By Amy Swainston | Philanthropy Manager
We would like to thank each and every one of our supporters through GlobalGiving for your commitment and investment in transforming children’s lives in northern Ghana with AfriKids this year.
In 2025, your support helped children, families and communities overcome barriers to education, strengthen livelihoods, and build brighter futures. Across the region, many families continue to face poverty, rising costs and the effects of climate change, which can force children out of school and into work.
Yet, thanks to your partnership, communities are coming together to ensure children are safe, in school and learning. Four years into our five-year programme, we are seeing meaningful progress, with strong improvements in learning outcomes and community-led change.
The difference you’ve made
This year, you supported 115,604 people across 60 communities in northern Ghana.
Including:
And it’s driving real change:
The context
In northern Ghana, 7 in 10 families live in multidimensional poverty, creating pressures that often force children out of school.
Even when education is free, the cost of uniforms, books, meals and transport can be a barrier. As a result, many children remain out of school, and girls are particularly vulnerable due to harmful gender norms and early and forced marriage.
Climate change is also affecting farming livelihoods, making it harder for families to afford the costs of education.
Your impact
Our work this year focused on tackling these barriers at their root by providing means, building motive and creating opportunity - always working hand-in-hand with communities.
PROVIDE MEANS
You helped families strengthen their livelihoods so they can support their children:
BUILD MOTIVE
You helped communities recognise the value of education and take action:
CREATE OPPORTUNITY
You helped improve the quality of education and opportunities available to children:
Esther’s story
Esther lives in Mamprugu-Moagduri, one of the most remote districts where AfriKids works. Like many mothers, she worked tirelessly to provide for her children, selling goods at the local market while struggling to cover the costs of their education.
Through AfriKids’ livelihoods programme, Esther received business training and a small loan. With this support, she was able to grow her business and increase her income.
Today, she can feed her children, send them to school, and provide the resources they need to learn and thrive. Her daughters now attend school regularly, and Esther dreams of them becoming doctors and giving back to their community.
Looking ahead
Looking ahead, we are building on this progress through Rise Up - a new initiative designed to unlock a breakthrough in children’s learning by placing communities at the heart of change.
This work will focus on increasing learning both inside and outside the classroom, ensuring every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Thank you
Because of you, children in northern Ghana are not only staying in school - they are learning, thriving, and exceeding expectations.
Your support is helping communities build sustainable systems that protect children and support their futures.
We’re incredibly grateful to have you alongside us on this journey.
M’pusiah - thank you.
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By Martha Strehler | Partnerships Manager
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