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Madam Juliet Gyamfi, championing Breast Cancer awareness with passion
Madam Juliet Gyamfi
Madam Juliet Gyamfi, CEO of Breast Love Foundation and Beautiful Beneath has over the years been a strong advocate in fighting breast cancer among Ghanaians with passion.
Her drive and enthusiasm as a Professional Nurse and Prosthetist Specialist to fight this canker is as a result of her joining stakeholders to help people to breast cancer.
The Breast Cancer Advocate has track record of empowering women who have been diagnosed with the disease thus igniting a new hope to survivors of this condition.
Background
Born and raised in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, by her father Mr. Nana Gyamfi Ampofo and her mother, Madam Grace Acheampong, she had her basic education at Lutheran Estate Primary School and proceeded to St. Monica’s Secondary School at Mampong in the Ashanti Region.
As a determined lady, she did her sixth form at Tweneboa Kodua Secondary where she successfully completed and undertook her National Service at Cocoase M/A Primary at Bantama in the Ashanti Region.
Aspired to achieve higher prospects, Madam Juliet proceeded to Valley View University at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region, where she bagged a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
She later moved to the United States of America and pursued Nursing where she passionately served at most health facilities and rose rising through the ranks to become a Supervisor.
Motivation/ Empowerment
Poised to make an impact in her society and make a change by helping women to discard some unhealthy lifestyle practices that undermine their health, Madam Juliet started a prosthesis shop and the Breast Love Foundation to encourage best practices among women.
Recounting her journey to starting the aforementioned project, Madam Juliet said she had the motivation and inspiration from her daughter abroad.
According to the Breast Cancer Advocate, she had an opportunity to work at a lingerie shop in the United States and had enough space to spend quality time with her daughter.
Narrating the instance, she told The Spectator that, “because of the two jobs, we hardly saw each other, and my daughter one day told me that when she grew up, she would open a boutique and work from 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 5:00 o’clock in the evening to enable her to take care of her children”.
“I have been in Ghana and my daughter’s idea has made me open a Lingerie shop called Beautiful Beneath and here I am now, a strong crusader about breast cancer awareness”, she said
Breast Love Foundation/ Dealing with the menace
The breast cancer awareness champion has been campaigning on the need for early detection of the disease in order to save lives of women who are at risk of getting breast cancer.
Over five years of breast cancer awareness campaign in different regions, Madam Juliet through the Breast Love Foundation has carved a niche for the foundation to serve as a haven for intervention for diagnosed patients and survivors.
The Breast Love Foundation since its inception in 2018 has provided free breast cancer screening and support to diagnosed patients undergo treatment successfully.
According to the selfless woman, breast cancer screening should not only be done in the month of October but must be done throughout the year.
The Prosthetist Specialist said it was important for women to pay attention to their health and eschew all unhealthy lifestyles that posed risk to them
Admonishment
The Nurse/ Prosthetist has encouraged women not to fear when they are being diagnosed with breast cancer because it is treatable and God would always see them through the treatment stages.
“Do not be afraid to lose your breasts when you have to go through surgeries and have them removed because there is more life after the surgery and there are mastectomy brassieres to help fill the lost breasts”, she said .
She stressed that, Ghanaians and patients should stop attaching spiritual meanings to breast cancer but support breast cancer patients throughout their stages of treatment and pray for them to respond to treatment .
The Prosthetist Specialist assured mastectomy patients to always rely on Beautiful Beneath shops for a very quality mastectomy brassieres to make them feel comfortable on their day-to-day endeavours.
Clarion Call
The married woman with three children again called on all to psychologically and spiritually help people diagnosed with breast cancer and charged men to also examine their breasts in detecting changes that needs medical attention.
Madam Juliet, a devout Christian who fellowships with Methodist Church loves listening to choral music and gospel preaching, reading, and watching Netflix .
The English, Twi and intermediate Spanish speaker said that Breast Love Foundation would always support women and jokingly said “I have a brassiere shop so if most women lose their breasts, I will not make any sales, feel confident about your body”.
The waakye, fufu and light soup lover called on women to wear right brassiere sizes since they had an implication on women’s health, so one must wear the correct brassiere size in order to prevent spinal disorders as well.
“Be very attentive to any changes that occur on any part of your body and report it to a Physician as soon as possible in order to facilitate early treatment”, the breast cancer advocate stressed.
By Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah
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Ghana to locally refine its gold starting October 2025 – Sammy Gyamfi
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that plans are far advanced for the establishment of a state-owned gold refinery in the country.
Speaking at the 2025 Minerals and Mining Convention, Mr Gyamfi said the refinery will process locally mined gold into bullion instead of exporting it in its raw state.
According to him, it is unacceptable that Ghana, despite being a leading gold producer in Africa, continues to export raw gold known as dore.
He explained that the Gold Board, working with the Bank of Ghana and local refineries, will from October 2025 begin refining gold locally.
He also disclosed that an ultramodern assay laboratory will be built to ensure international standards in testing gold quality.
Mr Gyamfi noted that the refinery will be wholly state-owned and will help Ghana move away from raw mineral exports to value addition.
This, he said, will boost foreign exchange earnings, create jobs, and position Ghana as a hub for gold refining and jewellery production in Africa.
The CEO stressed that the project forms part of government’s strategy to ensure the country benefits fully from its natural resources and to transform the mining sector into a driver of economic growth.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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There is strength in diversity; let’s live in peace – Zanetor Rawlings urges Ghanaians
Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has urged Ghanaians, especially the youth, to value the peace the country enjoys and to see diversity as a source of strength.
Speaking at the National Youth Conference held at the Pentecost Convention Centre under the theme “Igniting Potential; Inspiring Change”, she warned against being lured into conflicts and divisions fueled by reckless statements from politicians, traditional leaders, religious figures, or academics.
According to her, many young people have no idea what it means to live in a country torn apart by war, and therefore must not take Ghana’s peace for granted.
She stressed that the harmony among different ethnic and regional groups should be protected at all costs, since it is peace that allows citizens to gather freely and safely.
Dr. Zanetor said Ghana’s development depends on embracing diversity and working together.
She urged the youth to tap into this strength so that Ghana would continue to shine as the “Black Star” of Africa and serve as an example for other nations.
She expressed appreciation to the participants for attending the conference and asked for God’s blessings on the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
