Hungerford Rotary Club boost for Action Through Enterprise (ATE)
MEMBERS of Hungerford Rotary Club have given local charity Action Through Enterprise (ATE) a £1,000 boost.
ATE chief executive Sarah Gardner (pictured, with Hungerford Rotary Club president Myles Young) said: "We're so grateful for this significant contribution to our work in rural Ghana.
"Children at our schools are finding it harder and harder to commit to education in a world of increasingly high inflation, persistent hunger and lack of opportunity."
She added: "These funds will be used to ensure children can complete basic education, enabling them to become role models in their community."
ATE was launched 10 years ago with support from Ms Gardner's family and neighbours in Ramsbury.
Today, it operates in six villages in the Lawra district, focusing on the most rural areas.
Following input from the rural community, ATE also runs an apprenticeship scheme and a dry season farmers' project.
During its first decade the charity supported 2,500 children through school with the support of people in and around Hungerford.
Ms Gardner said: "By donating to a small locally-led charity a real difference can be made to the lives of children, who, through luck of birth, do not have the tools that they need to thrive at school."
For more information on ATE and its work, visit www.ateghana.org
