In an exclusive interview, Edwina Hawa Jamiru, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hear My Voice (HMV) organization says girls are the pride of any country and so wants them to be treated with dignity.

She is a student of Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, who is studying Law.

According to Jamiru, she got the inspiration of forming the organization after she was raped years back.

And  because of the sad experience, she doesn’t want other young girls to experience the same fate hence the formation of HMV earlier this year as a means of empowering young aspiring girls in Sierra Leone, noting the voice of young girls must be heard. Hear My Voice is located at New England Ville, Freetown.

The CEO said her organization has about fifty (50) young aspiring girls as members and that about twenty-five (25) of them are undergoing different training skills in  vocation which includes; tailoring, gara-tye dying, and among others, adding that they also provide the girls money for them to be able to take care of themselves.

The Chief Executive Officer said her organization renders carrier advice to young girls in order to help them identify their potential career path and also provides guidance on the stages of life for them to be successful, noting that ‘age is a number.

So as young girls they can still contribute to the development of society’. They’re encouraging these young girls to build up their potentials and become great people in society.

Ms Jamiru said as young girls they are constrained with fund. She talks of forming partnership with Parliament to fund some of her projects.

Previously, she said, she had been working with other humanitarian organizations like ‘Purposeful’ and many other organizations that are geared towards advocating for the right of girls in African countries.

Speaking on the challenges, Hawa Jamiru, said some of her members don’t know the difference between having a passion and building career and that to educate them on this differences is a bit difficult.

“A passion is a burning desire to become someone while career is a profession,” she told the girls, adding with passion one is able to be successful in career, she said it is significant for someone’s success.

While for success, she said it comes as ‘a glory of God’.

She added that members should expect more  good things, noting that the process is a continuous one and her desire is to impact society.

She said if the girls are catered for, Sierra Leone will progress while calling on the government and other organizations to support her in achieving her dream.