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2025 IWD Project Highlight: Accelerating Action in Technical Skills and Education for Empowerment

  • Writer: WC4E
    WC4E
  • May 15
  • 2 min read

By Nina Spio Quansah & Patience Antwi

Women Changemakers for Education supported YouthFusion Hub and Well Skills Development Hub in a dual-impact project providing welding training and equipment to Nyakrom SHTS and essential learning materials to Kparisaga School, reaching over 60 students and teachers. The initiative empowered girls in technical education, improved classroom conditions, and reignited motivation in underserved schools across Ghana.
Women Changemakers for Education supported YouthFusion Hub and Well Skills Development Hub in a dual-impact project providing welding training and equipment to Nyakrom SHTS and essential learning materials to Kparisaga School, reaching over 60 students and teachers. The initiative empowered girls in technical education, improved classroom conditions, and reignited motivation in underserved schools across Ghana.

As part of our International Women’s Day 2025 celebration, Women Changemakers for Education supported a bold collaborative initiative by YouthFusion Hub and Well Skills Development Hub. This two-part project tackled deep-rooted educational challenges in under-resourced communities by combining technical training, educational empowerment, and strategic resource distribution.


Hands-On Change at Nyakrom Senior High Technical School (SHTS)

In Nyakrom, students and teachers faced issues of broken desks and minimal infrastructure. The project addressed this through:

  • A welding training program for 10 students and 2 teachers

  • Donation of a welding machine and full safety gear (goggles, overalls, gloves)

  • Female students taking part in a traditionally male-dominated trade

  • Several desks repaired and classroom spaces revitalized


Restoring Hope at Kparisaga School, Wa

In the Upper West Region, Kparisaga School faces alarming dropout rates (80%) and extreme poverty among students. Many attend school without basic supplies, or their parents even knowing. The intervention here included:

  • Donation of over 2,000 essential school supplies (books, pencils, slates, chalk, etc.)

  • Big mats for kindergarten children learning under trees on bare ground

  • Empowerment workshops to motivate students to continue their education

  • Materials provided for headteachers to support new or frequently absent learners


 Results &  Vision

Short-term impact:

  • Improved classroom environments and morale

  • Hands-on skills developed in welding

  • Students energized and re-engaged in learning

Long-term outcomes:

  • Ongoing desk maintenance system at Nyakrom

  • Greater female participation in STEM fields

  • Lower dropout rates through improved student support

  • A foundation for more equitable education in both communities


“The students were amazed to see girls welding and fixing desks. It’s changed how they see what’s possible—especially the girls.” — Project Lead


 Lessons

  • Lack of equipment meant limited participation at Nyakrom

  • Students at Kparisaga still learn under trees due to lack of infrastructure





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