Our Impacts

Our Impacts

Our Impact (to date)

WomensTrust provides wrap-around support—often from primary school through tertiary education—ensuring that girls grow into confident, educated, and economically independent women.

  • 36 beneficiaries have graduated from tertiary institutions
  • 37 beneficiaries currently enrolled in tertiary institutions
  • 47 beneficiaries in Senior High School
  • 96 beneficiaries in Basic School
    • Primary: 18
    • Junior High: 78
  • Over 2,600 girls have participated in our After-School Programs in Mathematics, English and Information Communication and Technology (ICT)
  • An average of 65 students attend weekly After-School sessions in English, Math, and ICT
  • Over 2,000 women entrepreneurs supported with microfinance soft loans
  • 484 adults supported through our Adult Literacy Program
  • 117 women trained in vocational skills

More than 5,000 women have received preventive healthcare, screenings, medication, and health education

Milestones Through the Years

  • 2003 – WomensTrust founded
  • 2004 – Scholars Program (Basic School) launched
  • 2005 – Microloan Program launched
  • 2006 – National Health Insurance support added for loan beneficiaries
  • 2007 – Partnership with UMASS nurses; 3,000 women receive health screenings
  • 2008 – ICT After-School Program begins; 3,200 malaria nets distributed
  • 2009 – Two classrooms built at Nii Otto Kwame Basic School
  • 2010 – Over 2,300 loan clients served
  • 2014 – Scholars Program expanded to include Tertiary level
  • 2016 – Adult Literacy and Mathematics After-School Programs launched
  • 2017 – Community health education and vocational beading program introduced
  • 2018 – Community health screening; After-School English Program launched
  • 2021 – Liquid detergent vocational training introduced
  • 2022 – Graduate Alumni Network launched
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  • 2023 – Scholars Program expanded to 10 additional public schools; 20th Anniversary celebration; first WT scholar admitted to law school
  • 2024 – Healthy Adolescent Drive begins, providing sanitary pads to basic school girls
  • 2025 – Matching grant awarded by the New Africa Fund (NAF)
  • 2026 – Transition to a local Ghanaian Board