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The Archbishop of Canterbury met with students and staff at St Monica's Nursing and Midwifery Training College in Kumasi yesterday, as she opened a new clinic to mark the college’s 100th anniversary. The clinic, which was named in Archbishop Sarah's honour, is located on the same site as Mampong Babies Home and St Monica’s College, Ghana's only female college of education. All three institutions are run by the Anglican Diocese of Kumasi. Following the commissioning ceremony, over a thousand students from the three institutions gathered for a service to celebrate the school's anniversary. In an address to the students, the Archbishop encouraged them in their Christian faith, saying, “You have to believe in yourself - that God has loved you and calls you by name." She said, "I can touch and see the kingdom of heaven this morning in this place. And know that each of you has the ability to shine like lights in the world, to be salt, to be yeast, to be that mustard seed that affects everything, by what you do and how you do it. Knowing that as you follow a career in nursing and midwifery, you have the difference, the difference that can change people's lives in the ordinary things that you do, it will transform lives and your community. Never underestimate what you do." Following the service the Archbishop visited Mampong Babies’ Home, which provides care and protection for vulnerable and orphaned children.
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