Deborah Tamakloe – Beyond the Orphanage: A Journey of Hope and Aspirations

As an orphan and Care Leaver Advocate who has personally experienced both living in an institution and the blessing of family, Deborah shares her life journey in and outside a Ghanaian residential institution. Faced with considerable obstacles- unruly education, low expectations, family dysfunction, trauma, poverty, and stigma- on her way through the residential home and after she left the residential home, Deborah demonstrates how, with support from society, all Care Leavers can live their dream life. Beyond the orphanage is a beautifully told story, a warm yet heart-wrenching hole-in-the-wall into a world we rarely see. Deborah throws a gap wide, uncluttered, to let the light in.