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Before his current role, Sarbah founded and led EdAcme, an initiative focused on creating equitable access to higher education and career opportunities for underrepresented communities. With a strong international presence and recognition, Sarbah has been featured in numerous media outlets and has spoken at global events. |
Before his current role, Sarbah founded and led EdAcme, an initiative focused on creating equitable access to higher education and career opportunities for underrepresented communities. With a strong international presence and recognition, Sarbah has been featured in numerous media outlets and has spoken at global events. |
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== Foundations == |
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Mac Sarbah is the Founder of EdAcme, which helps young people achieve their education and entrepreneurship potential<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-08 |title=Harvard graduate who studied with lanterns in rural Africa launches company to give back |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2020/09/harvard-graduate-who-studied-with-lanterns-in-rural-africa-launches-company-to-give-back/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>. He is also President of Sarbah Foundation<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-12 |title=School names block after former student, Harvard graduate featured on JoyNews - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/school-names-block-after-former-student-harvard-graduate-featured-on-joynews/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> a newly-formed initiative to help contribute to education, entrepreneurship and social impact in Ghana and the African continent. During His stay at Mepe, He help raised funds for an internet facility for students in Mepe as means of charity |
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== Personal life and family == |
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Mac is one of eight children who was born to their father, John Kwame Mensah Sarbah<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-04 |title=Breaking Barriers: How Ghanaian Mac Sarbah landed a lead role at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/breaking-barriers-how-ghanaian-mac-sarbah-landed-a-lead-role-at-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundation/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>, and were raised in Yeji a rural town in Ghana’s Brong Ahafo region, to Tongu immigrant parents from Mepe-Battor in the Volta region<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-12 |title=School names block after former student, Harvard graduate featured on JoyNews - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/school-names-block-after-former-student-harvard-graduate-featured-on-joynews/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>. Mac volunteered as a middle school and high school teacher at Mepe, a town where his parents were born. He was abandoned by his mother when he was less than two years old but his father, who has no formal education and who was a disciplinarian guide and shaped him academically in the early years<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-04 |title=Breaking Barriers: How Ghanaian Mac Sarbah landed a lead role at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/breaking-barriers-how-ghanaian-mac-sarbah-landed-a-lead-role-at-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundation/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Awards and recognition == |
== Awards and recognition == |
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In 2019, [[Harvard University]] and [[Columbia University]] recognized Sarbah as an inspiring alumnus for his social impact and entrepreneurship efforts in Ghana and beyond. |
In 2019, [[Harvard University]] and [[Columbia University]] recognized Sarbah as an inspiring alumnus for his social impact and entrepreneurship efforts in Ghana and beyond. |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 14:11, 14 November 2024
Mac Sarbah
MacLean Sarbah MA, MPhil, MDes, is a Ghanaian philanthropist, Social Innovator and Entrepreneur. He was born and raised in Yeji, a rural town in Ghana’s Brong Ahafo region[1] to Tongu immigrant parents from Mepe, Battor in the Volta region[2]. He is currently serving as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Leader and Project Manager within the Global Health Office of the President at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation[3]
Early life and education
Mac Sarbah, one of eight children, grew up without a mother figure in a small farming community lacking basic amenities. His father, a disciplinarian, was sometimes feared by Mac and his siblings[4] He had to walk three miles to Lake Volta for enough water to drink and bathe. He studied by kerosene lanterns, enduring smoke that often made his eyes red and teary[5]. His father suffered a severe stroke, requiring medical treatment away from Yeji. This hardship meant Mac attended an inadequate school, walked miles daily, worked to save money, bought books, and studied diligently[6].
Maclean Sarbah had his early education and Junior high in Yeji before moving to Adidome, a small farming town, to attend the Volta Region's Adidome Day Senior Secondary School [7]. He enrolled at the University of Ghana after passing his Secondary exams
Career
Mac Sarbah is a Ghanaian diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advocate and social innovator. He obtains a Bachelor of Art in the University of Ghana. He also graduated from Harvard, Columbia and Cambridge University in May 2019.
He currently serves as a Senior DEI Project Manager at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health Office of the President.
Before his current role, Sarbah founded and led EdAcme, an initiative focused on creating equitable access to higher education and career opportunities for underrepresented communities. With a strong international presence and recognition, Sarbah has been featured in numerous media outlets and has spoken at global events.
Foundations
Mac Sarbah is the Founder of EdAcme, which helps young people achieve their education and entrepreneurship potential[8]. He is also President of Sarbah Foundation[9] a newly-formed initiative to help contribute to education, entrepreneurship and social impact in Ghana and the African continent. During His stay at Mepe, He help raised funds for an internet facility for students in Mepe as means of charity
Personal life and family
Mac is one of eight children who was born to their father, John Kwame Mensah Sarbah[10], and were raised in Yeji a rural town in Ghana’s Brong Ahafo region, to Tongu immigrant parents from Mepe-Battor in the Volta region[11]. Mac volunteered as a middle school and high school teacher at Mepe, a town where his parents were born. He was abandoned by his mother when he was less than two years old but his father, who has no formal education and who was a disciplinarian guide and shaped him academically in the early years[12]
Awards and recognition
Early in his academic career, Sarbah was awarded the Best Student Award in North Tongu District, Ghana.
In 2019, Harvard University and Columbia University recognized Sarbah as an inspiring alumnus for his social impact and entrepreneurship efforts in Ghana and beyond.
References
- ^ Wundengba, Charles (2018-12-19). "From Rural Ghana to Harvard: A Young Man's Rise from Obscurity to the World's Best University". Wundef.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ Taylor, Mildred Europa (2019-04-20). "Beginning in Ghana,this Harvard grad heads home to tackle unemployment". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ Dadzie, Ebenezer Afanyi (11 November 2024). "Breaking Barriers: How this Ghanaian landed a lead role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "From studying with kerosene lanterns in Yeji to becoming a Harvard graduate, Mac Sarbah opens up". Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "From Adidome to Harvard: A young man's rise from obscurity to the world's best universities". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "From Adidome to Harvard: A young man's rise from obscurity to the world's best universities". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Breaking Barriers: How Ghanaian Mac Sarbah landed a lead role at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-11-04. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Harvard graduate who studied with lanterns in rural Africa launches company to give back". 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "School names block after former student, Harvard graduate featured on JoyNews - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Breaking Barriers: How Ghanaian Mac Sarbah landed a lead role at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-11-04. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "School names block after former student, Harvard graduate featured on JoyNews - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Breaking Barriers: How Ghanaian Mac Sarbah landed a lead role at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-11-04. Retrieved 2024-11-14.