COVID-19 has impacted the whole world. In Ghana we have been luckier than many parts of the world. The lockdown was in Accra, Tema and Kumasi. The western Region of Ghana where we are has had relatively ...
Lenneke and Lydia at the Western Girls Training Centre
Clothes make the woman, that is the slogan that we used at our wardrobe sale. With the sales, we sponsered the Western Girls Training Centre. Gina told u...
At the beginning of July, the girls attended a workshop about how to make their own soap. By teaching them multiple skills, they will be economically independent. They made so much soap that they can use i...
Ietje Rijnsburger from the Nederlands giving designing lessons to the girls. A wonderful experience for the girls. (for a video see this link:https://www.facebook.com/gina.rodenburgeghan/videos/2367300803340037...
In early December there was the Partin day where more than 80 small NGOs came together to learn from each other and from the various speakers.
Around 3am O Foundation had half an hour in which three small NGOs...
This year there was a Christmas market at Fort Penningsveer and our foundation was also present. Precisely on this day the road to the fort was closed and because of that the number of visitors was disappointin...
Our foundation attended an event at the Boerenstreekmarkt bij de Dinkelhoeve in Heemstede. Several products were sold which were made by our students in Ghana. Our volunteers Juliette Potts and Petra Hartman so...
Because of our recycled plastic bags which our students make, Western Girls Training Centre is nominated by the Circular Development Challenge. The following message is copied from the website of OFoundation:
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After three years of training Lucy has graduated is ready to fly out off the nest and to start her own business. Western Girls Training Centre gives Lucy a present, a sewingmachine, to make the start of her bu...
At long last the girls have a place of convenience. They don't have to go to the nearby bushes to attend to nature's call. This project was made possible by monies donated during the funeral ceremony of the lat...