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Creating New Futures

Creating New Futures & Changing Lives

A charity started by Fatima Perriman in 2018, helping women in Ghana start businesses of their own and building schools so children can learn in safety.

Fatima was born in Bawku, in the Upper East Region of Ghana, and began her own education under the shade of a tree. She wanted to pass her love of learning on to other children.

The charity works in two ways. It helps Ghanaian women start businesses of their own, so they are no longer financially dependent on their husbands’ families, and it builds schools and provides resources so children can learn in a safe environment.

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Our projects

Three projects the charity supports in Ghana. Each has more detail on the Creating New Futures website.

Women carrying metal bowls on their heads in a village in northern Ghana

Women in Business

A small amount of funding lets a woman start her own business using skills learned at home, such as cooking and sewing. The charity pays the start-up costs and can link her to a mentor.

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The frame of a new school building going up at Duuni

Duuni School

About 200 children aged 4 to 10 have been meeting in a shelter built by their community, which is now building a more solid school.

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A boy writing on a blackboard during an outdoor lesson in northern Ghana

Tichirigi School

The first school building funded by the charity, built by the community at the end of their days on the farms. Every child has a uniform and shoes, and a library is planned.

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How we help

Women in business

With a small amount of funding, a Ghanaian woman can start her own business using the skills she has learned at home.

Education

Building as many schools as possible across Ghana, so children get the best education they can.

Community support

Supporting local communities for as long as the charity can, because it knows the value they hold.

Supplies

With staff and volunteers, making sure local families have the supplies they need.

Volunteering

Volunteers from around the world work alongside the local teams in Ghana to run and support the programmes.

Donations

Every donation, large or small, helps provide resources, education and support to those who need it.

Get involved

Creating New Futures thrives on the time, skills and energy of its volunteers, who come from around the world to work alongside the local teams in Ghana. The charity also offers paid roles for people who share its passion for improving lives there.

Donations, large or small, keep the work going: they pay for resources, education and support for the women and children who need it.

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