Liberia’s Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Williametta E. Saydee-Tarr has urged Graduates of the “Go Girls” Lead mentorship program to strive to break the “invisible glass ceiling” by harnessing their collective energies and amplifying their voices.
In her special statement at the Graduation ceremony held on Friday, October 22, 2021, Minister Saydee-Tarr highlighted the need for girls to build chairs in places they can’t find seats.
According to her, it is time for girls to fight against fear, to mobilize political and financial support, to stand up for what is right, to reach upward and go further and faster.
Madam Saydee-Tarr who also served as one of the facilitators during the mentorship program used the occasion to thank the First Lady Amb. Clar Marie Weah for her humanitarian efforts in touching the lives of women, the elderly and children, especially young girls.
Liberia’s first lady Clar Marie Weah, First Lady of the Republic of Liberia shared her own life story with the girls and encouraged them to embrace every opportunity and work toward a future for themselves by never giving up.
“Education is something that no one can take from you. It will always be with you to help you to advance in life. You should strive to be a success story.
Only you can make that possible. No one else can do it for you. In order to do this, you must first be persistent and consistent in preparing yourself, so that you can take full advantage of the opportunities that may come your way,” the First Lady stressed.
According to the keynote speaker, preparation and opportunity are not enough, on their own, to ensure success.
They must be combined with hard work, or function.
She opined that if you have opportunity, you prepare yourself, you are lazy, and you do not work or apply yourself in a functional manner, you will most likely fail, and your dream will not be fulfilled.
In anything, you do, you have to work hard. No matter what you know, or what you learn, if you do not put it into practice, then you will become practically dysfunctional.
“If you do not apply yourself after you leave here, you will have wasted your time, and wasted the efforts of these good people who have mentored you here, as well as the sacrifices of your parents and sponsors,” Amb. Clar Marie Weah asserted.
She at the same time called on the Graduates to wake up and take control of their own lives.
“This is the 21st century, and you need to be members of a NEW society, a society of peace, of diligence, of knowledge and expertise, of understanding, of respect, and of reverence. You must be the young people that will inspire others in this 21st century,” the Liberian First Lady stated.
In a special statement, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia urged the Graduates not to sit supinely, but go the extra mile and create opportunities for themselves.
The Liberian leader encouraged the girls to fully maximize opportunities that would come their way.
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