Acclaimed actress and producer Yvonne Nelson has shared the numerous difficulties she encountered while establishing her school, Yvonne Nelson International School. In a recent interview, Nelson revealed that setting up the school was an “extremely difficult and demanding experience.”
Nelson disclosed that she faced financial constraints during the construction process, exhausting her funds and being unable to secure bank loans or financial support. The banks’ proposed interest rates were deemed unreasonable, prompting her to sell her house and properties to fund the project.
“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 some 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,” Nelson explained.
She continued, “So, I had to fall back on a house and sell 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.”
Despite the obstacles, Nelson remained determined, expressing hope for the school’s positive impact on its students and its potential to raise future leaders in Ghana.
