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First Find Your Beekeepers……….. and then Your Bees……
There has been a long standing history of keeping bees in Lawra where the climate and vegetation are sufficiently fertile to produce the right conditions for beekeeping to survive successfully. For the past few years, beekeepers in Lawra have been few and far...
Farewell to Luke
Luke Hodgson, who had been involved with ATE both as a volunteer and employee for just over 2 years, leaves today for pastures new in the USA. Sarah and her team are immensely grateful to him for his dedication both to ATE and the people of Lawra. The depth of his...
A Night at the Movies – By Kevin Dennis
I went to the movies last night. When I say 'movies', it was in Ramsbury's village hall. I saw a short film (twenty minutes?) about a local girl, a primary school teacher, who'd gone to work for a year in a remote community in North-western Ghana. I will confess to a...
The ATE Film Premiere – a Review
'An empty sack cannot stand.' With those words Habib Albeboure captures the reasons why ATE was founded in 2012. He is the main narrator in the recently released and much anticipated documentary, highlighting the work of ATE in Lawra, Upper West Ghana. The film was...
EXCITING NEW PROJECT ON THE WAY!!
Dry-Season Gardening The following article is a summary of a feasibility report produced by Gabriel Maanibe outlining the issues with, and support needed to encourage dry season gardening. Gabriel's brief was to examine the desirability and usefulness of ATE...
What an amazingly easy way to donate!!!
What is Give as you Live? Give as you Live is a shopping and price comparison website with a heart. You can shop for products from thousands of leading online retailers; use their price comparison tool to ensure you get the best price and even save money by using the...
New project idea for apprenticeships in Lawra
Apprenticeships are a fantastic way for people to acquire the technical skills necessary to learn a trade on the job, enter a profession and generate income. In places like Lawra, where poverty rates are high and job opportunities are low, this applies even more so....
Aldbourne Community Market
A team from ATE attended the Aldbourne Community Spring market last Sunday, armed with brochures, information about ATE’s work, stories from recent trips to Ghana, and items to sell from some of our small business owners. As well as this, ATE was selling honey on...
A Note of Thanks – Ellie Barrett
I would like to thank the staff and consultants of ATE in Lawra for showing us around so generously on our latest visit. I have been fortunate enough to witness from the sidelines, life before ATE and the journey it has taken. What really struck me on my visit, three...
ATE BizATE Evaluation
The evaluation results of Action Through Enterprise’s (ATE) small business development programme (BizATE) are out and beautifully capture how lives in Lawra are being changed for the better. In January 2016, ATE conducted its first formal evaluation of the BizATE...
An afternoon tea that made a difference 🍰
Wonderful volunteer Dee invited friends for a delicious cream tea in her beautiful garden yesterday, and raised £469!
These vital funds will go directly to help children in rural Ghana go to school. Children who are hungry for education, but lack the basic tools they need to get there like books, pencils - and, most importantly, a school lunch to give them the energy they need to get through the day.
It was a perfect way to spend a sunny Sunday.
Heartfelt thanks to Dee for always having our children in her heart, and a special mention to Geoff for his spectacular strawberry jam!
A beautiful afternoon, thank you for our invite
Grateful for kind-hearted people like Dee who make a difference 🙏
That's so heartwarming!
Very well done Dee, and thank you to everyone that made a donation!🎉🙏
Great job we really appreciate the good words you have been doing for our communities
Great
Well done Dee and everyone who made this donation successful. We are highly proud of your capabilities. Kudos to you all 🎉
Do the summer holidays get better than this?
Whilst schools are closed, our Inclusion Centres are packed full of learning! Doors are open for children or all ages to read and write, learning tech skills, colour & play games. A safe place of aspiration and fun!
Through electricity blackouts, heavy rain and excessive heat - our fantastic team of staff and volunteers have been running sessions all summer long!
An incredible community space, anywhere in the world.
busy and exciting summer for these kids.👍🎉