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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 Overview of ATE’s Special Needs Awareness Programme (SNAP)
ATE’s SNAP programme is an inspiring example of a community led group which is not only offering the families of disabled children fantastic support, but has also resulted in unprecedented social change through tackling the stigma of disability and changing minds in...
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...
“My journey was not easy, but ATE held my hand. Today i wear the green uniform of nursing training college with pride. Thank you for making my dreams reality”
Through her teens, Agnes was student in term time and a kayeye street girl in the holidays. She travelled south and worked from 4am everyday selling meat pies on the side of the road, to return to Biro every September with a pair of sandals and a dream of something better for her future.
When Byron Wigglesworth interviewed her in 2021, he asked her what she wanted to become, ‘I will be a nurse’ she beamed, looking down at her sandals. Her quiet confidence shone through. From a community where almost nobody before her had made it to tertiary education, she knew exactly what she wanted for herself - against all odds.
Agnes has been determined to succeed, and she’s done it. Today her dream has come true. She’s training to be a nurse.
We are hugely inspired by her, this incredibly young woman who is forging her own path. We're proud to be part of her journey.
Her story from 2021 is moving and beautifully written by Byron, read it here here: ateghana.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-agnes-a-kayeye-street-girl/
We can’t think of a better way to spent a Friday morning than taking a moment to celebrate Agnes 💚
Such an inspiring journey! 💚 Agnes is just one of many girls with incredible potential, but whose circumstances and lack of support can limit their opportunities. Stories like hers remind us why creating opportunities matters Action Through Enterprise - ATE.🎉
ATE is an excellent organization that has done extremely exceptional in the Lawra municipality and beyond. I can say this because I had been fortunate to work with this organization on a part time base and trust me Action Through Enterprise is a blessing. As we pray for its continuous growth and success, I stand on my authority to plead with everyone putting efforts to make this work, to continue and be assured that you are making a difference. I have worked with Sarah Annable-Gardner from the beginning and I can confidently say you are making a great impact in society. To the founders of ATE, donors, trustees consultants and everyone involved, I say good work done. To the beneficiary from the various models , please I advise you to make this effort by ATE count just like Agnes and even better. Opportunity they say come but once.
So happy for Ages that she has achieved her dream, she gives me hope ❤
Great 👍. Impactful
Wonderful! Go Agnes!
Congratulations
We are fully horrified by this statistic. 53,414 teenage girls pregnant in Ghana in the first half of this year, and even worse - 1501 of them were between 10 and 14 years old.
It makes us feel sick. And it drives us to do more for young women.
Making sure girls can stay in education, that they have the basic tools they need to learn, changes everything. It empowers them, provides structure and purpose, educates them on their rights and enables hope for the future. Ultimately it protects them.
This September, we’re supporting 40 girls to go on to senior high school. 40 amazing young women who otherwise wouldn’t be able to go, who tell us they would have been had to travel south to earn money, or get married. 40 lives changed forever.
It is the single most powerful thing we do.
And the very best bit, is that we’re beginning to see long term results. Girls we supported back in the early 2020’s have now graduated. They have jobs, are training to be nurses, or at university. And they’re volunteering for us when they can, supporting the next generation. They are strong and capable, they have bright futures ahead.
These horrible statistics, and the anger we have about every single girl who this has happened to - they remind us why we do this work.
Thank you to everyone who helps make it possible 💚
Thank you Pilates with Carrie for putting on a Cake & Coffee Morning to support our disabled children in Ghana 💚
Carrie's amazing Mum, Dee Anderson, has been volunteering for us for over a decade, travelling to rural Ghana twice a year to train our inclusion team in using play in learning. She is a hero, and we're so grateful to have Carries supporting us too.
£70 raised already! Every penny makes a difference and is appreciated so much.
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