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,...
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...
“Multiple streams of income is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity” – Kelly Roach Ayamga Atampoka is a fifty-eight (58) year-old widow with six (6) dependants. She stays at Zaare in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region. Atamporka’s sole income source was from selling rice grains. According to her, this made...
“Never depend on a single income. Make investment to create a second source of income” -Warren Buffet Fifty-two-year-old Cynthia Ayoora hails from Nyariga in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region. She is widowed and has four (4) children. As a female head of her household, her main sources of income were vegetable farming...
“For women, financial independence is a matter of necessity” – Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz Cecilia Atiah a forty-seven (47) year-old widow who became widowed in 2013, has six children. Two (2) boys, and four (4) girls. She hails from Zebilla in the Bawku West district of the Upper East Region and is a trader. She was a...
Georgina Atanga is a forty-nine (49) year widow from Zuarungu Dapoore in the Bolga East District of the Upper East Region. As the head of her household, she has eleven (11) dependants. Three (3) of whom are her biological children. Madam Georgina has been visually impaired for the past thirty (30) years. Two of her...
“Cooking is a life skill. We need to eat every day so why not find out about what you’re putting into your body” – William Katt Richmond Awintanga is fifteen (15) years old and attends the Balungu basic school. He is currently in Junior High School (JHS) two (2) and has three (3) younger sisters....
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has” – Margaret Mead The Bongo Beo women group comprises twenty-five (25) women. The group was formed in 2019 as part of the ENOUGH project in partnership with OXFAM with funding from the...
“The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do” – Everyday Power Ms. Segebon Sampana is a sixty (60) year-old widow with four sons, three of whom are married. Her last son just completed Senior High School (SHS). She is a member of the Dagliga Women Voice and Leadership...
