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Trax Ghana builds Youth Empowerment and Community Center

Posted on March 16, 2023 by vincenttrax

In collaboration with Trax Norway (Bergen, Norway), Trax Ghana with funding from Engineers without Boarders (EwB, Norway) has built a Youth Empowerment and Community Center at Kabusgo, Bongo district – UER.  The construction started in November 2022 and took 3 … Continue reading →

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TRAX GHANA PLAY HOST TO TWO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR FIELDWORK

Posted on October 17, 2022 by vincenttrax

In collaboration with Trax Norway (Bergen, Norway) and Engineers without Boarders (EwB, Norway), Trax Ghana play host to two students from Norway for their respective fieldwork. Helene Bergo Nygårdsvik is a Master student at the University of Agder (UiA) who … Continue reading →

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Trax Ghana Greenhouse Farming Project

Posted on September 8, 2022 by vincenttrax

In collaboration with Trax Norway (Bergen, Norway) and Engineers without Boarders (EwB, Norway), Trax Ghana has acquired a 300sqM greenhouse, located in Kabusgo, Bongo district (UER). With the greenhouse, Trax aims at creating a vegetable commodity value chain to support … Continue reading →

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Trax Ghana Contribute to Addressing Youth Unemployment and Poverty in the Upper East Region

Posted on September 10, 2021 by vincenttrax

Trax Ghana in partnership with Tools for Self Reliance, UK have started a new project,  providing formal training opportunities for young people in the Upper East region of Ghana.  The aim of the project is to support the development of … Continue reading →

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TRAX GHANA PLAYS HOST TO TWO (2) UDS FIELD PRACTICAL PROGRAMME STUDENTS

Posted on August 10, 2021 by vincenttrax

Trax Ghana is placing host to two (2) Level 300 female students, Badani Belinda and Bediako Happy who are offering B.A. Development Education Studies in the Department of Development Management and Policy Studies, Faculty of Sustainable Development Studies, University for … Continue reading →

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Trax Ghana participated in CAOF AGM

Posted on April 16, 2021 by vincenttrax
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Trax Ghana staff undergo training in Irrigation and Greenhouse Technology

Posted on February 10, 2021 by vincenttrax

Trax Ghana Gender officer, Miss Barikisu Iddrisu completed a 3-month practical training in Akomadan in the Ashanti region on the use of greenhouse technology for farming. One of the major challenges facing agriculture in Ghana is attracting young people to … Continue reading →

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Trax Ghana donates start-up Kits to trained artisans

Posted on September 2, 2020 by vincenttrax

At least 22 artisans trained in various forms of vocational skills in the Talensi and Nabdam districts, received start-up kits and certificates after completing a one-year vocational training at a brief ceremony in Bolgatanga. The training was organized by a local … Continue reading →

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Workshop to finalize draft proposals

Posted on February 27, 2020 by vincenttrax

Trax Ghana staff and Tools for Self Reliance (TFSR) UK team, Clare (Head of Africa Programme) and Shanna (Africa Programme intern) had a workshop to finalize Trax Ghana draft proposals for fundraising. A Theory of Change (ToC) following a thoughtful … Continue reading →

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Trax-Kavli Scholarships Farm now runs on solar power

Posted on December 2, 2019 by vincenttrax

The mechanized borehole that supplies water to the farm runs on the national electricity grid, which is both expensive and unreliable due to intermittent power cuts. As a long term solution to the problem, the project explored installation of solarpanels … Continue reading →

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