Background

On April 1st, 2022, the Dora Edu-Buandoh Foundation (DEB Foundation), a private nonprofit organization was established by the son of Professor Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh in honor of his mother, a Ghanaian professor of English and the first female Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, on her 60th Birthday. The Foundation is registered with the Registrar General as a Nonprofit Organization to provide a steady stream of funding, training and resources dedicated to supporting and inspiring underprivileged female students in higher education in the Central Region of Ghana with scholarships, mentorship, leadership and change programs. The aim is to support equitable access to higher education and the advancement of young women.

The DEB Foundation seeks to

• Organize leadership, coaching and mentoring programmes for female students in tertiary education in Ghana to prepare and empower them for various future careers, volunteerism, and other relevant social endeavours;
• Facilitate internship opportunities for female students in tertiary education, mostly from the Central Region of Ghana;  
• Support brilliant female underprivileged university students from the Central Region of Ghana with financial support to enable them to complete their tertiary education;  

              and  

• Recognise and award the best graduating female English student at the University of Cape Coast annually to motivate others to excellence.

• Excellence
• Altruism
• Integrity
• Service

To inspire young female adults in Ghana, to be innovators and visionary leaders by empowering them to achieve equal opportunities and rewards to building an equitable society.