Lisa Tresch
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Nov 3, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Sep 21, 2017
- 3 min
A Party for Janet and Comfort
We held our first House Party on September 17 in Tulsa, and, yes, it was a party! One of our board members graciously opened her home so...
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Lisa Tresch
- Jun 28, 2017
- 2 min
Learning More Than a Skill
This is my favorite photo of Linda, taken in April, 2016 when she was about a year into her hairstylist apprenticeship. The shop where...
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Lisa Tresch
- Aug 21, 2015
- 2 min
Beautiful Braids You Can Wear
Seamstress apprentices in our Income Generation program have been stitching children's clothing, headbands and assisting head seamstress,...
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Lisa Tresch
- Jul 9, 2015
- 2 min
Jennifer: Earning and Investing
In January of 2014, Jennifer Agyemong entered our Income Generation program as a seamstress apprentice. She immediately began making...
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Lisa Tresch
- May 6, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- May 6, 2015
- 1 min
The Work of their Hands
Jennifer, Abigail, Lydia and Georgina are learning to stitch on hand-crank sewing machines and on certain days, there is no electricity...
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Lisa Tresch
- Mar 25, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Jan 26, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Jan 8, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Dec 1, 2014
- 2 min
Giving Tuesday
Tuesday, December 2 is Giving Tuesday. In the midst of all the shopping, holiday preparations and social engagements, why are we asking...
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Lisa Tresch
- Oct 15, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Oct 6, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Sep 26, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- Jun 24, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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Lisa Tresch
- May 14, 2014
- 1 min
Meet Joyce
Our Income Generation program welcomed Joyce last week, as she began her apprenticeship at the Shalom Hair Salon. She will be...
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Lisa Tresch
- Mar 9, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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