Vincent Owusu Appiah is a level 400 BSc Nursing student at the University of Ghana (Legon). He is the second born of his parent’s five children and hails from Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. To become a medical doctor and a philanthropist are what the young man dreams to achieve in future.
Madam Mary Appiah is the mother of Vincent. She is a
regular trader in Obuasi Market but does everything in her power to make sure
her five children attain the best of education in life. Very smart and
brilliant young girl, Madam Mary did not get the support from her parents to
further her education, hence, ended up selling in the market. This, she does not
want any of her children to experience, so, she fights to the extreme to give
them all the education they want.
Enrolled at Tutuga Methodist Primary School, brilliant
Vincent had his dreams at the back of his mind, so, he studied restlessly and passed
out with aggregate 13 in August 2000; climaxing as the best results the school
had ever evoked. He later continued to Obuasi Secondary Technical to pursue
Science as a course.
His enthusiasm towards studying changed drastically
during his secondary school education as a science student. He was peer
pressured and did not have time for his books. Passionate about football and a
very good player at that, Vincent thought of becoming a footballer instead. He
misused all his study hours to play soccer and failed brutally when his SSSCE
results came in 2003.