Tag Archives: Northern Ghana

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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FORMATION OF COMMUNITY LEVEL ARTISANS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE (PIC)

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

In northern Ghana where the majority of farmers rely on rain fed agriculture for a living, Climate change, with consequent droughts, floods and other natural disasters, further contributes to the vulnerability of people living in poverty. It is within this … 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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Farming Food Sovereignty through Cultural Traditions

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

The concept of Food Sovereignty recognises food as a human right and not a commodity. Access to sufficient nutritional food for a healthy life is a basic human right because for is essential for life to persist. For many, food … 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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Community Empowerment Strategies – Facilitation of new farmers groups

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

Community empowerment is more than the involvement, participation or engagement of communities. It implies community ownership and action that explicitly aims at social and political change. The aim of Trax Ghana is to develop the capacity of smallholder farmers in … Continue reading →

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EMPOWERING WOMEN – A CASE STUDY OF SHEANUT PICKING AND PROCESSING

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Rachael Taylor

Mrs Amina with other women during her Shea butter extraction processing Continue reading →

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FUNDING THREATENING THE SURVIVAL OF TRAX GHANA

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Rachael Taylor

Trax Ghana has been working with smallholder farmers in northern Ghana for the past 26 years. Trax supports smallholder farmers towards sustainable agriculture to enhance food security and environmental restoration. One person who worked with Trax for her PhD and … Continue reading →

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PROMOTING ORANGE-FLESHED SWEETPOTATO (OFSP) IN NORTHERN GHANA – THE CONTRIBUTION OF TRAX GHANA AND ITS COLLABORATORS

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Rachael Taylor

A nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) variety is growing in popularity and becoming an important strategy to improve vitamin A deficiency which remains a public health problem, especially in Northern Ghana. OFSP is being disseminated by Trax Ghana with donor and … Continue reading →

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Best of Both and Trax Ghana on Belgian TV

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Rachael Taylor

Trax is proud to be a partner of Best of Both, Belgium. In June, a group of students and staff from the British School of Brussels came to visit the four schools they support. They taught computer skills and basic … Continue reading →

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