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Finally we have moved into our new office!!!!!

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We are so very grateful. The Jedidiah Trust Foundation would like to extend its sincere gratitude for the support and sponsorship we had through 2010. We were overwhelmed with the outpouring of goodwill we received. We would also like to announce the completion of our multipurpose office in Kaase- Kumasi adjacent the MTN   Northern sector office. It was a lot of hard work and we are pleased to announce that we have already moved in. This office would house The Jedidiah Trust Foundation office, The Jedidiah Women Fellowship and counseling team as well as The Jedidiah Susu Savings and Loans Company, a subsidiary of the NGO. We are so very grateful for the patience, innovation and support of our team Maame Adwoa Dentaa Amoo,   Mrs. Victoria Sarfo and Miss Rose Bema Boateng. We would also like to thank the following people for their donations and contributions in Cash and Kind; Mr. Patrick Asante Nnuro and Mrs. Nana Yaa Asante Nnuro, Miss Frimpongmaa Antwi, Mr. Derek Amoo- Sakyi, Mrs. Lydi
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It has been an amazing year!

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2010 has been a phenomenal year and has seen the brith of our NGO as well as a lot of amazing changes for the people we train and offer Micro finance to. To show our gratitude and as part of our outreach efforts, The Jedidiah Trust made donations to 20 elderly widows in Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The Jedidiah Team lead by Maame Adwoa Dentaa Amoo and renowned gospel artiste Mama Victoria Sarfo were overwhelmed by the gratitude and thanks they received from these women. It was a very moving experience and we hope the team would be able to do more.   The Jedidiah Trust is also very grateful to the DCE of Amansie West the Honourable Charles Oti Prempeh who organized the women and also made a substantial cash donation to the women and The Jedidiah Trust The Jedidiah Trust is also very grateful for those who made these donations possible especially Mr. Kwame Kyei Baffour CEO of Light FM and Unity oil and Mrs Ruth Achempong of Kojack Pharmacy
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Target Girls Programme®

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Whenever we visit a district it never ceases to amaze us the amount of young women sitting around doing nothing. Their story is almost always the same the either did not finish secondary school or did and had no other idea what else they could do with their future. With The Jedidiah Trust women development at all levels is very important to us; That is why we are launched The Arise Youth Training Program® . We are going further, we are now launching our Target Girls Programme® . This programme puts one girl through vocational training in every district we train. Through this programme we also set her up in business after the training is completed. The Target Girls Programme will be launched on the 6th May 2011 during our official fundraising and launch party. There are so many ways you can can help The jedidiah Trust send us an email on thejedidiahtrustgh@gmail.com or call our project coordinator Maame on +233268111736.
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More on Susu and Microfinanace....yes we can

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We at The Jedidiah Trust are going to reprint a series of notable articles on our microfinance  and Susu to let our friends know how important and essential this aspect of our NGO is we will also be launching our pilot scheme in the Adansi North District in December so watch out for pictures. Thank you and enjoy the article. Susu Collection – The Ancient Version of Micro-Savings microfinance in ghana  by Fehmeen Ahmed, the founder of the  Microfinance Hub  Blog. The term  Bottom of the Pyramid  should be synonymous to the word ‘resourcefulness’ because of all population segments, this group cannot afford to be otherwise. Low income groups are compelled by the paucity of assets and limited access to financial services to create viable solutions that serve their needs. An example of such ingenuity is the ‘susu collection’ service which is an ancient banking system in Ghana,  worth USD 160 million . The model resembles  microfinance  in several ways; susu collectors (equivalent of loan of
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Microfinance the way forward

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When we started The Jedidiah Trust it became clear to us very quickly that we couldn’t just teach the women about business without providing the avenue for saving and the provision of microcredit. This is why we started a branch of the NGO the Jedidiah Susu savings and Microcredit that will deal with just that. We get a lot of questions about this aspect of our work. Questions like does Microfinance really help? Are you sure this little amount can change lives? Luckily I found this article By Gbenga Ogunbufunmi ,Asst. Business Editor, Daily Independent Online that best describes the most powerful illustration of the impact of microcredit or microfinance banking by the man who started it all Dr. Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank. Microfinance banking (MfB) started as a concept to provide financial services to the world poor, those who by circumstances of not being rich are excluded from access to the conventional commercial banks and other financial institutions due to lack of collat
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Women Entrepreneurial Training Programme: Adansi North District (Fomena)

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The Jedidiah Trust had small business management training with the theme: financial empowerment of women through proper business practice in Adansi North District (Fomena). The team had been excited about this training for months because of the positive vibes we got from the people we met when arranging this training. We felt it was very timely and very much need The Adansi North District is one of the 28 newly created districts in Ghana. It is one of the 27 Administrative districts in Ashanti Region.. It has its capital at Fomena situated on the Kumasi – Cape Coast main road. The district has 35 electoral areas and two constituencies (Fomena and Asokwa). The District has seven area councils i.e. Akrokerri, Anhwiaso, Asokwa, Bodwesango, Dompoase, Fomena and Fumso area Councils. There are 94 communities in the district. We had women from all these communities at the training. Most of the participants were petty traders and farmers. We had seamstress and hair dressers in attendance. We
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Practice what you preach

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Before the conference I have always told the women that I train that you can never stop learning and that is what we are doing today. The Jedidiah Trust will be attending the first ever all NGO women directors and leaders networking conference organsised by The Ark Foundation; an NGO that champions women law and human rights. The conference is aimed at making us all come together and partner strategically to ensure that all our effort and resources are channeled to development projects that will spur economic growth, reduce poverty, eliminate abuse and positively impact on the entire citizenry, particularly women and children (got that off the conference notes). It was good to be in the learning seat for the first time in a long time.  I am very excited. After the conference The Ark foundation first women NGO directors’ conference was a phenomenal success. There were female directors from all over the country. It was amazing the breadth of social issues covered by these NGOs and I
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