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Lisa Tresch
Apr 2, 20182 min read
Strong Women, Your Daughters Are Watching You.
When a single mother enters our Income Generation program, we know that her daughters are watching her closely. Suddenly, she is a...
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Lisa Tresch
Dec 27, 20172 min read
Dress Clothes and A Christmas Chicken
If you happened to be in Ghana last week and were on the dirt road between Nantan and Ankaase, you might have seen a motorized...
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Lisa Tresch
Nov 1, 20173 min read
North Trip Travel Journal: Stitching Skirts and Learning French
We are in Tamale after a seven-hour bus ride from Kumasi. What a wonderful time to once again reunite and meet the people we serve! I was...
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Lisa Tresch
Aug 31, 20172 min read
Closings and Openings
Today, we turn over our sign that hangs on the door of our little retail shop - from Open to Closed. And then we'll pack up the sign...
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Lisa Tresch
Jun 28, 20172 min read
Learning More Than a Skill
This is my favorite photo of Linda, taken in April, 2016 when she was about a year into her hairstylist apprenticeship. The shop where...
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Lisa Tresch
Aug 21, 20152 min read
Beautiful Braids You Can Wear
Seamstress apprentices in our Income Generation program have been stitching children's clothing, headbands and assisting head seamstress,...
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Lisa Tresch
Aug 21, 20151 min read
Wheels for Work!
Abigail has been making the walk to work for over a year with her daughter, Florence, strapped to her back. It takes an hour to walk from...
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Lisa Tresch
Jul 9, 20152 min read
Jennifer: Earning and Investing
In January of 2014, Jennifer Agyemong entered our Income Generation program as a seamstress apprentice. She immediately began making...
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Lisa Tresch
Jun 18, 20152 min read
Let's Do This Together
Dignity. This word echoes in our purpose and mission: to transform villages through family preservation. We believe that God has created...
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Lisa Tresch
May 6, 20152 min read
Lilian and Esther
Our work has officially begun in Tamale. For the past several months, Matthew, our staff person in the northern region, has been...
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Lisa Tresch
May 6, 20151 min read
The Work of their Hands
Jennifer, Abigail, Lydia and Georgina are learning to stitch on hand-crank sewing machines and on certain days, there is no electricity...
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Lisa Tresch
Mar 25, 20151 min read
Our Apprentices Need Stitching Partners!
We're looking for Stitching Partners who will make a monthly difference for our seamstress apprentices. These partners give a recurring...
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Lisa Tresch
Feb 25, 20151 min read
A View from Dumakyi: Solomon's Post
I am the Project Coordinator for the Dumakyi and Nantan villages. These are farming communities, and I watched the people in Dumakyi go...
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