ATE Chief Executive Sarah Annable-Gardner becomes MBE in 2026 New Year's Honours!
Switching on Hope
We’ve been switching on hope all year in Upper West Ghana! One thousand school pupils, 800 disabled children and carers, 34 entrepreneurs and farmers, 20 apprentices, 18 senior high school girls and hundreds of children at our new Technology and Learning Zones are all making the most of new opportunities, support and resources – to transform their lives.
And there’s more to come in 2026! We’ll be partnering four new schools, launching two disability groups and supporting even more people to grow businesses and learn skills. This is how whole communities are uplifted and change is real and long-lasting. This is hope..
Change through education
We work with 13 schools, providing meals, educational resources and sanitary products that enable pupils to learn on full stomachs and with dignity. So far, we’ve helped more than 4100 young people access education. Olivia (above) goes to Bagri Junior High and appreciates the monthly sanitary pads provision:
“It helps us come to school. We girls are much happier.”
Change through enterprise
We have backed 174 small businesses with grants, training and mentoring, enabling them to become sustainable and profitable. 82 girls (including 9 with disabilities) have learnt a trade through our apprenticeship scheme. Barikisu (above) runs one of 37 ATE-backed dry season farms:
“ATE gave me all I needed to succeed.”
Change through inclusion
We bringing disabled children into the light, challenging stigma and enabling them to learn and laugh. Our SNAP disability project supports almost 800 children and carers across 8 locations, providing education, equipment, medication, advocacy and lots of joy. Tierto (above, with Julita and Charles) says:
“The main reason I love SNAP meetings is I know I am not alone. I have learnt new things, I worry much less, life has improved.”
Where does your donation go?
We are financially transparent and carefully monitor and evaluate our work to ensure the money you donate is used in the best way possible.
84p goes directly towards project costs
Creating opportunities through education, inclusion and enterprise – such as our Dry Season Farmers programme which supports sustainable agriculture all year round.
11p is spent on fundraising
Giving us the resources to pay for projects, plan for the future and provide job security for our 27 school cooks and other staff.
5p is spent on administration costs
Ensuring we can deliver our annual report, be a responsible employer and fulfil our legal responsibilities in the UK and Ghana.
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Thank you Rotary Club of Hungerford for having us tonight! We are thrilled that our wonderful volunteer Izzy Tolputt is being sponsored by them to take part in Rotary Youth Leadership Awards in July, an intensive residential leadership development program. We absolutely love our links with Rotary, and the values that we share.
Congratulations
Well done Izzy Tolputt, and congratulations on being sponsored to take part in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.🎉
Congratulations Izzy Tolputt on this amazing opportunity to participate in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards 🎉
We are SO proud of our partner school Biro JHS where 100% of children passed their end of school exams! They are the only school to get such brilliant results - making them the best performing JHS in the whole district of Lawra!
In this incredibly rural community, where many families live in poverty and opportunities are very limited, this junior high school is AMAZING and these children are completely extraordinary.
When we began work at this school, there were just 12 children enrolled, they were all hungry. Now, there are 60 - and every single child passed their exams last year. It just goes to show that even in the hardest of places, the education can be brilliant, and children can thrive.
Great
A wonderful achievement.
An incredible achievement. This is a powerful reminder that with the right support and opportunities, children can excel regardless of where they live.🙏
God bless your efforts in building and creating opportunities for these children
That's amazing, well done to all those students and to you for supporting them.
Incredible achievement. This is a powerful reminder that with the right support and opportunities, children can excel regardless of where they live.🙏
Yesterday our wonderful young volunteers shared the ATE story in Chilton Foliat. Izzy Tolputt was inspired by ATE at just 7 years old in her primary school assembly. She remembers hearing about our very first school feeding programme, and last night she talked about how it felt to be in Ghana for the launch of our 13th!
Our work is only possible with the support of communities in the Uk, and we’re so glad to have such dedicated young people on the team. Hearing them talk so confidently and emotionally about the impact of ATE on their lives was very special.
The next generation of change makers….. we can’t wait to see what they achieve.
So inspiring to see Izzy Tolputt carrying the ATE story with such passion and authenticity.🎉🙏
Huge congratulations to Izzy Tolputt and Brodi Andrew - shining examples of ATE's impact!
It was a really great evening. Well done Izzy and Brody.
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