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SNAP Mothers Small-Scale Business Training Programme
Action Through Enterprise (ATE) is on a fight to eradicate poverty of all forms in Lawra, using reliable and sustainable strategies that are within the reach of our beneficiaries. The SNAP mothers small-scale business training programme is a poverty alleviation...
Celebrating our newest team member!
Rachel Barker joins ATE as Admin and Finance Officer! Rachel comes from the accounts department of a global market research company. However, having taught maths for a number of years in secondary and primary schools, as well as working with young people who had been...
International Women’s Day 2022 – #BreakTheBias
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias. Every year, the 8th of March gives us an opportunity to reflect on how we are driving forward gender equality in our work – within our organisation, within our programmes, and within ourselves. Are...
Notice of Recruitment in Lawra
Role: SNAP Coordinator Hours: Full time Pay: 600GhC (gross) Location: ATE Inclusion Centre with time spent in rural communities within Lawra Municipality To apply: provide a CV and letter of application to Kaamil Issahaku to the ATE Inclusion Centre in Lawra before...
For the mind to be fed, it takes a full stomach: The expansion of ATE’s feeding programme to Tanchara
Around the world, school feeding schemes have been implemented to take care of pupil’s nutritional needs while promoting their capacity to learn. It does not only help to keep children in the system, but also ensures the wellbeing of all pupils and relieves some...
Recruitment of an Admin and Finance Officer
ATE is a small, dynamic, fast growing and well-respected charity which requires a competent, detail focused individual to play a key supportive role within the team to help drive the organisation forward. Admin and Finance Officer is an exciting, brand-new position...
A Reason to Dream
ATE VocATE SUPPORT PROJECT-2021 Education, Training, and lifelong learning calls for innovative approaches in skills development, which is directed towards poverty reduction and socio-economic empowerment of rural poor and their communities (Geneva, 17 June, 2017)....
Lawra under water: Life on the frontline of climate change
Every year, Lawra experiences flooding during the rainy season caused by torrential rains or the spillage of the Bagre dam in neighbouring Burkina Faso. Most affected by these floods are the rural communities around the Black Volta river. The river and its...
Hermas “International” – the man who’s building Lawra
“I’m making a gate for a customer in Accra, I’m working on the solar panel project on the outskirts of town and…”, he points down the road, “I built this street too!” Hermas, or Hermas “International” as his friends tease, is a big personality and an ATE role model in...
A day in the life of Agnes, a kayeye street girl
It’s 4am and dark when Agnes rubs sleep from her eyes and rolls out of bed. She lights a pile of firewood, arranged the night before, and starts preparing pies. Once piping hot, she packs them into a metal container, heaves it onto her head and sets out onto the...
A brave team of six completed the Tough Mudder London South yesterday, raising funds for our work in Ghana!
Sarah, James, Archie, Joe, Freddie and Charlie took on muddy puddles, ice baths, even electric shocks - and have raised over £1,000 so far. All in a day's work!
We're so grateful for their herculean efforts to support Action Through Enterprise, you can still sponsor them here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/ate-toughmudder-southlondon-2023
Fancy taking on your own challenge to raise funds for a great cause? Email us at admin@ateghana.org
This so wonderful! Thanks to you all for this selfless initiative
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Huge congratulations to father and son duo, Chris and Paul Moss, who completed the legendary Fred Whitton Challenge in the Lake District yesterday!
Not only did they conquer 112 miles and 3,900 gruelling metres in 9 hours, but they also smashed their fundraising target for Action Through Enterprise!
Can we help them reach £2K?! Donate to their heroics here: www.justgiving.com/page/ride4ate
The lovely ladies in Ramsbury knit us beautiful, soft, culturally appropriate toys for the disabled children we work with in Lawra. They are made with love and played with with joy! We were so happy to collect another batch of gorgeous animals yesterday.
Supporting the people of Lawra can be done in so many ways, please get in touch if you want to volunteer or donate time, goods or skills!