Our history

Our history

In 2013, Dorcas Apoore completed Senior High school with excellent WASSCE results but could not proceed to the University because of poverty. It was then that CAMFED Ghana gave her complete scholarship to University for Development Studies to study Planning. CAMFED change makers congress reignited the passion for community service in 2014 and Advocacy for Social Inclusion and Girls Education was born as a way to give back to society. We were fully registered in 2016 as a charitable organization in Ghana. As part of the University’s Third trimester Field Practical Program (TTFPP), Dorcas was posted to Sumbrungu for 2 months in 2015 where she undertook a community data gathering with her colleagues and several problems were identified including Streetism, rural urban migration, poverty and low level of girl’s education. Dorcas shared her school research with her team and the team began to develop means by which to utilize local resources in the community to reduce poverty and generate income for the women. Rose Akuribire, the women leader for ASIGE had been working in the community for decades trying to advance the role of women in the community and had a pivotal role in the establishment of ASIGE. She continues to run the original Sumbrungu Collective to this day. The ASIGE baskets project took centre stage and began in February 2017 with a funding of 500USD from The Pollination Project in the United States.