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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...
Kuunibe’s Story
Kuunibe Zupuo – 13 years old, P4, Karbo Primary When Kuunibe woke up this morning she didn't have anything to eat in the house and she hardly ever does. She lives in a compound house with her grandparents, parents, aunties and uncles, 4 sisters and 4 brothers, one of...
Summary of Data Collection from Karbo Primary and Junior High Schools
Kanyiri Godfred, a team member for ATE in Lawra, pens his thoughts and experiences of the process of weighing and measuring all 654 students that attend Karbo Primary and JHS. A detailed report into our findings will follow in due course. '17th July, 2015 was a day...
Patience Vorinye
Patience is an enterprising 28 year old woman. Five years ago she started out selling chips (hard dough based snacks) and boiled eggs with pepper. Today, having used her ATE grant and the business know-how she gained to expand, she also sells second-hand clothing,...
Investigation in Iodine Deficiency in Lawra District – An Update
We are now half way through our three weeks of goiter screening across Lawra District. We are carrying out this study to find out the extent of iodine deficiency amongst women of child-bearing age, between 15-40 years old. The right levels of nutrition and...
David Quansah
Sitting in the cool dappled shade of his courtyard, David explains that he learnt his trade in rearing pigs from his uncle at the age of 19 when he lived in the south of Ghana, in Takoradi. He has now lived in his home town Lawra in the Upper West for the past 10...
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.👍🎉