Help Launch
A Widow's Livelihood
Your support helps widows in Ghana’s poorest district gain the skills, savings, and capital to feed their families and rebuild their lives with dignity — on their own terms.
Status
Founding Donor list open
Launch
Programmes begin December 2026
Place
Nangodi, Nabdam District, Ghana
Registered NGO
CG064480924
Launch status
Programmes launching December 2026
Local focus
Nangodi, Nabdam District, Ghana
Reporting
Field evidence as data matures
Be part of the beginning
Join the Founding Donors List
Ramah's programmes launch in December 2026. Founding donors will be the first invited to give when our secure payment system goes live, and will receive a personal launch update from Patrick.
- First to give when payments open
- Personal launch note from the founder
- Honest field updates as the launch takes shape
No spam. We'll only reach out with launch milestones and the secure giving link when it is ready.
Our Mission
Ramah Upliftment Foundation partners with vulnerable children, widows, and communities, starting in Nabdam District, to expand education, strengthen wellbeing, and build pathways to sustainable livelihoods through locally led, evidence-informed support.
“Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.”— Isaiah 1:17 (NLT)
Our Vision
A future where vulnerable children thrive, widows earn with dignity, and communities lead lasting change.
Built for Nabdam
One Pathway, Four Programmes
Three stages — Survive · Protect · Earn — delivered through four programmes. Health first, then education, then savings and vocational skills with market linkages. A widow does not just receive training; she enters a system designed to move her from survival to a livelihood, while her children move through education toward a future they choose. Launching December 2026, starting in Nangodi, Nabdam District.
Join us - two ways to volunteer
Donor clarity
How Your Support Moves From Intent to Impact
No vague promises. This is the operating path from your first action to measurable field updates.
Choose a pathway
Give toward widows' livelihoods, education access, health, or the full graduation pathway.
Join securely
For now, join the Founding Donors list. When payments go live, you will receive the secure giving link.
Funds prepare the launch
Your support equips the December 2026 launch: training materials, field systems, supplies, and local delivery.
You receive updates
Ramah reports programme updates and field evidence as operations mature and data is collected.
The Shea-to-Soap Value Chain
We launch with two trades that form a single integrated value chain. Shea butter processed by one cohort becomes the base oil for soap made by the next, keeping margin inside Nabdam.
Shea Butter Processing
$2.6B global market. 34-40% extraction rate with semi-mechanised methods.
Soap & Detergent Making
Verified $230-280 monthly income (IFAD). First sale 2-3 weeks after training.
From the Team on the Ground
We are launching our programmes in December 2026. Here is why our team believes this work matters, in their own words.
“No one had built a lasting livelihoods programme for Nabdam’s widows. When we started talking to them about what they needed, the answer was not charity — it was capital, skills, and buyers. That is what we are building.”
Patrick Attankurugu
Founder & Executive Director
“I have watched widows in this district survive on the hardest, lowest-paid work because no one ever offered them an alternative. Our vocational programme is designed to change that, starting in December 2026.”
Grace Akolbire Ayamga
Women & Girls Empowerment Lead
“The children here do not fail because they lack intelligence. They fail because they lack supplies, menstrual hygiene kits, and someone who checks whether they showed up. That is what our education programme fixes.”
Dora
Child Welfare Officer
“We chose VSLAs because the evidence is clear: a gold-standard RCT showed 34.5% savings increase and 24% profit increase. We are not guessing. We are building on what works.”
Lawrencia Owusu
Co-Founder
“By the government's own 2024 figures, Nabdam had no doctors in post and the highest poverty rate in Ghana — 68.6%. The data is devastating, but it also means every cedi we deploy here goes further than almost anywhere else in Ghana.”
Kingsley Jobadi
M&E Officer
How Your Support Works
Here's the journey your support takes — from your gift to measurable change in Nabdam.
You Give
Choose any amount: online, mobile money, or bank transfer. Every cedi counts.
We Equip
Your gift goes directly to vocational training, school supplies, and savings groups. Delivered by our local team, launching December 2026.
She Earns
Widows are equipped to graduate with a real skill, a starter kit, and buyer connections; children to return to school with everything they need.
You See the Outcomes
Receive quarterly reports with outcome data: attendance rates, income changes, savings retention. Not just stories, but proof.
Faith. Justice. Measurable Change.
Nabdam District has been overlooked by every major NGO and underserved by decades of development policy that favoured the south. Ramah exists to close that gap: a locally-led Ghanaian organisation delivering evidence-based programmes and advocating for the systemic changes that created this crisis. When you partner with us, your gift funds both service and justice.
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.”— Proverbs 31:8–9 (NLT)