No education, no income, no future
Become a career sponsor
Your sponsorship makes a difference:
- The person you support receives training in an apprenticeship.
- Your contribution also includes a start-up package after completing your training.
- After completing the training, the person you support will take part in a mentoring programme, in which they will receive guidance and support for one year.
- Your sponsorship provides financial security and supports the local economy.
- Your sponsorship will help to eradicate poverty and hunger worldwide by 2030** and enable all people to enjoy good health, education and decent work.
*Your sponsorship can train two people each year and support them until they are successfully practising their profession.
**The 2030 Agenda is a global plan by the United Nations to promote peace, prosperity and protect our planet with 17 sustainable goals. The training sponsorship promotes No. 1: No poverty, No. 2: Zero hunger, No. 3: Good health and well-being, No. 4: Quality education, No. 5: Gender equality and No. 8: Decent work and Economic Growth.
When you sign up for a sponsorship, you will receive the following within a few days:
A sponsorship certificate
A handmade fabric bag from our BRAVEAURORA training centre
(while stocks last)
In addition to our impact report, you will receive a detailed sponsorship report once a year so that you can follow the positive changes!
No education, no income, no future
In rural northern Ghana, about half of the population lives solely from agriculture. These people have not completed any education, not even primary school. As a result, almost two-thirds (60%) of the people living in the small villages in the BRAVEAURORA area of operation have no monthly income. They are currently still able to survive by farming for their own needs (climate change and natural disasters have been causing crop failures for years), but they have no money for their children's education or for medical care in case of illness. Another third earn up to 10 euros per month. This means that 9 out of 10 people in rural northern Ghana live in acute poverty!
I want to change that!
‘I am now able to provide for my children's care and education myself, and I can also offer my 13 apprentices a future.’
– Munira, 29 years old, mother and owner of a weaving shop
Further information about the BRAVEAURORA Training Centre
- Around 3.4 million people in Ghana still live in extreme poverty. The BRAVEAURORA training centre offers training, supports people in setting up a business or finding employment, and thus creates financial security.
- The apprenticeships are offered in many areas, e.g. tailoring, soap making, weaving, baking, beekeeping, welding, plumbing and shea nut processing. Since the training centre was established, more than 1,000 people have successfully completed training, over 80% of whom are women!
START-UP PACKAGE
Successful graduates who want to start their own business receive a start-up package containing materials and information needed to establish a company. Each starter package is tailored to the needs of the recipient. For example, a seamstress receives a sewing machine and fabric, as well as seminars on topics such as starting a business, finance, marketing and much more.
Frequently asked questions:
- What will my sponsorship contribution be used for?
- How can I be sure that my contribution will be used properly?
- How can I terminate the sponsorship?
- Is my sponsorship contribution tax deductible?
Your sponsorship contribution goes towards our training projects in northern Ghana and enables young adults, women and men to receive vocational training. This includes financing teaching materials and tools, as well as support from qualified trainers, practical training and accompanying courses on entrepreneurship and financial independence.
Your sponsorship not only empowers an individual on their path to a self-determined professional life, but also the entire family, and contributes to the long-term economic development of the entire community.
Als Patin oder Pate bei BRAVEAURORA kannst du sicher sein, dass dein wertvolles finanzielles Engagement sorgfältig und verantwortungsbewusst eingesetzt wird. Unsere Finanzen werden jedes Jahr von einem unabhängigen Wirtschaftsprüfer auf ihre Richtigkeit hin überprüft. Zusätzlich wird bei der Verlängerung des Österreichischen Spendengütesiegels die transparente und korrekte Verwendung von Spendengeldern kontrolliert.
Du kannst die Patenschaft jederzeit per Mail ohne Angabe von Gründen beenden.
Ja, dein Patenschaftsbeitrag ist steuerlich absetzbar und wird für Österreicher*innen von uns automatisch ans Finanzamt gemeldet, dazu brauchen wir nur deinen vollständigen Namen und dein Geburtsdatum. Wenn du nicht in Österreich lebst, stellen wir gerne eine Spendenbestätigung aus, die du dann steuerlich geltend machen kannst.