Challenging Heights proudly congratulates all final-year students from Odobirba Academy on completing their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This achievement reflects their dedication, perseverance, and the support of teachers, mentors, and families who guided them along the way. Completing the BECE is more than an academic milestone, it is a testament to their resilience and […]
Robert Tetteh’s life story is one of resilience, healing, and hope. At a very young age, Robert was trafficked to Krachi-Mogyadur in Ghana’s Oti Region, where he was compelled to work as a child fisherman on Lake Volta. Deprived of his childhood and separated from his family, he spent several years in exploitative conditions that […]
Challenging Heights has supported 20 young girls and boys in the Central Gonja District by providing essential apprenticeship tools to help them pursue careers in fashion design, carpentry, weaving, and hairdressing. This intervention forms part of the organization’s Youth Empowerment Program, which is designed to equip young people with practical skills and resources needed to […]
We are proud to announce the successful graduation of 38 women from our 100-week Direct Cash Transfer Engagement Program. Selected from the Alata Kokodo and Fetteh communities, these women have completed a transformative two-year journey focused on growth, empowerment, and self-reliance. Throughout the program, participants received comprehensive training in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal empowerment, sexual […]
Sahara is the Prefect and a Fashion & Design student at our Mother and Child Recovery Center. Through this program, she is acquiring the skills needed to become a successful fashion designer after graduation. Sahara is a goal-getter—bold, confident, creative, smart, and talented. Despite the challenges she has faced, she continues to push forward, aspiring […]
Years as a domestic servant for fishermen on Lake Volta, Ruth knew cooking and washing. She would take boat trips into Yeji from her small village each Sunday to buy foodstuff for the week. Her master, who was also her grandmother, verbally abused her constantly, and she expected insults from the least provocation. She knew […]
He’d heard of Challenging Heights and the work they did to take children working on Lake Volta away from their labour, but he turned away their efforts to rescue him at least three or four times before he arrived at the Hovde House Rehabilitation Shelter. The 18 year-old we’ll call Kodjo, to protect his identity, […]
Having seen another boy drown while diving into the lake to untangle a net caught on a tree underwater, Kow was very frightened that the same thing would happen to him as he worked. With a slight build, Kow looks far younger than the 14 years he says he will soon turn. He’s been at […]
Meet Mary, a first-year nursing training student at Tamale Nurses and Midwifery Training School. Mary is a 24-year-old lady who worked on Lake Volta as a child until she was rescued. After her rescue, she was taken through school until she completed High School. Mary had the dream of becoming a professional nurse hence she […]
Having never been to school before, Challenging Heights field officers call 11-year-old Kwame the role model to his family. While his brothers may skip school, Kwame is eager to learn, eager to get ahead and achieve more than he could have while working on the lake. Kwame was rescued from slave labour on Lake Volta […]
