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International Women’s Day -2016
Today is international women’s day. This is a global celebration of women, offering respect and appreciation for their many achievements; social, political and cultural. The women of Lawra are a magnificent example of love and courage in action. This is particularly...
ATE Film
ATE is delighted to announce the launch of their film showing the work of the charity in Lawra, a remote part of Upper West Ghana. The film is a joint project between Epiphany Productions (Asif Noorani and Graham Tilley) and ATE. Asif and Graham have generously...
International School Meals Day
International School Meals Day was launched in March 2013, and schools across the world have taken part in this day, which celebrates food and promotes healthy living through the education environment, annually. This international event has the backing of several...
Stephen Hodgson – February trip review
There are times in life when you just have to get on and commit to do things, even though at the time you might not fully understand why. My wife Janet and I committed to support ATE Ghana at its inception: financially through a monthly direct debit from our Company...
Action Through Enterprise (ATE) Joint Film Project with Epiphany Productions
Visit to Lawra – 22nd January to 1st February 2016 I have just returned from Lawra in Upper West Ghana. I was tasked with escorting Asif Noorani (Founding and Managing Partner, Epiphany Productions www.epiphany-productions.co.uk) and Graham Tilley (Creative Director,...
Sara Thompson, Journey of a Volunteer – Week 3
It’s been all change this week with the departure of Team 1, Charles and Dr. Nick, and the arrival of Team 2 – Pip Gardner, Karen Gardner, her boyfriend Ross, and a film crew – Graham and Asif. These last two are here to make several short films about ATE and the work...
Sara Thompson, Journey of a volunteer – week 2
The second week began on a Saturday. Normally a possible weekend day of rest but, in spite of the extremely relaxed pace of life out here, life doesn’t appear to stop in Ghana and so we spent the morning holding another workshop with the consultants. It was amazing to...
Sara Thompson, Journey of a volunteer – week 1
Having been the ATE bookkeeper for 7 months I was very keen to find out more about the work that ATE does and to see for myself firsthand the difference that the charity makes to so many extremely poor people in Lawra, Upper West Ghana. It was decided in October 2015...
Launch of ATE school feeding programme at Dowine Junior High School
Action Through Enterprise is proud to announce the launch of the ATE school feeding programme at Dowine Junior High School this week. Free school meals will now reach 206 hungry minds at Dowine Junior High each school day, where pupils’ poor diet affects their ability...
Lucy Gabriel
Lucy says her four daughters, Christina, Celestina, Augustina and Gifty “are always happy to come to school because of the free meals”. Lucy can be very proud of this as she is one of the cooks preparing the school meals every day since the ATE feeding programme...
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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