Our impact · As of 2025
17 women.3 orphans.One pathway to a new future.
Behind every number is a woman whose future is changing.
WAJA's current cohort includes 17 women, including 3 orphans, who are building skills, confidence, discipline and a new sense of possibility.
How lives are changing
The change starts before the first pay cheque.
WAJA is more than training. It is opening doors that were never available to women in our communities. Learning automotive repair means I can support myself and help my family.
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WAJA technician
Confidence
Women are beginning to see themselves as capable of working in a technical field.
Stability
Training support helps reduce the barriers that prevent women from completing long-term programmes.
Identity
Participants are moving from being viewed as beneficiaries to seeing themselves as technicians, problem-solvers and future earners.
Future income
WAJA's goal is to help women progress toward employment, incubation, entrepreneurship and long-term independence.
Where we have been, and where this is going.
A shared garage partnership in Ghana let training start quickly, with real vehicles, real tools and real customer expectations.
- women began the pilot
- 29
Family obligations, health challenges and transport pressures meant some could not continue. Those who stayed kept advancing.
- women in training from 2025
- 17
- orphans among them
- 3
WAJA's goal this year is to complete pilot training and launch the warehouse-based training centre.
- women completing pilot training
- 17
- warehouse secured, awaiting fit-out
- 1
No new intake. WAJA will focus on fully developing the current cohort through incubation, mentorship, personal development and business readiness.
- new intake, by design
- 0
- women in incubation and business readiness
- 17
WAJA plans to launch a second cohort through a more selective intake process.
- candidates in the second intake
- ~40
- participants WAJA aims to retain
- 30
A training centre of their own.
Finishing the pilot means moving out of a borrowed garage. WAJA has secured a large warehouse in Ghana that will become the home for training, technology-enabled learning, diagnostics, personal development and incubation.
The warehouse WAJA has secured in Ghana, as it stands now. It needs to be equipped with bays, classrooms, diagnostics and safety systems.
Why the centre matters
The women need more than access to a garage.
They need a structured environment where they can learn consistently, safely and with the tools required for the future of automotive service. The centre lets WAJA control curriculum, improve training quality, expand technology access and prepare women for real economic opportunity.
$12,934
raised of $650,000 needed to fit out the centre1%
What the centre will include
Automotive training bays
Digital classroom space
Laptops and tablets
Safety equipment
Service workflow training
Incubation support for the 17 women
Diagnostic learning stations
AI-supported repair learning tools
Simulation training tools
EV and hybrid readiness equipment
Personal development and financial literacy sessions
Every item here is something a sponsor can fund outright.
Sponsor equipment