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Our Forestry & Empowerment Projects

Delivering practical solutions that restore ecosystems, train professional women, and secure clean livelihoods.

Skills Training Empowerment

Skills Training in Timber Processing

Providing formal training to women in modern woodwork, machine operations, forest management laws, and safety guidelines. This enables women to take technical and managerial roles instead of low-paying physical labor.

Objectives:

Build capacities in woodworking, safety, and business administration; increase entry of women into technical forestry.

Location: Kumasi & Sunyani
Beneficiaries: 350+ Women
Hectares/Output: 25 Workshops
Reforestation project Restoration

Reforestation & Tree Nursery Initiative

Creating community-managed nurseries that produce indigenous seedlings. Local women are trained to propagate tree species, manage germination bags, and plant seedlings in degraded forest land margins.

Objectives:

Restore depleted public forest reserves; establish seedling sales as micro-enterprises for local farming families.

Location: Ahafo & Ashanti Regions
Beneficiaries: 1,200+ Farmers
Hectares/Output: 1,250+ Hectares
Borehole supply project Infrastructure

Borehole & Community Clean Water Support

Installing solar-powered water boreholes in rural forest edge communities. Access to water improves health, hygiene, and frees up women's time to participate in environmental and training programs.

Objectives:

Eradicate water scarcity; reduce time spent by children and women fetching water from distant sources.

Location: Juaboso & Bia Reserves
Beneficiaries: 5,000+ Villagers
Hectares/Output: 8 Boreholes
Advocacy workshop Advocacy

Women in Forestry Leadership Program

Providing mentorship, policy analysis workshops, and leadership seminars for women. This initiative prepares women to engage directly with local councils, forestry officials, and national policy tables.

Objectives:

Empower women to represent community interests in land concession debates; promote gender-inclusive policy adjustments.

Location: Nationwide (Ghana)
Beneficiaries: 80 Leaders
Hectares/Output: 12 Policy briefs

Voices from the Field

Read about the difference WiTG projects have made directly in the lives of our beneficiaries.

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