CIES bios of World Vision Presenters

Staff of the Ghana national office on Friday, February 23, 2018 celebrated Esther Lehmann-Sow’s (WAR Leader) contribution to World Vision’s work in West Africa as she transitions into her new role as Partnership Leader for Faith and Development.  

A children's savings group, under the Savings for Transformation Module, came to the aid of a member of the group when all hope was lost.

In an innovative public-private partnership, World Vision Ghana, the Agotime-Ziope District Assembly, and Centrich Enterprise unveiled a disability-friendly bio-digester household toilet for a vulnerable woman in Agorhokpo.

SENIOR Technical Advisor, Health and Nutrition

16-year-old Esther walks 8 km each way to attend school in Tanzania, facing the risk of sexual violence and dangerous animals. Now, the ongoing drought, means she has to fetch water from further away, making her late for class and putting her at higher risk of violence when she walks home late at night.

From 23 to 26 March, the Global Director of Field Operations, Dirk Booy, accompanied by Esther Lehmann-Sow, Regional Leader for the organization in western Africa, visited five ADPs in Mauritania  three of which are Aleg, Bababé and Dar El Barka.

At the age of two, a train went over her little legs in a tragic accident. She lost both legs in an amputation to save her life, but this could not stop her destiny. As one of the children supported through a project to assure Equality for Girls’ Access to Learning (EGAL), a project funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Esther (now 15) received a school kit that is helping her towards achieving her dreams.