Trained Nurse Spotted Selling Pure Water After Years of Being Jobless, Gets Help After Going Viral

• Rachel A. A. Darko, lady who is a trained nurse was spotted selling water in the streets after she was unable to secure a job
• However, he story went viral and she finally got help and found a job at a private clinic where she has started working
• On the day she started working at the clinic, she was seen weeping out of joy, and she also received financial help

A trained medical professional who could not find a job received help after her story went viral on social media.

According to the story, the lady, Rachel A. A. Darko, studied nursing in school but has been without a job for five years.

To make ends meet, the lady took to the streets to hawk pure water in Accra, Ghana.

The story was shared on Facebook by Ghanaian philanthropist, Nana Tea, who said he first learned about the lady identified as Rachel in 2024.

His words:

"Meet Madam Rachel. She completed the Saviour Church Nursing and Midwifery Training College in 2020. Even with her qualifications, she hasn't been posted to any hospital yet, so she has ventured into selling pure water in traffic. She stays around the Dansoman Exhibition. I was contacted last year( October,2024) about her story and all i could do was to motivate her with just 400gh but that's not sustainable at all. If you know any hospital, clinic, or health facilities that might need her skills, don't hesitate to connect her so she go about saving lives."

In another update, Nana Tea confirmed that Rachel has been given a job in Accra.

He said:

"Update for our dear sister Nurse! After facing challenges with her posting, she's been offered a job opportunity at Goodcare Medical Center near Accra General Post Office after the CEO of the center got in touch with me. She begins orientation tomorrow and officially starts on the 15th."

Reactions as trained nurse gets job offer after five years

Isaac Nana Baah Asare said:

"My dear everything will be fine, that's all I could say for now. We will all remember you in prayers with God all things are possible."

LA MI Si said:

"She should do homecare nursing, I’m also a graduate nurse, that’s what I’ve been doing to sustain myself,, hopefully when the portal opens, then she re-applies."

Abayom Anambamlie Ruth said:

"If she lives Accra, then she should count herself being lucky because she can get homecare jobs. Some of us after graduating left the north to Accra to do homecare. And it hasn’t be bad since."

Abayom Anambamlie Ruth said:

"If she lives Accra,then she should count herself being lucky because She can get homecare jobs . Some of us after graduating left the north to Accra to do homecare. And it hasn’t be bad since."

Fordjour Jeremiah said:

"She is already saving life by selling water to the citizens. So when she stops that, who is going to sell water to us again."

Forina'sgallery Osei said:

"Those that completed 2020 have being posted last year ,now left with their referral batch. And if indeed she completed saviour church nursing training, which is government nursing institution, she will surely be posted."

How much do nurses earn in Ghana?

According to GH News, certificate-level nurses collect between GHS 1,200 - 1,400 (N179,849.15 - N209,824.01) monthly. On the other hand, it gathered that those at degree level could earn around GHS 2,000–2,500 (N299,748.58 - N374,685.73), which may be more with promotions.

Kashgain said that nurses in top managerial positions could be paid up to GHS 12,500 (1,873,428.65) monthly.

Registered nurse cries out over N40,000 salary

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a young lady attracted netizens after she cried out over her N40,000 salary as a registered nurse.

She said she was a registered nurse based in Osogbo, Osun state and needed a job to make ends meet.

Many who came across the lady’s tweet offered to assist her in getting a job, while others told her about international opportunities.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding the probable salaries for nurses in Ghana.

Source: Legit.ng