Measuring What Actually Changes
We are launching our programmes in December 2026. Most organisations would wait until after launch to build an impact page. We are building ours now because we believe funders deserve to know how we will measure success before we ask for their money. Outcomes, not just outputs.
2026 Launch Targets
Locally-Led Team
Strategic Goals
Cohort 1 Flagship Trades
Middlemen Between You & Impact
Our Outcome Framework
We do not just count people served. We track what changed because we served them. These are the outcomes we will measure and publish openly once programmes launch.
Stage · Survive
Community Health
- % of enrolled households maintaining 3 meals/day during lean season
- Referral completion rate from outreach to CHPS facility
- Reduction in preventable illness among enrolled children
Stage · Protect
Education Access
- School attendance rate vs. district average
- % of enrolled girls maintaining attendance through menstrual cycles
- Grade progression rate for supported children
Stage · Earn
Village Savings & Loans
- % of members maintaining savings 12 months after first cycle
- Average loan repayment rate per group
- % of groups self-sustaining after Ramah support ends
Stage · Earn
Vocational Skills
- % of graduates operating a business 12 months post-training
- Average monthly income increase vs. pre-enrolment baseline
- % of graduates who transition off programme support within 24 months
Why Your Gift Matters Most in Nabdam
Nabdam's poverty is not an accident. Decades of development policy concentrated infrastructure, hospitals, and schools in southern Ghana. The Upper East Region was left behind. No one runs a sustained, locally-led graduation programme — savings, skills, health, and confirmed buyer relationships — to carry Nabdam's widows and orphans all the way out of poverty. That gap is why your gift goes further, and why it is urgent. Nabdam is officially the poorest of all 261 districts in Ghana.
Doctors in Post (2024 budget)
Per the 2024 district budget: only 45 of 164 health posts filled
Composite Budget 2024Food Insecurity (Upper East Region)
Highest of any region in Ghana — a regional figure, affecting 634,293 people
GSS CFSVA 2020Women Without Secure Land Rights
Customary land and shea-tree tenure leaves widows without secure assets
ScienceDirectWhere We Work
Every marker on this map is a community in Nabdam District — the poorest district in Ghana. Click any marker to see which programme operates there.
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Why Nabdam? Understanding Our Community
Nabdam District is officially the poorest district in all of Ghana: 68.6% multidimensional poverty, 100% rural, zero doctors, and not a single major international NGO running a dedicated programme. Here is why we chose to start here.
The Shea-to-Soap Value Chain
We launch with two trades that form one integrated value chain. Shea butter processed by one cohort becomes the base oil for soap made by the next. Here is why we chose focus over breadth.
Five Trades That Can Transform a Life
Our vocational training programme will teach five livelihood skills, each chosen because it generates real income in Nabdam District's real market. Every trade is paired with savings group capital and confirmed buyer relationships. Here is why we picked these five, how we will measure success, and how you can fund a widow's journey from training to business.