Before moving abroad, Dorcas worked in Ghana’s banking sector. She started at Npoly and later joined Kesben Capital Microfinance, where Sammy Gyamfi was her board chairman. She eventually moved to Fiagoman Rural Bank as a mobile banker coordinator, earning a monthly salary of GHC 2,200.
Her journey to Israel began when a classmate named Obed encouraged her to make the move, originally with the intention of enrolling in a Cyber Tech program. She took a leave from her job, secured her passport, and traveled within a month. However, she didn’t tell her parents the truth—she told them she was heading to the U.S., not Israel. Even after arriving, she never attended the Cyber Tech classes.
Dorcas’ first job in Israel was housekeeping, and on her first day, she earned the equivalent of her entire monthly salary back in Ghana. That experience changed everything. She decided to stay, abandoned the Cyber Tech program, and asked her family to remove her belongings from her Ghana apartment. Although she had a rocky situation with a man she lived with—who later exposed her true location to her family—her relatives were ultimately happy when they saw the money she sent home.
Despite taking a loan to finance her move to Israel, she resigned from her job back home and settled in.
“I came here with a purpose,” Dorcas said, adding that once she completes her goal, she’ll return to Ghana for good.
However, life in Israel isn’t without hardship. She says there’s no real freedom—working long hours to fund her project back home. “We exchange our freedom for money,” she says. With the ongoing war, air raid sirens and bombs flying overhead have become part of daily life. Residents take cover in bomb shelters for safety.
She noted that although Ghanaians gather for worship on Sundays, Israelis rarely go to church, and there are no traditional church buildings like in Ghana. “People claim Israel’s water heals, but during this war, you see the truth—there’s nothing miraculous here,” she explained.
Dorcas is currently building a 16-bedroom apartment complex in her hometown—each unit a self-contained chamber and hall with its own store room. She’s chosen rental property development over building a large personal home.
“Many people forget to invest wisely. I’ll live with my parents when I return, and if any man wants to marry me, he must come home.”
She advised her brother not to travel abroad, but he didn’t listen. Now based in the UK, he regrets the decision and admits that things are not as easy as they seemed.
Dorcas remains unmarried but says she’s focused and independent.
“I’m not married, but I manage just fine. I came here to build something real—and I’m doing it.”
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