Tiereb Waarkwuu

Tiereb sits in the shade of the tree outside her compound while two of her daughters play and jostle for attention. She lives with her husband, her mother-in-law and five children. Bekyefu and Yangzanezie are in P4 and P5 at Karbo Primary and Aanuyang, the bigger of...

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...

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...