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It has been another busy and exciting year for ATE! To read our Christmas Newsletter, click here: ate-newsletter-christmas-2016

ATE is a looking for a passionate local person to cover a period of maternity cover in 2017. This role would suit a person with excellent knowledge of ATE’s work in Lawra, a proven history of community fundraising and outstanding local relationships. The role will...

Several weeks ago I was lucky enough to represent ATE at a charity function at the Castle School in Newbury. It was a Curry and Quiz evening with the curry being cooked by the students. This is a school that caters for students of 16 years + with special needs. ATE...

I’m sitting across a table from Jennifer, a diminutive and solemn 14 year old student at Gombele Junior High School. The table has been placed under a tree a little distance from the school buildings to ensure our conversation is private. Jennifer is amongst a small...

It's that festive time of year and as part of the Christmas cheer we want to celebrate this fantastic opportunity for ATE supporters to maximise their gifts to the charity! The Joffe Charitable Trust, incredibly generously, will provide one-off grants to ATE for every...

It was a drizzly and murky night when Astrid and I made our first visit to the Castle School Newbury last night.The weather did not deter some 45 parents, staff and children from turning up to their school for a fundraiser, specially for ATE. The Castle School is a...

Most of the initiatives that ATE put into practice come through the obvious route from idea to activation via Sarah and her team, trustees and volunteers, but just occasionally ideas pop out of the woodwork when you least expect them.  It demonstrates how the good...

On my first day in the ATE Ramsbury office, Sarah and Leela asked if I would like to visit Lawra in May of next year. Without hesitating I said yes. I love travelling and this will be my first trip to West Africa. Reading about all of Action Through Enterprise’s...

In June of this year I wandered into the ATE office in Ramsbury and casually asked Sarah Gardner about volunteering opportunities for someone like me, an artist in his fifties, in the world of the international development. Before I had left the office half an hour...

I am excited about joining the team at ATE Ghana and look forward to getting stuck in to the challenges ahead as well as getting to know all the volunteers and team members. Not only are their aims worthwhile but their actions are successful and what has been achieved...