A Ghanaian woman based in Leicester, UK, has been living in the United Kingdom for 20 years. Originally from Dansoman, Ghana, she moved abroad at the age of 18. Shortly after arriving, she had children, got married, and by the age of 29, was already a mother of five.
After completing college, she first worked as a social worker, then pursued nursing. However, she realized that both jobs paid nearly the same as working in a shopping mall. This led her to change careers several times — from teaching to social work, and finally to becoming a mental health nurse.
Despite having her family with her in the UK, she wasn’t finding happiness at home. She believed marriage would improve her situation, but things remained the same. Eventually, she divorced her husband, and the two now co-parent their children. She admits there is constant tension due to a lack of help in raising the kids, and says her ex-husband wanted her to behave like a “traditional Ghanaian wife,” which she felt didn’t fit life abroad.
She observes that many Ghanaians in the UK struggle — some sleep on trains, live on rations, are homeless, or suffer from mental health issues.
Hoping to invest in estate development in Ghana, she sent £50,000 home in 2016. Unfortunately, the money was misused by those she trusted. She had worked several menial jobs to save that amount, only to discover during a 2021 visit to Ghana that she had been lied to.
She still has a project in Ghana but had planned to expand into real estate before being scammed again. Currently, she owns two cars in the UK but washes them herself. Her goal is to raise her children until they are grown, then return to Ghana to enjoy life.
According to her, Ghana can be fun — but unlike in the UK where money is earned and taxed, in Ghana, “they take your money and never return it.
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