ATE News
Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you all! This year has been extraordinary: challenging, exhausting, heartbreaking, with moments of overwhelming joy. Our work has been more vital than ever, as hunger and poverty spiralled. ATE has been there for the people of Lawra, providing...
Chief Executive trains for Santa Run!
Sarah Gardner, ATE's co-founder and Chief Executive, is in training for our 5km Santa Run on 20th December. 'Having spent Lockdown #1 eating Twirls and drinking Sauvignon blanc, i'm determined that #2 will be better for my health! I've started the Couch to 5k with the...
Recruitment of an Interim Director of Operations
This is a really exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the work of a fantastic small international development charity. Action Through Enterprise (ATE) is a looking for an outstanding candidate to direct and manage our vibrant programmes and...
Celebrating Black History Month – Who was the real Lion King?
You’re likely to be familiar with Disney’s Lion King – the animated film, musical and more recent remake – but take a closer look at the history of African empires and African kings and you will see it parallels a true African legend. The story is very similar to a...
Educational Inequalities in Ghana
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed stark regional, social and economic inequalities in Ghana's educational system. On 16th March, days after Ghana confirmed its first case of coronavirus, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced indefinite closure of all schools to curb...
Winner of a Global Good Award!
ATE is delighted have won a Global Good Award in the Community Partnership category for our innovative BizATE work carried out in partnership with Commercial Education Trust. BizATE is a small business development training programme which tackles deepening poverty in...
The Plight of a Disabled Farming Group in Lissa
I had the unique privilege to visit some farmers who are into Dry Season Farming. Spending time with farmers, on the farm, learning about their work was an eye-opening experience. Lissa farming group was one of the farms I visited. This is a farming group of disabled...
Mary’s Story – Small Business Owner
People living around the globe work differently for their daily upkeep. Some work in the formal sector and others in the informal sector. Some businesses in Lawra which form part of the informal sector were not spared by COVID-19. Both women and men in business...
Rufina’s Story – Small Business Owner
The impact of Coronavirus is being felt by all businesses around the world. To help us understand the economic impact of COVID-19 in Lawra, the ATE team have been out in the community, talking with all of our small businesses, monitoring how they have been affected by...
Olivia’s Story – Student at Biro JHS
The longest vacation period basic schools have in Ghana here is after the third term. This is the period between early August to early September. A time students really long for. They buy the books, uniforms, school sandals, school bags, and basic home necessities by...
To celebrate being alive for 10,000 days, the amazing Robbie Lesiak has cycled 350km from Halifax to Edinburgh. He’s raised an incredible £1464 for ATE and we are SO grateful. Thank you Robbie, you’re a hero 🚴♂️
You can still sponsor Robbie here: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=RobbieLesiak&pageUrl=1
It's #smallcharityweek2021 - from14th-19th June!
As a super small but mighty and impactful charity, we're proud to have supported 2,000+ children to access education, 100+ small business owners, and hundreds of disabled children and families, as well as many members of the wider community in Lawra, Ghana.
Small Charity Week celebrates and raises awareness of the vital work of small charities, like ours, which make an invaluable contribution to communities in the UK and around the world.
Amid the pressures of the pandemic and cuts to UK Aid, it has never been more vital to stand up for the small charity sector. On the Working Group for the Small International Development Charities Network (SIDCN) is ATE's Programme and Development Manager, Leela Shanti. SIDCN is a coalition of small charities working overseas, which have come together to amplify the voice of our sector and the communities we serve.
We are #smallbutmighty and can achieve the incredible things that we do to improve lives in Lawra because of the support you provide. Thank you for supporting small charities like ATE!
To find out more about Small Charity Week see: www.smallcharityweek.com/
It's the end of term for our students, which brings with it an ATE end of term tradition - eggs!
All of the students at our seven schools enjoyed this nutritious (and well-deserved!) treat with their lunch today. Yum! 🥚😋
Healthy nutrition, Happy faces...well deserved treat.
Good nutrition for a healthy mindset
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Eggcellent gift to end a term.