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Bamg-Benibe – aged 17, Form 3, Karbo JHS
Bamg-Benibe is a bright, confident 17 year old girl. She is in Form Three and top of her class, preparing to take her BECE exams. She is the last born of five siblings, though having lost her parents some years ago while schooling in Sunyani, she now lives with her...
Raymond Sappor – 28 years old, student teacher, Karbo JHS
Raymond Sappor is a smiling, gently spoken, 28 year old teacher of Social Studies and Religious Moral Education at Karbo Junior High School (JHS). He was born and raised in Lawra, attended Karbo JHS himself when he was younger and understands the effects of poverty...
Mary Salamatu Dery
Mary is a lean, strong looking woman with a twinkle in her eye that makes it difficult to determine her age. Her parents died when she was young and she went to live with an older brother in Accra. She didn’t get the chance to go to school. Instead learnt how to cook...
Investigation into iodine deficiency in Lawra
Our fantastic volunteer, Leela, has just started working on an exciting new project investigating iodine deficiency..... Here is a summary of what she's looking into. For the past three years ATE has been successfully running SNAP, a special needs awareness programme,...
Welcome to the team – Sara Thompson!
Sara Thompson is joining the ATE team as a Volunteer Bookkeeper. As ATE continues to grow, we need more support to keep on top of the day to running of the charity. Sara is working on 'the books' for approximately 2 days a week, helping us to keep track of our...
Paulina’s Story
Paulina Naab Kog Paulina’s family name indicates that she is from a family of twins; she is a twin herself, she married a twin and she has six children. Three of her children, Nonbaar, Maasobangsu and Naamwinum, attend Karbo Primary School in P6, P1 and the day...
The Castle School Fundraising Evening!
Last Thursday, the 11th June, Sarah and Luke were invited to and attended a fundraising event at The Castle School in Newbury. The event was organised to raise money to support the students carrying out the Duke of Edinburgh Award, and for ATE. During the evening,...
Yangzanezie’s Story
Yangzanezie Waarkw – 15 years old, P5, Karbo Primary 15 year old Yangzanezie, whose name means 'the place where you attain knowledge', lives with his mother and father, 3 sisters and 2 brothers in Tuore, Lawra. His grandfather is the one who provides for the family,...
Leela Shanti Joins the ATE Team
Yesterday morning, Leela Shanti arrived in Lawra, after a very long bus journey from Accra. We are delighted to have Leela volunteering for us for the next 6 weeks. Leela is an experienced and competent development professional, who will add tremendous value to the...
Team of Ramsbury Cyclists achieve their 1000 mile challenge
On the Sunday 7th June, the community of Ramsbury, a small village in Wiltshire, celebrated the return of their cycling heroes. Peter Willets, Charles Gardner and Steve Tippins raised an incredible £13,669 cycling the long, hilly 1000 miles from Lands End to John...
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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