Jemima Nartey elected World Scout Movement vice chairman
Ghana’s Jemima Nartemle Nartey has been elected First Vice Chairperson of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement at the 41st World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Madam Nartey polled the second highest votes to stand elected ahead of 18 other contestants who vied for the 12-member World Scout Committee, the executive body of the World Scout Movement (WOSM).
The new executive will manage the Scout Movement till 2020.
Until her election, Madam Nartey, who has played several roles both at the national and international levels within the global scout movement, was the second Vice Chairperson.
Profile
An educationist, communicator, entrepreneur and a scout, Madam Nartey is an alumnus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Institute of Journalism, Mount Mary College and Labone Senior High School.
She has 25 years experience as an educational entrepreneur, having founded the Happy Kids Schools located in Accra and Dawhenya.
Madam Nartey has risen through the ranks in the Scout Movement. She was the Deputy Chief Commissioner from 2001 to 2010, moved on to the Africa Scout Committee from 2007 to 2009 before being elected Chairperson of the Africa Scout Committee from 2009 to 2012. She was elected second Vice Chairperson in 2014.
As a Scout leader, Madam Nartey has travelled extensively in Ghana and to over 70 countries globally; inspiring, motivating and empowering young people to be active global citizens creating positive change in their communities.
In November 2016, she received a Messenger of Peace Hero’s award, which was presented to her by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Vision
As a member of the committee, Madam Nartey said her vision for World Scouting was to implement the resolutions of the conference, which included engaging young people in decision making, increasing the movement’s social impact in local communities worldwide, and developing strategies to attract adults to volunteer and support young people.
For Ghana, her expectation is to increase membership both in schools and communities.
“I look forward to a stronger and continuous engagement among stakeholders, especially the Youth and Sports and Education ministries and the Ghana Scout Association,” she said.