by admin | Oct 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
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,...
by admin | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Sep 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
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,...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Sep 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Throughout her life Zupuo has sold millet, maize and beans. She travels to Hamale, an hour or two away, to buy stock from her regular suppliers and then sell in Lawra. In the past, without the business capital to buy stock she has taken loans of 1,000 Ghc from money...
