Life Story of Sister

Created by Jane 14 years ago
Mrs. Nana Colerangle-Chinwah, affectionately called Sister was born in Takoradi on 21st December 1944 to the late Madam Beatrice Ansaba Hayford and Mr. John Kodwo Colerangle. She attended Accra New Town Experimental Primary School upon transfer of her dad to Accra. She later proceeded to Elmina Convent. After Elmina Convent, Sister attended boarding school at OLA Convent in Cape Coast. She continued her education in London from the tender age of 14; attending a School of Fashion and Design, then later attending a School of Modeling and Drama in London. She appeared in some magazines under her modeling name – Ursula. Sister then became a playwright, writing plays mainly for the theatre. Sister was soon to meet her own king and husband, Professor Joel Chinwah (Jaja), a first class gentleman and scholar of Imperial College, London who later became Senior Lecturer at Portsmouth Polytechnic, England and now Vice Chancellor (Rtd.) at University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Sister was blessed with three adorable children; Emeka, Diuto and Dupe, all residing in the UK where they were born. We watched keenly and Sister made us all mighty proud for the affectionate and most loving care she gave to her husband, children, parents, brothers, sisters and the entire family including extended family members. She was indeed the Shepherd of the entire maternal and paternal families. Sooner than we could expect, Sister was caring professionally as a dedicated and fully devoted Social Worker to peoples from all walks of life in London. This charitable work to mankind became her sole profession naturally, which she carried out with distinction. Sister was the founder and Director of The West African Welfare Association (WAWA) in England; a charity for students, people seeking political asylum and vulnerable women escaping domestic violence. She set up hostels which served as refuge for countless people. She allowed people in need to stay not only at these hostels but also at her private residence. She helped pay for West African students’ school fees where they could not afford to do so, and put food on the table for countless families. Occasionally, she not only visited the sick and the infirm in hospitals and prisons, but also flew disabled people from Ghana to the United Kingdom to seek medical help. She also collected used hospital equipment (including wheel chairs and clutches), and used clothing and toys etc., for the disabled in Ghana. It was Sister’s desire to ‘combat the handicapped from the streets’ of Ghana. We were further blessed when Sister decided to return permanently to Ghana to start her own school, first for the disabled and later for the underprivileged; particularly the girl-child. The venue was to be Sister’s motherland Cape Coast or fatherland – Elmina. As a result of the above, on 1st May 1993, Sister successfully set up Ansaba Mbofra Project which is currently the Colerangle Community School in Elmina, her fatherland. For two years in the beginning, Sister charged no fees. In fact to date, fees are based to an extent on the ability to pay; with large discounts to multi children from the same family enrolled at the school. Sister’s love for children is beyond any stretch of imagination. It is not surprising that lunch for the three hundred plus school children is served everyday in Sister’s personal living room where she would personally meet each child everyday. Sister’s children, brothers, sisters, cousins and aunt have all pledged to keep up the good works already begun by Sister. May Sister rest in perfect peace in the bosom of our Dear Lord and Savior until the appointed time when we shall meet again in the heavenly realm.