Our News
For the mind to be fed, it takes a full stomach: The expansion of ATE’s feeding programme to Tanchara
Around the world, school feeding schemes have been implemented to take care of pupil’s nutritional needs while promoting their capacity to learn. It does not only help to keep children in the system, but also ensures the wellbeing of all pupils and relieves some...
Recruitment of an Admin and Finance Officer
ATE is a small, dynamic, fast growing and well-respected charity which requires a competent, detail focused individual to play a key supportive role within the team to help drive the organisation forward. Admin and Finance Officer is an exciting, brand-new position...
A Reason to Dream
ATE VocATE SUPPORT PROJECT-2021 Education, Training, and lifelong learning calls for innovative approaches in skills development, which is directed towards poverty reduction and socio-economic empowerment of rural poor and their communities (Geneva, 17 June, 2017)....
Lawra under water: Life on the frontline of climate change
Every year, Lawra experiences flooding during the rainy season caused by torrential rains or the spillage of the Bagre dam in neighbouring Burkina Faso. Most affected by these floods are the rural communities around the Black Volta river. The river and its...
Hermas “International” – the man who’s building Lawra
“I’m making a gate for a customer in Accra, I’m working on the solar panel project on the outskirts of town and…”, he points down the road, “I built this street too!” Hermas, or Hermas “International” as his friends tease, is a big personality and an ATE role model in...
A day in the life of Agnes, a kayeye street girl
It’s 4am and dark when Agnes rubs sleep from her eyes and rolls out of bed. She lights a pile of firewood, arranged the night before, and starts preparing pies. Once piping hot, she packs them into a metal container, heaves it onto her head and sets out onto the...
We’re leaving our Ramsbury Office
We are really sad to announce that we are vacating our Ramsbury Office on 1stSeptember 2021. Due to financial pressure, we are simply not able to afford a a UK office at this time. We love having a workspace in the middle of this wonderful community, and being able to...
A head above ground: Alex’s story
“You’ve got to look after yourself. Stick to the surface and don’t go too deep. If you do, it’s not my problem!” At 18, Alex should be studying for his final year exams at Senior High School. Instead, he’s restarting his first year at Junior High School and advising...
The story of ATE in Biro
In 2017, I spent several days riding around Lawra, searching for the next rural community for ATE to begin working in. It was a boiling hot day in November when we came across Biro, a very rural community, an hour from the centre of Lawra, impossible to access by car,...
No Wonder She Gave Up
It is often perceived that the northern part of Ghana is the poorest among all the regions. Hailing from and living in the north, specifically in Lawra in the Upper West, I have found it difficult to accept how the conditions in the north are often described in the...
Our Nandom Inclusion Centre is COMPLETE!
We have turned a disused government building into this beautiful, accessible space that will soon be the centre of our work in Nandom! We are so excited to get started and see the dream of taking ATE to a brand new Municipality become reality.
Thank you to Nandom Municipal Assembly for partnering with us and providing the building, so much gratitude to our generous donors for making this project possible, and a huge well done to Kaamil Issahaku for project managing this with incredible calm precision.
ATE is growing, and we could not be more excited about it 💚
Amazing news!🙏🎉
Good job. Putting smiles in the faces of the needy
Congratulations it looks great 👍🏻
Wow thus great news
Wow great news for my people in Nandom
This is fantastic news and I believe community folks will be super excited to join your intervention.
Great job 👏
Amazing ❤️❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Congratulations.
Congratulations team!
Another important milestone! Well done Kaamil Issahaku
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Well done ATE
Impressive 👍
More fireworks 💥
Kicking off the new term with business training for our latest batch of entrepreneurs!
Todays workshop was hinged on understanding profit and maximising income through marketing. It was an interactive as well as educative session, that provided valuable insights on how to calculate profit and ultimately run a successful small business.
Thank you to our fab business owners for engaging in such an informative and engaging session! And our outstanding staff for providing such incredible interactive training.
💚 Help us bring Ambition and Hope to Upper West Ghana 💚
We have to raise £100,000 this March to fulfil the demand in both Lawra and Nandom – the people are hungry for change and we can’t let them down. Join us in our ambitious, hopeful mission, and positive change can and will come.
You can make a gift here: bit.ly/ambitionandhope
Please consider making a donation to this vital appeal, and sharing our beautiful video with your friends and network. Thank you so much.