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Independence and Freedom
On this Independence Day, school children in Lawra are proudly marching to celebrate Ghanaian freedom. They wear freshly pressed uniforms, shining white socks and moisturise their skin until it gleams, hold their heads high and march in perfect unison. They are proud...
Trade in your pancakes for Sensen this Shrove Tuesday!
Sensen are savoury pancakes made with bean flour, water and oil. When the Sensen are served, they are torn up into medium sized pieces and mixed into a pot of green vegetables. Deliciously salty, they are eaten with your hands and go perfectly with a bit of chilli...
My visit to Ghana volunteering with ATE
I have just returned from my trip to Lawra in the Upper West region of Ghana. I returned the day the snow came to Hungerford so it was quite a contrast to the 33 degrees I had enjoyed for the past 3 weeks. However being cocooned at home for the weekend looking out at...
A new library at Karbo Primary School!
In January, Kate Regan and Carol Shanahan made a trip all the way to Lawra to help Karbo Primary School renovate their library. Books had been provided by ATE in 2014, but without a positive learning environment and education on HOW to use them, the books were not...
My Trip to Lawra, by Charles Gardner
Highlights of My Visit to Lawra (January 2019) I have just returned from Lawra in the Upper West of Ghana, having spent 2 weeks there. My primary purpose was to work with the ATE Ghana staff on delivering our training to the ATE-supported small businesses, I also met...
Job Opportunity in Lawra!
Recruitment of SNAP Play Scheme Coordinator Do you enjoy working with disabled children and their families? Are you kind, enthusiastic and compassionate? Would you like to help ATE improve the lives of people in Lawra? If the answers the above questions are all YES,...
High-Ho! High-Ho! Off to Ghana I go!
Following a recent talk at a U3A coffee morning by Sarah Albeboure, the Chief Executive, of a local charity ATE (Action Through Enterprise) based in Ramsbury, I am off to volunteer in Ghana!! I met with Sarah a few weeks after the coffee morning as I said I would like...
ATE’s Christmas Newsletter
2018 Christmas newsletter Newsletter No: 10 – Christmas 2018 A message from ATE’s Chief Executive: I can hardly believe it’s been over six years since ATE began. It’s been an incredible journey… From our beginnings as a family-run, volunteer-led, tiny organisation, to...
Finally! A good use for an old plastic bottle…
The dry season is traditionally a time when farming ceases because of the unavailability of water, with the people of Lawra choosing to stock pile resources during the rainy season to tide them through. Anecdotal evidence collected from school students, suggests these...
Recruitment of a Project Assistant
ATE is a young and dynamic non-governmental development organisation that is making a significant impact in Lawra, Ghana. We are looking for a capable, enthusiastic and hardworking person to become an ATE Project Assistant. The successful candidate will have...
We're still celebrating the Third Sector Awards!
Read all about it here: ateghana.org/action-through-enterprise-wins-big-at-awards/
A huge round of applause for your achievement Ernestina Gan 👏👏
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈
You did great job, congratulations! 🎉
Congratulations 🍾🎊
Whoop whoop - so well deserved
Congratulations to you Sissy 🙌🎊❤️
Congratulations 🎉🎉
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We’ve won! 🏆🎉❤️
We are absolutely delighted to be named Small Charity Big Achiever at the Third Sector Awards 2025! This is truly wonderful recognition of the huge impact we make on our small budget.
Plus, our amazing Ernestina Gan was Highly Commended as an Unsung Hero - so well deserved and incredibly special.
We’re raising a glass across two continents. A huge ‘cheers’ to Action Through Enterprise, to Ernestina Gan (who will always be our Hero), to our team and our beautiful work.
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉
Congratulations 🎊
Congratulations
Well done!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Congratulations to Us and a HUGE ONE to you Ernestina Gan-well deserved!🎊🎊🎊
Huge congratulations - well deserved ✨ and well done Ernestina Gan
This is well Deserved 👏 congratulations to everyone!
Congratulations 👏
Beyond proud of Action Through Enterprise - ATE, our incredible team and our wonderful work. Two awards is completely beyond expectation and overwhelmingly wonderful! Such fantastic recognition of our impact 💚
So pleased for you all hard work paid off. Congratulations all 👏👏
Congratulations everyone at ATE Such an achievement. Well done Sarah. So well deserved. Xx
How fantastic and so utterly well deserved xxxx
💕💕we’ll done ATE, lots of love Sarah xxx
Huge congratulations to the whole ATE team! Well deserved. So incredibly proud of you Saz ❤️
Wow that is amazing and so well deserved. And special congratulations to Ernestina who has made such a difference to so many.
Congratulations! Incredible work xxx
Amazing Sarah Annable-Gardner. I’m so happy for you and your wonderful charity. A well deserved award and well done to Ernestina x
Fantastic , whoop whoop hooray. Couldn’t be prouder, just shows hard work and dedication and a great team what you can do ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
Wow amazing!! Huge congratulations and so well deserved xxx
Congratulations to the whole team at Action Through Enterprise - ATE and a big one for Ernestina. Well deserved 🎊
Congratulations 🎉 Action Through Enterprise - ATE and to Gan Ernestina
Today is the awards ceremony for the Third Sector Awards where we are shortlisted in TWO categories! Whether we win or not, we are incredibly proud to get so far in the process, of this fantastic recognition and (most of all) of the outstanding work we do every day. We already feel like winners.
In the Small Charity Big Achiever award, we can’t imagine a better candidate for first place. By global standards we are a tiny organisation, but the impact we have is truly gigantic. For every disabled child we enable to thrive, every entrepreneur that can run a successful business, every school girl who can continue her studies, every farmer who can grow crops all year round – our support means everything, and it makes us so proud. We’re a small team punching well above our weight, reaching many thousands of people on a small budget, and making real, long term change.
And in the Unsung Hero category….. Ernestina Gan, we are so incredibly proud of you. From the moment you came to your interview for SNAP Coordinator back in 2018, you have been dedicated to the disabled children of Lawra. That day, you blew bubbles and laughed with the children, you were so kind to the parents, you were confident that you could make their lives better – and you have done exactly that. You have worked tirelessly, always with such passion, empathy and commitment. You have grown your skills, battled through difficult situations, spoken up when you have needed to, and been kind and calm throughout. The milestone of getting 100 disabled children into school is a miracle, and you have made it happen. You are an inspiration, and we are so lucky to have you. In our eyes, there is no better candidate for this award - you are our Hero.
We feel like winners every day. We’re bursting full of hope & ambition for our wonderful charity, and gratitude that we’re able to do what we do. Award winners or not, here’s to an exciting future of change ✨
Congratulations,award well deserved 🌹
Congratulations to her. Hard work really pays.
Congratulations 🎉👏
Congratulations ! Huge impact and achievement
Congratulations in advance 🎊🎉🎈
Congratulations for the opportunity. I wish you the best of luck you deserve it all.
Good luck you all deserve it. The hard work you put in is amazing 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much! I'm grateful for the recognition and support.
Congratulations
So proud Action Through Enterprise - ATE. Congratulations to us for this huge recognition ❤️
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to Action Through Enterprise - ATE and Ernestina Gan on the well-deserved recognition!🎉🎉 Fingers crossed for a win 🏆
Love this 💚 So proud of Action Through Enterprise - ATE and especially our wonderful Ernestina Gan.
Congratulations 🎊
Congratulations 🎊