Beauty academy fetes, grooms inmates of orphanage

Inmates of the Agape Children’s Home at Oyarifa in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been given a treat by Marie Noelle’s Beauty Academy.

The event formed part of this year’s May Day Celebration.

The inmates, numbering more than 40 with their caregivers and administrators, were offered a full grooming session, including braiding of hair, washing, barbering , manicure, pedicure and massaging.

At the event, which was organised on the theme: “Promoting Inclusiveness through Relaxation for a Healthier Well-being”, the inmates were also feted after the grooming.

Appropriate

Speaking to journalists after the event, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marie Noelle’s Beauty Academy, Marie Noelle Yakubu, said the event was their own way of giving back to society.

She explained that having operated for the past 16 years, it was only appropriate that the institution offered back to society as a means of celebrating and sharing in its achievements.

Mrs Yakubu said before establishing the beauty academy, she operated two spas at Kuku Hill in Osu and East Lagoon and that the decision to open the academy was because a number of spas were springing up in the country, with most of them operating with individuals without the necessary knowledge and skills.

That, she said, necessitated the need to offer training and skills for the emerging trend to ensure that persons venturing into it had the required skilled manpower to handle their services for them.

She said that though the academy started with less than 40 students, the number had grown to about 180 now, implying that skills training was very essential for the youth.

Choice

Mrs Yakubu explained that the choice of Agape Children’s Home for their maiden corporate social responsibility gesture was not only to show love, but also to show the whole world that underprivileged children equally deserved to be good-looking.

For her part, the Administrator of Agape Children’s Home, Tania Konto, expressed her gratitude to Marie Noelle’s Academy for the gesture.

She said the joy on the faces of the inmates clearly showed how invaluable the treat was to them.

Ms Konto explained that this was the first time such a service had been rendered to the children and their caregivers.