How we ENSURE MEANS

A percentage of people in northern Ghana are informally employed. This means they earn a living and provide for their families by doing jobs that can be volatile – vulnerable to climate change and economic shocks that impact the cost of supplies. There isn’t much in the way of social security, so families rely on each other and their communities to pitch in when times are tough. People here are enterprising, resourceful and work very hard, but it can be difficult to save enough money to invest in their businesses or train in new skills to improve their profits. This is where AfriKids comes in.

Our Family Livelihoods programmes provides parents with valuable training in skills like beekeeping, soapmaking, shea butter production, baking and climate smart farming. We also help them work on their budgets, business plans and marketing to help strengthen their businesses.

Thousands of women in supportive cooperatives are supported to collectively save and invest in each other, many of them going on to employ other women as their businesses grow and all of them ensuring their children go to school.

This is how we help families secure the MEANS to ensure their children’s rights.