Ghana and Canada that supports work in prevention of mother to child transmission.
She was one of the finest former first ladies of Ghana without any scandals. May her soul rest in peace.
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