Stories of change
What changed, and for whom
Numbers tell you the scale. These tell you what actually happened — where, when, and to whom. Every account here comes from our own field records and published reporting.
From the field
Five accounts
Fifteen students who can explain their own heritage
Our team trained 15 contestants of the Face of OLAG pageant at Our Lady of Grace Senior High School. The training covered the history, ethics and values of Ghanaian cultures, with each participant choosing a tradition to explore in depth through storytelling and dramatisation.
The work was performed publicly at the Cultural Night Grand Performance on Saturday 21 June 2025 — royal regalia, ceremonial drumming, folklore dramatisations and moral parables, in front of traditional chiefs who came to lend their support.
A farmer of thirteen years who still cannot get credit
Sister Yaa has farmed in Abuakwa DKC for over thirteen years. She has the land and the knowledge; what she lacks is access to finance, to markets, and to the tools that would let her expand. We interviewed her for Urban Soil, Rural Struggles, our documentary on women in Ghanaian agribusiness.
Her account is the argument in miniature: the constraint on food security here is not effort or expertise, it is exclusion from the systems that would let either one scale.
“I have been farming for over a decade, yet I struggle to access the financial support I need to expand. If we had better support systems, we could feed more families and create jobs for others.”
Sister Yaa · smallholder farmer, Abuakwa DKC
Twelve young women, twelve internships
The Female in Music programme trained 12 young female musicians in 2024. Every one of them secured an internship on completion.
Ghana’s music industry is not short of talented women. It is short of the training, contacts and first placements that turn talent into a career, and that is the gap the programme exists to close.
One of the 2024 cohort, Shanti Ba, had her song Educate Me featured on the Social Change Album by Beyond Music — alongside Angelique Kidjo, Pheelz and Wiyaala.
“My voice is louder out there because of the FIMP programme. I am empowered, and grateful.”
Shanti Ba · Female in Music trainee
Four computers that turned a syllabus into a subject
We donated four computers, a television and stationery supplies to Christ the King International School in support of its STEM programme.
A device on its own changes little. What changes things is a school that already wanted to teach the subject and finally has something to teach it with.
A guitarist who got into the room he needed
Sound and Color Africa exists to put young musicians in front of the people who can move their careers — mentors, collaborators, programmers. For Osei, a trainer and guitarist, that connection turned into a collaboration offer.
“The platform connected me with amazing mentors and led to a collaboration offer, transforming my career path.”
Osei · trainer and guitarist
Voices
What partners and community leaders say
“Their dedication and passion for the youth in my district have been exceptional.”
Hon. Richard Amaniampong · Assembly Member, Asuoyeboah North
“The younger generation can be proud to call Africa home.”
Mr. Asare · Cultural Director, Alliance Française
“The impact of their work is truly transformative and commendable.”
Dr. K. O. Antwi Agyei · Patron
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