The Village Net (TVN) supports impoverished girls and women in rural Ghana, through life-changing education, health and microfinance opportunities, enabling the girls and women to acquire skills and qualifications and establish sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their families.
The challenge(s) that The Village Net Ghana is addressing:
Although Ghana has made significant progress in elevating the status of girls and women throughout the country in past years, girls and women from very poor communities continue to miss out on vital education, health and economic opportunities, rendering them vulnerable to harms such as domestic violence, child marriage and HIV/AIDS, and invariably, trapped in poverty.
While parents in poor communities may wish for their daughters to obtain an education, often they simply cannot afford the related costs of sending their daughters to school (such as school uniforms, transport, school supplies), nor can they afford to forgo the financial gains of their daughters’ marriage dowries. As a result, countless poor young girls and women go without education and sustainable earning opportunities, leaving them destined for child marriage or a life on the streets.
W4’s field partner The Village Net supports girls and women from the poorest communities in Ghana and offers a complementary range of educational, health and livelihood services aimed at protecting and empowering girls and women and equipping them with vital skills, qualifications and livelihoods, enabling them to be self-sufficient and overcome the vicious cycle of poverty.
You can be a changemaker!
You can be a change-maker and positively change the life of a girl or woman from a poor community in Ghana by sponsoring an education scholarship, funding health insurance, and/or financing a microfinance loan. You can also help by spreading the word about The Village Net’s crucial work.
The difference you can make: the impact of your giving
Your donation ensures that a young girl can enjoy her right to an education and protects her from child marriage and domestic violence. You can also help an impoverished woman to break the cycle of poverty by offering her the empowering opportunity of developing essential entrepreneurial skills and establishing a sustainable livelihood. Support a woman and/or girl today and help end poverty by giving women and girls in Ghana the opportunity to build a healthier, brighter future for themselves, their children and their families.
Relevant Country Data:
Capital: Accra
Population: 24,965,800
GDP per capita: $1,410
Population living below $1.25 PPP per day: 30.0%
Adult literacy rate, both sexes (aged 15 and above): 66.6%
Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births): 50
Maternal mortality ratio (deaths of women per 100,000 live births): 350
Life expectancy at birth: 64.2 years
