Juliana Lamise Atinga

Lamise Atinga is an experienced community development practitioner who currently works with the local government in Ghana as a community development officer. Her passion drove her to start a village savings and loans scheme for rural communities in the Bawku municipality. She also runs an outreach and support group, which seeks to educate young girls on the importance of staying in school and encouraging girls who drop out due to pregnancies, early marriages, finance etc. to go back to school. Lamise volunteers at an annual homecoming event in her village and also teaches integrated science and elective mathematics. Juliana Lamise Atinga holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. Upon completion of the Fellowship, she plans to expand the communities she works in, continue to assist rural women to become economically sound, and assist young girls to pursue an education regardless of their circumstance.