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We are hiring!
Recruitment of an Operations and Projects Support Officer This is a really exciting opportunity for somebody who is passionate about international development to contribute to outstanding poverty reduction projects in Lawra, Upper West Ghana, whilst working for an...
ATE enters a new phase
Having encountered some challenges in early 2019, ATE is in a time of transition. As a result, we are planning a significant enhancement of our team in country, to provide a more effective outreach. Since ATE’s birth in 2012, we have been moving gradually from a very...
Investing in Women and Girls
By Leela Shanti In my role with ATE as Programmes & Development Officer, I have responsibilities for managing our monitoring and evaluation processes, and using what we learn from our data to improve what we do – to improve our programmes, strategies and impacts....
Launch of Hub 5!
ATE is extremely excited to be launching its 5th ‘Hub of Development’ in Lawra! By Sarah Albeboure The new community to benefit from our innovative poverty reduction model is centred around Bagri Junction Junior High School (JHS), which serves the four nearby...
Evaluating the pilot of our vocation learning programme
VocATE: A Pilot Programme Evaluation – November 2018 The single greatest means of transforming a community in a sustainable way is to empower community members to support themselves. VocATE is a vocational learning programme launched by ATE in 2016, as a development...
Recruitment of a Fundraising and Communications Intern
We are excited to be looking for a 3 day per week Intern to join our small, dynamic team based in Ramsbury, Wiltshire. For the right candidate, this could be a wonderful opportunity to gain a wide range of skills and make a positive contribution to a growing...
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...
The most brilliant week at ATE, delivering wonderful work across Lawra and Nandom, and putting plans in place for so much more! From teaching the next generation to code to cooking eggs for our 1100 children as they finish their school year. Our work brings us joy every day.
And to top it all off, our wonderful supporter base have come through with funding for ALL of the girls in Gombile to go to school in September. Donations that will completely change lives.
We love our work, we love everyone who helps make it happen.
Bring on next week! Hopefully it'll be even better....
Thank you everyone ❤️
Impactful project
Can you help us give these girls a chance?
Blessing, Nancy and their 13 friends have just finished junior high school in the remote village of Gombile – and we would desperately like to support them to go on to Senior High School.
If they don’t go, they could end up migrating south and working in illegal mines – or staying at home, where they could become pregnant or married while still teenagers. The thought of it fills us with dread.
But if we can keep them in school, they can be safe, educated and become independent, self-sufficient young women. If we don’t raise the funds needed by August, it will be too late for them.
It costs £700 to change the trajectory of a girl’s life, and provide everything she needs for her three years at senior high school. Please get in touch with us ASAP if you’d like to help – you could make a one-off donation of £700 or a set up a monthly payment of £20 for three years. We’d be delighted with either!
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.
Sarah Annable-Gardner I will Support one of these girls 👍
Thank you so much to the 4 amazing people who have already been in touch about this project, and funded 5 girls to go to SHS in September ❤
Just 4 girls to go now ♥️ thank you to everyone who’s got in touch. If anyone else can help please let us know x
8 girls now funded ❤ 7 to go x
⭐️ Our 2025 Annual Report is here ⭐️
What a year! 2025 was truly a year of switching on hope. Across Lawra and Nandom, through a million small but thoughtful acts - a school lunch, a book, a wheelchair, a bag of fertiliser, an IT session, a business grant - we are enabling people to change their lives, to support their families and uplift their communities.
In the hardest of places, we are making miracles happen.
Thank you to everyone who made 2025 our best year ever. We couldn't have done it without you.
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