Ghanaian former beauty queen and award-winning entrepreneur, Margaret Mwintuur Dery has been named as the youth brand ambassador for Cultural Oneness Festival, a subsidiary of The Taste Of Afrika Ltd.
Margaret Mwintuur Dery, recognized for her advocacy work and empowerment of women, will be the face of the Cultural Oneness Festival’s current campaign targeted at empowering and helping youngsters, particularly young women in rural communities, to better their standard of life.
This will be in the context of a campaign in Northern Ghana against child marriage and its consequences. Furthermore, with Margaret Mwintuur Dery as the face of the campaign, the importance of girl-child education will be highlighted throughout.
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Tengol K. Kplemani, a representative from Cultural Oneness Festival on the former beauty queen’s appointment, “added that the objective forms part of the company’s mission to help the Ghanaian youth appreciate their cultural heritage whiles educating young women about the importance of education and general well-being.
“We are excited to have Margaret Mwintuur Dery join us as our brand ambassador and now that we have her, there are going to be a lot of initiatives where we donate to young women who are in need, educate them about their cultural roots and on the extreme, give them basic training skills all in a bid to help raise their standard of living,” Tengol K. Kplemani told the media.
Margaret Mwintuur Dery is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur based in Ghana. She graduated with honours from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
She was Miss Ghana’s previous beauty queen and worked on a variety of causes, including restocking the country’s blood bank, combating child marriage, organising contributions to support scoliosis sufferers, and many more.
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Margaret Dery collaborates with women in remote communities to improve their level of living. She is an authority on issues concerning women’s empowerment.
Her interest in women and youth problems led her to work as an executive assistant for the national youth authority, where she helped to improve the long-term living circumstances for Ghana’s young.