Education - a lasting
legacy
The ability of women to set up small
businesses has a long-lasting effect: not
only will they be able to pay for their
children’s education; they will also pass on
their skills so that generations to come are
aware of the power of trees for income,
food and environment.
Success stories
Abegka Anankpieng is 40 and lives in
the village of Toelensa in Ghana with her
husband and six children.
Abegka has observed the empowering
effect of establishing a small enterprise
after she began raising fruit trees and
processing shea butter to increase her
family’s income.
I have already expanded the shea butter
processing; with the increased income, I
am in a position to pay for my children’s
education even if my husband cannot.
Ama Awin, from Siisli village in Ghana,
explains the impact of her shea butter
processing enterprise.
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