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Visit delta.comAn unforgettable experience: Delta, Junior Achievement Africa host Girls LEAD! Camp in Ghana
Delta and Junior Achievement Africa hosted nearly 60 young African future female leaders in Accra, Ghana for the Delta Air Lines Girls LEAD! Camp, a professional and personal development event.
In early March, Delta and Junior Achievement Africa hosted nearly 60 young African future female leaders in Accra, Ghana for the Delta Air Lines Girls LEAD! Camp, a professional and personal development event.
Delta also awarded all-expense paid scholarships to 12 girls present at the week-long camp to recognize their innovative ideas during the National Company of the Year competition in Mauritius last November. Delta’s funding also enabled all 52 girls to attend the event.
In anticipation of Delta's annual Girls LEAD! Camp in partnership with Junior Achievement Africa, 12 young female leaders received the opportunity to grow in their professional and personal leadership skills.
During the week, the girls bonded and expanded their personal and professional networks, thought critically about themselves and their futures and developed social impact projects that they are expected to implement in their communities this year.
The event featured sessions, workshops and panels covering various topics like personal branding, STEM careers and emotional intelligence.
Maya Dukes, Managing Director of Delta’s Creative Team, and Ronke Adebiyi, Director of International Government Affairs, led panels with other female leaders, and shared insights about their evolving career journeys and skill development.
“The camp was an unforgettable experience; I saw firsthand how Delta is driving change by creating opportunities for young women to dream bigger and keep climbing,” Dukes said. “The curiosity of these girls was inspiring and I’m grateful to have played a small part in their story.”
Both women have African ancestry, with Maya’s Liberian and Ronke’s Nigerian heritage.
“This experience was extremely rewarding for me,” Adebiyi said. “As a Nigerian woman with a STEM background, it was a full-circle experience to edify these young girls. It was beautiful to watch their minds unlock as the panel shared career paths they could pursue in aviation, and the idea that their interests could evolve into multiple careers over time.”
Delta and Junior Achievement Africa believe that education is a vehicle for equity. Exposing global youth to various career possibilities has great power to impact their futures for the better.
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