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Exciting Opportunity for Sponsor
We have exciting news! In January Asif Noorani (founder of Epiphany Productions www.epiphany-productions.co.uk) and Graham Tilley (cinematographer) are coming to Lawra to film ATE’s work. This is to create film footage of ATE’s story with a view to helping the charity...
Lord Joel Joffe Sets ATE a Challenge
‘It is remarkable to have achieved so much in such a short time and to have already made a difference to the lives and future of so many children’. These are the words of one of our major supporters, Lord Joel Joffe, former Chair of Oxfam and passionate campaigner for...
Webmart donates to ATE!
The children of Karbo Primary School in Lawra, Upper West, Ghana say a massive thank you for the £100 donation from Webmart to Action Through Enterprise (ATE). Webmart's support has provided a school meal for the 464 pupils at Karbo Primary for one day, plus an extra...
Mercy Urfa
Mercy has been a cook at Karbo primary since the ATE school feeding programme began three years ago. She was volunteering as the treasurer of the PTA but was not working until she was informed about the programme and put forward as a cook. Mercy lives with her four...
EducATE at Dowine!
In January we begin providing free school meals to 211 students at Dowine Junior High School! Free school meals are a vital support for a child’s education. Families in this area experience five months of food insecurity every year and for three of those months, most...
Fundraising at Thatcham Festival with the Trinity Community Choir
Trinity Community Choir gave a heart-warming concert as part of Thatcham Festival on Saturday 17th October at the Baptist Church, Thatcham. Directed by Ann Wright, the choir of 80 men and women performed a mixed programme from Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven to...
Peace Zobasegh
Peace has been making Kenkey, a popular Ghanaian staple made from fermented maize, for many years but her business collapsed in 2012 when her husband had a serious accident. She used all her savings to pay for his medical care and had no capital to continue her trade....
Fundraising at Farleigh School
Following a talk from Sarah Gardner to the children and teachers at Farleigh School, some inspired children have carried out some fantastic fundraising to support ATE's work in Ghana. Here's an extract from their newsletter: 'Congratulations to Skye Dowling, Tilly...
Kuorisen Kuuyinme – 16 years old, P5, Karbo Primary
Kuorisen came to his parents’ home town of Lawra from Techiman and started school in P1 aged five. Along the way he dropped out of school to do farming. He lost his father and his mother lives in the south, so he has lived with his father's older brother for the past...
Patience Vorinye, SNAP Committee Member
ATE's Special Needs Awareness Programme (SNAP), provides education and support for children with disabilities and their families. In Ghana disability is not often discussed in terms of diagnosis but Patience explains that when her daughter, Michelle, was 3 years old...
A date for your diary!
Everyone is very warmly welcome to join us on Thursday 27th November, in Ramsbury, to raise a glass in celebration of a wonderful year.
We’ll be sharing stories from our work in Upper West Ghana, updating you on our exciting growth into a new district, and hearing from Tim Eliot-Cohen about his fascinating trip last year.
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We are excited to be supporting more farms in Lawra and Nandom!
Applications are open for another round of committed, hardworking farmers to join our Dry Season Farming programme in Lawra, as well as our first round in Nandom. As part of the programme, farmers receive funding for equipment, training in commercial and agricultural skills, as well as regular mentoring. Farming collectives or groups are also welcome to apply.
To apply for the programme, please visit the ATE Office and Inclusion Centre in Lawra (opposite the fire station) or Nandom (by Segru market), to pick up an application form.
The deadline for applications is Friday 10th October.
Good luck!
Read more about the programme here: ateghana.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Dry-Season-Farmers-report-2025.pdf
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"I've had simple plans for more than 10 years now that i couldn't accomplish due to lack of financial support. With this grant, I can live all of my dreams" Perpetual, Dressmaker.
We've just enrolled 26 new businesses across Lawra and Nandom into our Enterprise programme! With a grant, plus targeting training and mentoring - these entrepreneurs will thrive.
Creating opportunities for people to launch and grow businesses, increase profits and employ others is at the heart of our work. Change ripples out and impacts the whole community.
We wish Perpetual, and all of this new cohort (our biggest yet!) all the success.