Sarah Boateng is an award-winning social entrepreneur, passionate advocate for young girls living in rural communities in Africa. She aims to eliminate all barriers blocking girls in Africa from accessing quality education. These barriers may be physical, such as rampant illnesses, menstruation, distance from schools. As a Special Educational Needs and Psychology graduate at the age of 21, Sarah always had a desire to see education accessible to those in marginalised communities. She in 2016 in the quest to understand the issues facing young girls in the local community.
Then she discovered that girls were still hindered by the opportunity to have a quality education. Which was the same experience her mother had growing up in rural Ghana over 50 years ago. She knew there was something that needed to be done. Having worked for the Unite Nations (UN) in Geneva and found that working for such a large organisation would be extremely difficult to make the change she would like to see. Sarah launched IGEA as way to create an organisation for the community they wish to support.