Media Release: Girls of Impact Launches Inaugural Mentorship Programme
Media Release
Girls of Impact Trinidad and Tobago Launches Inaugural Mentorship Programme – Cohort 1
The Girls of Impact Trinidad and Tobago (GOI), a Non-Profit Organization, which was officially launched on 25th June 2022, hosted its inaugural mentorship programme titled “Accelerate Her” for Cohort 1.
‘Accelerate Her’, which is the first mentorship programme of Girls of Impact, is a female-focused career mentorship accelerator that aims to equip young girls and women who desire professional and personal guidance to help them move forward into the working world. The 12-week programme, which ran from September to December 2022), and engaged approximately thirty-nine (39) mentees and fifteen (15) mentors, was curated to provide aspiring young girls and women with the necessary tools to broaden their knowledge and reach. This mentorship programme adopts a reciprocal mentorship model where female mentees are matched with mentors who work in an aspirational career field.
Learn more about our mentorship programme here.
Throughout the programme, mentees were exposed to a host of valuable training sessions, ranging from Finance to Communications and Personal Branding. Some of these sensitization sessions were hosted by a series of experienced and professional subject matter experts comprising the following:
- Confidence in Communicating: Ms. Leisal Douglas
- Gain Confidence in your style: Ms. Sade Powell
- Networking for young professionals: Ms. Risha Baddaloo
- Do you have what it takes to become an Authentic Leader?: Dr. Fitzroy Tyrrel
- Money Matters: Mrs. Sharon Andrews-Parris
In conclusion of the aforementioned sessions coupled with their one-on-one mentor/ mentee consultations, the young women were invited to a virtual close-out ceremony hosted on 10th December 2022 by the Girls of Impact Mentorship Team.
Chairperson for the Board of Directors (BOD), Ms. Cherice Lewis as well as Director (BOD), Ms. Georgia Donaldson, in their greetings and overview of the GOI, congratulated mentees for their successful completion of Cohort 1 of this programme and expressed their thanks and appreciation to GOI’s Founder and Executive Director, Ms. Renee Atwell, and the Executive Committee for ensuring this vision was materialized.
GOI’s Director, Programmes, Ms. Huda Ibrahiim also thanked the programme team for their dedication and successful launch and noted that the entire “Accelerate Her” Programme was a “labor of love”.
Mentor and Mentee, Melissa Libert and Amy Yeates respectively, in the delivery of their individual reviews on the programme, both highlighted their pleasure in having participated in the inaugural programme and shared their personal experiences of value from the sessions and noted that the journey of development “ has just begun”.
The Ceremony concluded with former guest speaker, Ms. Leisel Douglas, who delivered the commencement address. Ms. Douglas, Entrepreneur and Chief Communicator at Pros & COMMS, reminded the young women to approach life in a “REAL” way, using the acronym to highlight the key words to note relative to their striving towards being resilient, eager, authentic and listening.
Mentorship, which is one of the key pillars of the Girls of Impact TT, has several benefits which include but are not limited to, the grooming of future leaders, self-growth, professional and personal advice, experienced perspective, targeted skill improvement and networking opportunities.
The Girls of Impact wishes to thank all mentors and congratulate all mentees for their commitment to personal and professional development through their participation in Cohort 1 of the Accelerate Her Mentorship Programme, which aims to become a staple within the GOI’s annual calendar of initiatives.
To be a part of this movement visit our website at www.girlsofimpact.org; like and follow us on Facebook and Instagram at girlsofimpact868, and on LinkedIn at Girls of Impact T&T or email us at info@girlsofimpact.org.
Kemba Cox,
Assistant Director of Communications
February 16th 2023
