Yvonne Nelson: I sold my house to build my school

Ghanaian author, actress and producer, Yvonne Nelson has talked about the several difficulties she encountered when building her school.

The actress claimed that setting up the school has been an extremely difficult and demanding experience.

She clarified that she ran out of money while constructing her school, Yvonne Nelson International School and was unable to get bank loans or other financial support.

The actress said that the interest rates proposed by the banks for the loan she requested were unreasonable; therefore, she had to sell her house and properties to fund the construction of the schools.

Obviously, we’ve just started primary school and this is just phase one. We are going to continue and progress further. It is really crazy because, at a point, I am getting personal now. When we started the project, I had to sell my house because I went to the banks for a loan and the percentages were, look, it did not make sense.

So, I had to fall back on a house and sold it. I had so many memories there, but I said to myself, Yvonne, this is the only way, so I sold the house, started the building, the money finished and I had to dip into my savings, Yvonne Nelson said in an interview shared on X.

Despite the hurdles, the Just Like Mama founder encountered in building her international school, she did not give up.

She added that she was hopeful about the outcome, noting that the school would positively impact its students and raise several future leaders in Ghana.