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"Paying it Forward" with Burp Cloths!
Every Thursday afternoon and Friday morning we gather at CarePoint Ministry Center with our Advanced Project students - the ladies who...
Lisa Tresch
Oct 9, 20182 min read
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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...
Lisa Tresch
Apr 2, 20182 min read
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North Trip Travel Journal: Wax, Stamp, Dye, Earn
Bunkrugu is a small community village in the north, and although we thought it would be a relaxing trip as we drove there through the...
Lisa Tresch
Nov 3, 20172 min read
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Hands and Hearts Together
Miss Diana Boadi Diana. Vivian. Ante. In our blog posts, when we list names of women, they are usually women in our programs - either...
Lisa Tresch
Oct 20, 20171 min read
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Jennifer: Earning and Investing
In January of 2014, Jennifer Agyemong entered our Income Generation program as a seamstress apprentice. She immediately began making...
Lisa Tresch
Jul 9, 20152 min read
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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...
Lisa Tresch
May 6, 20152 min read
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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...
Lisa Tresch
Mar 25, 20151 min read
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Stitching and Styling: Meet the New Apprentices
Georgina Linda Lydia Three new apprentices will be entering the Income Generation program in February. Georgina and Lydia will be...
Lisa Tresch
Jan 26, 20151 min read
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Investing in Women through Apprenticeships
In a small hair salon located in the center of Ankaase, Ghana, stylists and customers laugh and chatter amid hairdryers, wash basins and...
Lisa Tresch
Jan 8, 20152 min read
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Women Encouragers (WE)
WE Women is a new program offering women here the opportunity to connect with women entreprenuers in Ghana for the purpose of...
Lisa Tresch
Oct 15, 20141 min read
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An Evening of Connections
Last Thursday, approximately 175 women gathered in Tulsa to make connections with women in Ghana. "The Village" was an opportunity to...
Lisa Tresch
Oct 6, 20142 min read
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Abigail: The Love of Sewing
Every morning, Abigail takes a beautiful piece of brightly patterned cloth, wraps her infant daughter, Lukaya, in it and winds it around...
Lisa Tresch
Sep 26, 20142 min read
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What We Have in Common
We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. - Maya Angelou It’s tempting to believe that we have little in common with women from...
Lisa Tresch
Sep 19, 20143 min read
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BE a Business Encourager
This summer, we are introducing an opportunity for small business owners here in the U.S. to connect with new small business owners in...
Lisa Tresch
Jun 24, 20142 min read
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Meet Joyce
Our Income Generation program welcomed Joyce last week, as she began her apprenticeship at the Shalom Hair Salon. She will be...
Lisa Tresch
May 14, 20141 min read
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What You Need to Know About Us, Part 3: We Serve Families Like Yaw's
by Lisa Tresch, Rising Village Executive Director Many years ago, when my husband and I were deciding whether to give to a large...
Lisa Tresch
Mar 19, 20143 min read
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Training Day for Business Grant Recipients
Yesterday four women who received Business Build Grants last December had their first training session in budgeting, bookkeeping, good...
Lisa Tresch
Mar 9, 20141 min read
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