NANA YAA POKUA SIRIBOE

GOVERNOR, ROTARY DISTRICT 9104

PERSONAL DETAILS

District Governor – (DG) Nana Yaa Siriboe, an energetic, warm and fun-loving lady, is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Morning Star School Limited in Cantonments and Dodowa. She has played different roles in Administration since 1982 to date. Her role as a Director of both the Primary and Secondary Schools has given her the opportunity to support her community at different levels and times and she enjoys giving back to society. DG Nana Yaa together with her sister continue to support Osu Children’s Home and the New Horizon School amongst others, a role their late mother, Mrs. Esme Praah Siriboe began in 1972.

DG Nana Yaa is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Accra-Labone and a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow. She is also a member of Accra ToastMasters Club.

NOTABLE ROLES

Since she joined Rotary in April 2001, she has played the following roles:

At the club level, she served as International Services Director, Club Secretary, Community Services Director, Vocational Services Director, Club President, Director of the Club, Club Trainer, Vice President of the Club and Member of the Rotary Foundation Committee.

At the National Level, her services included her Club’s Ambassadorial Scholars Committee, the Rotary Ghana Pace Maker Committee, Member of the Rotary Family Health Days Committee, Vice-Chair for the Rotary Ghana Committee for COVID-19 Relief Fund, Member of the Ghana Rotary-Global Partnership on Education and Chair of The Ghana Rotary Choir.

At the District Level, she has served as member of the Group Study Exchange Committee of District 9100, Member of the Host Organizing Committee of 2011 District Training, Assembly and Conference; Member of the Host Organizing Committee for 2011 West African Project Fair, Assistant Governor to PDG Theodore Diop of Rotary District 9100; Assistant Governor to PDG Winfred Ayi Mensah, Member of the Host Organizing Committee of DTAC 2014, Member Of the Organizing Committee for “Walk for Rotary” a Member of the Host Organizing Committee of the District Training, Assembly and Conference of PDG Sam Worentetu, Member of the Host Organizing Committee for 2016 Zone 20A Institute 2016, Special Aide to Past Rotary International Director Jean Rohrs, Member of the Punctuality Committee, Resource Person at the Rotary Foundation Seminars in Kumasi in October 2012 and in Sunyani in October 2013 and 2017, District Alumni Chair, Host Organizing Committee Chair for 2021 District Training, Assembly and Conference, Host Organizing Committee Chair for Past Rotary International Director Shekhar Mehta and wife Visit to Ghana in August, 2021.

At the International Level, she served as member, Ghana National Polio Plus Committee, Chair, Ghana National Polio Plus Committee.

PARTICIPATION IN ROTARY

DG Nana Yaa has participated in twenty-one (21) District Training, Assembly and Conferences in Dakar, Senegal, Accra, Ghana, Cotonou, Benin, Bamako, Mali, Yammossuokro, Cote d’Ivoire, Accra, Ghana, Cotonou, Benin, Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana/Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, Praia, Cape Verde, Cotonou, Benin, Accra, Ghana, Lome, Togo, Cotonou, Benin, Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Lome, Togo, (Virtual) Accra, Ghana and (Virtual) Cotonou, Benin.

She has attended and participated in twenty (20) Rotary International Conventions in Barcelona, Spain, Brisbane, Australia, Osaka, Japan, Chicago, USA, Sweden/Denmark, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Los Angeles, USA, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Montreal, Canada, Bangkok, Thailand, Lisbon, Portugal, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Seoul, South Korea, Toronto, Canada, Hamburg, Germany, (Virtual) Hawaii, (Virtual) Singapore, Canada Houston, Texas, USA and Singapore.

The twelve (12) Zone Institutes attended include Accra, Ghana – 2003, 2016, Athens 2008, Greece, Seychelles 2009, Lisbon 2010, Portugal, Mauritius – 2011, 2024, Jerusalem 2013, Israel, Johannesburg 2017, South Africa, Abidjan 2022, Cote d’Ivoire and Lusaka 2023, Zambia.

DG Nana Yaa has also attended three (3) Rotary International Presidential Conferences in Kenya (Feb. 2003) Rotary International Presidential Conference on Peace and Development, Cape Town, South Africa (Feb, 2011) – Peace conference organised by RI President Sakuji Tanaka in Hawaii (Jan. 2023).

 

CONCLUSION

DG Nana Yaa Siriboe loves to read and travel and has three daughters with six grandchildren.

ROTARY LIFE, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

CLUB: Rotary Club of Accra Airport

Classification: Construction
Charter Member: 2000
Club ID: 53385
District: 9102
Rotary ID: 5691852
Club Charter Date: 18 April 2001

ROTARY FOUNDATION GIVING

Major Donor Level 1
Benefactor

ANTICIPATED GIVING

– Aspiring Arch Klumph Member by 2024
– Bequest Society Member

OTHER DONATIONS

Sponsored 24 members of Four Clubs in the sum of U$ 12,000 to match their donations to obtain Paul Harris Fellowship.

Spouse: PHF

Accompanied the District Governors to their meetings with all Nine Clubs and also attended key Club activities including handing over ceremonies and fundraising activities.

HE attended all the President’s Elect Training sessions and was a resource person on Membership Extension and Vibrant Clubs just to mention a few.

– 2017 Rotary Family Health Day: Participated in the RFHD activities.

– 2019: Special Aide: Visit by PVP Yinka Babayola to Ghana with RI President Barry Rassin. He provided support and coordination assistance to PVP Yinka on his trip to accompany RI President Barry to Ghana. It was my responsibility to check his itinerary and arrange for the associated logistics.

– 2019: VIP support: He arranged for the visit by RI President Barry to the Speaker of Parliament and the First Lady HE Rebecca Akufo Addo.

DTAC Attendance: He has attended about 17 DTACs altogether in my Twenty years of being a Rotarian. In no particular order they are; Ouagadougou, Dakar, Cape Verde, Bamako, Cotonou, Accra, Lome and Niamey.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Institutes attended:
2009: Seychelles
2013: Jerusalem
2016: Accra.

He has attended the following Rotary International Conventions;
2001: San Antonio, TX, USA
2002: Barcelona, Spain
2004: Osaka, Japan
2005: Chicago, IL, USA
2006: Malmo/Copenhagen
2007: Salt Lake City, UT.USA
2010: Montreal, Canada.
2012: Bangkok, Thailand
2013: Lisbon, Portugal
2015: Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016: Seoul, Korea
2017: Atlanta, GA.USA
2018: Toronto, ON. Canada
2019: Hamburg, Germany
2020: Virtual, (Hawaii)

SKILLS

– Building Design & Construction Management
– Civil Design & Construction
– Renovation and Refurbishment
– Entrepreneurship Advocacy and Counselling

SOCIAL OR COMMUNITY INTERACTION

Ava Foundation: 2010 – 2021
Ava Foundation was founded on the back of Charity work that my late parents had embarked on informally in their lifetime.

In 2010, Ava Foundation was founded to formalize the work of Alice Valenti Amankwah.

This foundation sought and seeks to support the needy in society, especially in the areas of Education and Maternal Health Care support.

Act as a Trustee and key supporter of the foundation.

We have been extremely successful in supporting the education of over Three (300) Hundred children from Primary School through to university.

Philanthropy:
Being an avowed Philanthropist, he has been very supportive of many communities and individuals.

This extends from educational support especially at the tertiary level to needy students to supporting religious institutions to meet targeted social and health needs.

Some of the other key institutions supported including Infanta Malaria and other NGOs.