The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM), a prominent civil society organization in Ghana, is dedicated to improving the well-being of widows and orphans. In collaboration with Plan International Ghana, WOM is embarking on a three-year project called “Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL)”. This initiative aims to empower women and amplify their voices. Below is the...
Miss Gertrude Schauber, who has since passed away, visited her daughter Almuth Schauber, who was serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana. During her visit, Ms. Gertrude had the opportunity to meet Madam Betty Ayabiba, the founder of the Widows and Orphans Movement. Moved by the plight of widows in Ghana, Ms. Gertrude returned to Germany and...
WOM on the 26th of January 2024 distributed a food package worth over Fifteen Thousand Ghana Cedis to twenty (20) vulnerable widows as part of its ongoing Harmattan Food Breeze Project across seven districts in the Upper East Region. This part of the donation of GH₵ 25,995.30 received from Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. Additionally,...
The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM) has received a donation of Twenty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Five Ghana Cedis Thirty Pesewas (GHS 25,995.30) from Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc for its Educational and Harmattan Food Breeze Programs. WOM have utilized a portion of the donation, providing financial assistance of Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GHC 500.00)...
Black Soap from Shea butter and Baobab Potash is the introduction to the soap-making industry. The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM) is finding new ways to economically empower women.The cost of materials for making soap has shot up in recent times. Thus, the need to find indigenous ways for the women they have trained in...
Gender-based violence is a common practice in the Upper East region as most of these incidences remain unreported due to societal branding on women who choose to report such occurrences as “bad women”. Most communities in the Nabdam and the Bolgatanga East Districts profess some traditions which do not uphold the right of widows, including...
25th November to 10th December each year, the United Nations observes 16 Days of Activities against sexual and gender-based violence. To mark the end of the observation of the 16 Days of Activism for 2022, the Widows and Orphans Movement embarked on a march and Public Sensitization Exercise in the Nabdam District of the Upper...
The 2022 “16 Days of Activism” march and public sensitization event supported by OXFAM Ghana took place today in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. This comes after our online propagation of paraphernalia to raise awareness about gender-based violence, challenge discriminatory attitudes and call for improved laws and services to end...
“My son was an auto-mechanic apprentice for six years because I could not afford to pay for his passing out ceremony and to buy the tools for him to set up his own shop after his first three years of learning. “After we formed the Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) group, I got the...
The Upper East Region has been described as one of the poorest region in Ghana as most of the people are unable to earn $1.29 per a day. This creates a huge burden for the women especially the widows who refuse to participant in widowhood rites after the death of their husbands. This is because...
