Our News
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 Greatest Physical Challenge of my Life, by Karen Gardner
This weekend I completed the greatest physical challenge of my life, all to raise money for the charity founded and run by my family – ATE (Action Through Enterprise). As a founder member, ATE is very close to my heart and I was thrilled to be able to take part in...
Young Fundraisers
A HUGE thank you to one of our youngest fundraisers, five-year-old Francesca Hamilton, who donated the contents of her piggybank to ATE’s school feeding programme. Last week, Franki, a pupil at Speenhamland Primary School in Newbury, gave us £1.65 which is enough to...
Our Big Ride – Update and Pictures!
One Lung Pete and his team are making great progress on their ride of epic proportions! After reaching their overnight stop in Truro in great time yesterday, and competing in the local pub quiz, the team set off at 8am again this morning. Todays route takes them...
Bookkeeper Required
Bookkeeper Required ATE is looking for a volunteer to take responsibility for keeping the monthly books. Candidates should have experience of bookkeeping and be competent with Excel. This approximately 2 day per month role can be completely flexible, and be based...
A Weekend of Fundraising – World Wide!
There were many fundraising events for ATE taking place this weekend and each event proved to be a great success raising vital funds for our work in Upper West Ghana. Fundraising events took place locally in Ramsbury and London, and as far around the world as Sydney...
Ramsbury Street Fair – a great day!
Saturday 9th May was The Ramsbury Street Fair. The village was full of life, with the entire community coming together. Luckily, despite a dodgy forecast, the weather held out well and there was even a glimpse of sunshine in the afternoon. ATE had a busy day, with...
“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 💚
ATE is really impacting lives
Congratulations Agnes and God bless the founders and donors of ATE 💕💕
The smile alone defines it all. After all the fear of failure, with the help of ATE your long time resilience came through. Congratulations dear 🎉🎉
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Great 👍. Impactful
Wonderful! Go 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.🎉
This is a huge incredible journey for Agnes. Such amazing and interesting stories to hear. Thanks to Action Through Enterprise - ATE for the transformation. May all these incredible stories uplift the organization with great resources to support others. Bravo to all the donors 🤞🤞
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 ❤
Congratulations, l Agnes. You were determined.
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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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