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Mary’s Story – Small Business Owner
People living around the globe work differently for their daily upkeep. Some work in the formal sector and others in the informal sector. Some businesses in Lawra which form part of the informal sector were not spared by COVID-19. Both women and men in business...
Rufina’s Story – Small Business Owner
The impact of Coronavirus is being felt by all businesses around the world. To help us understand the economic impact of COVID-19 in Lawra, the ATE team have been out in the community, talking with all of our small businesses, monitoring how they have been affected by...
Olivia’s Story – Student at Biro JHS
The longest vacation period basic schools have in Ghana here is after the third term. This is the period between early August to early September. A time students really long for. They buy the books, uniforms, school sandals, school bags, and basic home necessities by...
Ali’s Story – Small Business Owner
The virus, COVID-19, has had a huge impact on our daily personal lives and businesses. Markets were closed, borders closed, restaurants shut, buses parked and long distance travels terminated. It was a long, unproductive but resource consuming months. These months...
The impact of COVID-19 on families of disabled children
Paulina is now 8 years old and living with special needs. She is one amongst the many beneficiaries of ATE that was sent into main stream education in 2018. Just like her peers, she was also enjoying some of the interventions until the recent coronavirus menace. Her...
Solomon’s Story – Student at Bagri Junction JHS
This is Viezie Solomon a form two boy of Bagri Junction Junior High School. He has to burn charcoal to make vital funds during this season, while the schools are closed. He is scared to go back to school even if the ban on schools is lifted, due to the coronavirus....
Agnes’ Story – Small Business Owner
Agnes Kyile is one of the most determined young and enterprising people we support. She is a hairdresser and her hairdressing business was on the peak of progress. I could confidently say she would have made a sustainable business. She had constant flow of customers...
Atuolokuu’s Story – SNAP Mother
Atuolokuu is one of the members of our SNAP (Special Needs Awareness Programme) Lawra group - she is the mother of a sixteen year old disabled child. She deals with firewood and farming, for herself and her family's survival. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on...
The impact of COVID-19 on school children
Education forms an essential part of our everyday life, which goes beyond what takes place within the four walls of the classroom – it could be formal, informal or non-formal. These different types of education sometimes take place in varied ways, and in varied...
World Humanitarian Day – Rexford Benon
On this World Humanitarian Day, 19th August, members of ATE team give their thoughts on what it means to be a humanitarian aid worker. Here are the thoughts of Hub Manager and Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation Leader, Rexford Benon, here: We are living in a...
Summer News: Ambition and Hope becoming a reality! ☀️
Our year of Ambition and Hope for the people of Upper West Ghana has been full of challenges and triumphs. As we head into summer, here’s a taste of what’s been happening...
Summer News: Ambition and Hope becoming a reality! ☀️
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It's a massive thank you to everyone – without you, we can’t do this work. With you, we CAN be there for Evans and Lucy, we CAN get children into school, we CAN transform communities. With you, th...The people of Upper West are grateful
We are recruiting!
We are SO excited to be recruiting for three new roles in our new base in NANDOM! We are looking for three passionate, enthusiastic and hard-working individuals, who will be responsible for launching and delivering our programmes across the municipality:
🌟 2x SNAP Coordinators to launch and run our disability and inclusion programme
🌟 1x Hub Manager to lead our launch in our first community Hub of Development in Nandom, and manage our education and enterprise programmes
To find out more and to apply, go to bit.ly/ATEnandomrecruitment
Please do share this with anyone you think would be interested in the role.
We can't wait to get started. Let's do this!
Eggs!
One of our ATE traditions is giving our children an egg with their lunch on the last day of every school term. It’s a big deal for our kids, and for many of them, these are the only 3 eggs they’ll eat all year. It’s the small things that make a big difference 🥚
Huge thanks to our staff to getting raw eggs safely out to very rural schools on the back on motorbikes on dirt roads!
"egg day soon"🎉🙏