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ATE Chief Executive Sarah Annable-Gardner becomes MBE!
Sarah is honoured in the New Year’s Honours List ‘for services to International Development in Ghana’. At a time when international development is under pressure, this is an incredible achievement - and we are beyond delighted to see ATE’s life-changing work...
From strength to strength …the heart-lifting story of Evans
By Dee Anderson, SNAP Advisor Of all the 400 disabled children Action Through Enterprise has supported through its SNAP programme, the story of four year-old Evans is probably one of our most inspiring. When I first met him a couple of years ago, he was so tiny and...
From mother to son … a success story that starts with a bowl of food!
Rising entrepreneur Ernest Yuori and his mother Josephine – an ATE cook - are the living embodiment of Action Through Enterprise’s incredible ‘ripple effect”. This inspiring family is changing its own fortunes - and those of their community. Little did...
Re-igniting Hope: How ATE is Empowering Girls to Reach Senior High School
In the deprived communities of Biro and Gombile (both in Lawra in the Upper West Region of Ghana), an incredible story of hope and transformation is unfolding. Eighteen young girls from these very deprived areas – where poverty often silences dreams before they can...
Autumn news!
It has been an incredible few months for Action Through Enterprise, with some truly inspiring work. In these troubled times, we are showing it is possible to make a long lasting difference. The expansion into Nandom is already bringing real hope to pupils,...
Izzy Tolputt – my trip to Ghana
When I was 7 years old I learnt about ATE in an assembly at Ramsbury Primary School - little did I know that 11 years later I’d be in Lawra myself! I did my work experience with ATE, exploring the impact of period poverty on girls in Lawra and Marlborough - and I was...
Action Through Enterprise wins big at awards!
“To be named Small Charity Big Achiever at the Third Sector Awards is wonderful recognition of the huge impact we make on our small budget.” Sarah Annable-Gardner, Chief Executive Action Through Enterprise has taken home the title of Small Charity Big Achiever at...
Biggest batch of new businesses ever!
“I feel very excited to be part of this life-changing journey - creating jobs and giving people valuable skills. Enabling them to stand on their own, it is a joy.” Sylvester Karbo, Dowine and Bagri Hub Manager and BizATE Lead As part of our mission to fight...
Sarah’s trip to Ghana
By Sarah Annable-Gardner “My week in Ghana has moved me beyond words. Seeing the impact of Action Through Enterprise has taken my breath away, my heart has literally felt like it will burst with joy over and over again.” In June, Action Through Enterprise Chief...
Back to school!
The rain poured down in Tokuu yesterday, but that didn’t stop the smiles! Despite the weather, 48 children came to school and enjoyed their FIRST EVER school lunch. This is a brilliant start to our partnership with Tokuu Junior High School – when we first visited,...
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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