Following our training of our new Girls’ Club facilitators Girls’ Club meetings in all 10 junior high schools began in earnest in the second week of June 2015, once they had been supplied with writing supplies and other materials by Women’s Health to Wealth. As of end-June, the 10 Clubs had a total membership of 209 girls between 12-16 years…
Introduction Sexual expression is an essential component of healthy human development (Freud, Maslow et al as cited by Zimbardo 1992). However when this expression happens in an unguided manner in young adolescents, the result is the high rates of pregnant teens and teen moms. The high and unacceptable rates of teenage pregnancy of 99 in 1000 live births in the…
On the 55th anniversary of Ghana’s Republic Day on July 1, 2015, Women’s Health to Wealth used this public holiday to hold the first in its series of Adolescent Reproductive Health Fora (ARHF) for female students of the Simms Senior High School in the Kwabre East district of the Ashanti Region. The theme for the forum was “Be a Strong…
Faith Ama Agyapong, a 26-year-old Lady, a seamstress from Wamfie Sawmill Near, Young Executive in the Dormaa East District. She has always been passionate about her work and providing for her family. Despite her busy schedule, she never neglected her health and always made sure to go for regular check-ups. However, when she heard about the free cervical cancer screening…
When I looked at the organization’s aim of creating wealth for women and girls through the promotion of healthy living, education, income generation and leadership development. I saw it as an opportunity to be part of the process and the team to empower, impact the lives of women, girls and people who are disadvantaged in our communities. I currently provide monitoring…
On November 8, 2022 Women’s Health to Wealth donated sixteen (16) pieces of P.E.T Adult Carts to the Department of Social Welfare in Dormaa East-Bono Region. These Carts are to be further distributed to physically-disabled adolescent students (primarily adolescent girls) and physically-disabled adult women who are engaged in profitable economic ventures. The essence of the donation is to support the…
As part of the MNCHIP project Women’s Health to Wealth (WHW) upgraded the warehouse which serves as the place for the storage of shipments from Americares, WHW’s partner in the United States of America, for onward distribution to sub recipients of the Gift-In-Kind (GIK) program. The building had substantial external structural defects, lighting and ventilation issues that required urgent redress….
In the heart of the Ashanti and Bono Regions, a groundbreaking collaboration between Women’s Health to Wealth (WHW) and Americares was quietly transforming the landscape of supply chain management. Their brainchild? A revolutionary Supply Chain Management (SCM) tool, designed not only to streamline processes across primary and secondary healthcare facilities but also to bring a wave of innovation to the…