Counseling Response Team

DR. ADOLF AWUKU-BEKOE
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Adolf Awuku Bekoe works as a gender and vulnerability Specialist.

He is the Supervising Clinical Psychologist at The Ark Foundation. He is the National Coordinator of the Coalition on Domestic Violence Coalition. Adolf is a lecturer of Psychology at the Methodist University. He recently completed his Phd studies at the Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana He is a training consultant to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, he is also the National Coordinator, Coalition on Domestic Violence and a Trainer & Psychologist at The Ark Foundation, Ghana.  He is currently a PhD candidate in Migration Studies at the University of Ghana. He holds a Diploma in Transitional Justice from the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and Justice for Reconciliation (IJR), Cape Town, South Africa.

DR. ANGELA DWAMENA-ABOGAYE
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Angela Dwamena-Aboagye is a Christian lawyer and the Executive Director of The Ark Foundation, Ghana.

Angela Dwamena-Aboagye is a Christian lawyer and the Executive Director of The Ark Foundation, Ghana, an NGO in Ghana, West Africa, which established the first shelter for battered women in Ghana in 1999 and offers advocacy and psycho-social support to women and children. Angela holds a Bachelor-of-Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Ghana, and was called to the Ghana Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1989. She also received a Masters-in-Law (LL.M) degree from the Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington D.C, USA in 1995, a Master-of-Arts (M.A) degree in Theology in 2006 and a Master of Theology (MTh) in 2013 and a PhD in Theology from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission and Culture, Akropong, In 2018. She has won a number of national awards for her work in promoting women’s empowerment and child protection, including being an awardee of the Millennium Excellence Awards in 2010, the Martin Luther King Jnr. award for Social Justice in 2009 and the Girls’ Inspirer Award in 2016. Her strong interests are young women’s leadership development, working with survivors of domestic violence, women’s mental health advocacy, and Christian Discipleship and Mentoring. Angela is a Licensed Minister with the International Central Gospel Church. She is married to Kwame, who works with the UN. They are blessed with three girls and a boy, all grown up.

MRS. THERESA WIAFE-ASANTE
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Mrs. Theresa is a hardworking woman who had her first degree in Human Resource Management at the Central University.

She has worked with Ghana Post for 26 years. She loves counseling so she professionally got enrolled in a counseling course at Fruitful Ministries Counselling.

ANNABELLE PWALIA
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Annabelle Pwalia Is a women’s right activist, a field research consultant.

She is currently the Crisis Centre Manager at The Ark Foundation, Ghana. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography & Resource Development and French from the University of Ghana and a Master of Arts Degree in International Affairs also from the University of Ghana. In addition, she holds a Diploma in French as a foreign language and literature from the University of Abomey Calavi in Benin. Annabelle’s interests are in the field of social science research, international politics, women’s rights as well as community development and social inclusion. She has a passion to work towards empowering children particularly girls to be change makers. She loves to read books on gender, politics and swimming during her spare time.