Category Archives: Education

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-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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Solar Panel arrives on Trax-Kavli Scholarships farm

Posted on July 22, 2019 by vincenttrax

Trax Norway shipment of solar panels for cheap, green electricity and assorted items for charity finally arrived on the Trax-Kavli scholarships farm located at Kabusgo, Bongo district in the Upper East region.

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Why Water is Central to what Trax Do

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Rachael Taylor

Water is an essential part of everyday life. For farmers in dryland environments such as Northern Ghana, water also dictates their livelihoods. That’s why Trax Ghana support rural farming communities to increase availability of water for farming and household use. … Continue reading →

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TRAX GHANA SEED LOAN SCHEME AT KABUSGO COMMUNITY

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Rachael Taylor

Seed is the basic input in agricultural production system. Lack of locally adapted seed, particularly in drought-prone and food insecure communities in northern Ghana, is crucial especially as rainfall distribution is mono-modal and production is only subsistence. Over time, Trax … Continue reading →

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TRAX GHANA VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (VSLA) GROUPS SHARE-OUT AT KABUSGO

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

Trax Ghana works in vulnerable communities where there is high level of illiteracy and members such as widows, divorced or separated women, school drop outs, etc have little opportunity to borrow from financial institutions due to lack of collateral security. … Continue reading →

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ARTISANS RECEIVE TRAINING ON BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

In order to empower vulnerable and marginalized youth, Trax Ghana in partnership with Tools for Self Reliance (TFSR), UK provides them with vocational and livelihood training in different skills or trades including tailoring, welding, tailoring, auto mechanics, electronic and bicycle … Continue reading →

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ZUARUNGU MOSHIE SCHOOL BENEFITS FROM A SUMMER HAT

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

Rustic Pathways provides international community service programs for high school students. Their programs introduce students to a variety of service experiences that benefit the communities they visit, while showing students the impact they can have on the world. Additionally, these … Continue reading →

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TRAX GHANA PLAYS HOST TO TWO (2) UDS STUDENTS ON INTERNSHIP

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

Trax Ghana works with smallholder farmers in deprived rural communities in northern Ghana to achieve food security. The organization uses Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) as a way of learning from, and with, members of target communities to investigate, and evaluate … Continue reading →

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SCHOLARSHIP BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE SMALL RUMINANTS (GOATS)

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

Trax Ghana and the British School of Brussels Charity, “The Best of Both” partnership project, presented 120 goats to 40 selected needy students at Dachio, Zuarungu-Moshie, Duusi and Gaare-Gbani basic schools in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The project … Continue reading →

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