Keeping Families Together Ghana (KFTGhana) is a Dutch-Ghanaian non-profit organisation founded with the aim of empowering economically underprivileged girls and women to break the cycle of dependency. Our projects seek to equip women and girls with practical and vocational training, primary education and entrepreneurship opportunities necessary to become self-reliant. Breaking the cycle of dependency is our chief objective, as girls and women are too often the victim of circumstances and barriers outside of their control.

We work solely within the communities that fall far below the poverty line. These areas are plagued by high rates of illiteracy and unemployment, coupled with low graduation rates and food insecurity. As our project concerns women and girls, it should be said that drop-out and illiteracy rates are much higher among girls than boys. This is multi-faceted and can be attributed to a variety of reasons including teenage pregnancy, child marriage, gender-based violence, and poverty. As a result, these women are unable to access the skills and training necessary to achieve financial independence. In order to successfully address the immense, devastating effects of gender inequality and discrimination, we must focus our efforts and confront each individual facet of the problem. This is precisely what our project aims to do.