Philanthropist launches book to promote charity work
Former banker and philanthropist, Princess Umul Hatiyya Ibrahim Mahama, has launched her first book, which contains carefully packaged non-fictional information to inspire readers to reach for higher heights in life.
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The Mad Duck unfolds as a series of connected stories which revolve around the theme of ‘personal exploration and inquiry’, and looks at the means by which a person can live a fully expressed, rich-experience life, and the book is also an inspirational story on ‘how to live your best life’.
“In The Mad Duck, I also use many examples from my own life, which has been adventurous, unpredictable, exciting and instructive. I’ve learned that when you open yourself up to the world, the world opens up to you,” Princess Hatiyya, who quit her banking job to dedicate herself to promote the cause of the underprivileged in society, told the Daily Graphic shortly after the launch of the book in Accra recently.
She said 10 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the books would go to the PUH Foundation, a charity organisation dedicated to building primary schools in deprived communities.
She said the book also carried the lives of both historical and contemporary figures who took great risks, flirted with chance and forged their own fates in order to discover precisely what they were made of.
“As you will read in various sections of The Mad Duck, I find travel to be one of the most stimulating things a person can do. Seeing the people and places of the world is an endless exploration of knowledge, culture and adventure — it is a key to a richer life,” she said.
The launch
Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee of the Salt and Light Ministries launched the book at a well-attended event that attracted people from all walks of life.
According to Princess Hatiyya, The Mad Duck is available in all leading bookshops across the country.
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About author
Princess Hatiyya is a writer, entrepreneur and a philanthropist who loves travelling around the world.
With a desire to visit every country in the world, she left the banking field in 2008 to pursue her dream. To date, she has been to 34 countries on five continents.
Princess has scaled the Great Wall of China, photographed the Pyramids of Giza, visited the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, attended a performance in the Sydney Opera House, heard the thunderous roar of Niagara Falls, jumped over Auckland Bridge and stood at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
Princess is also the founder of the PUH Foundation, an educational charity with a focus on building a first-class classroom at a time in Africa.