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Our Team

AWEG is a newly established women’s group with an ultimate objective of empowering women through the production of shea butter to improve the economic status or the livelihood of women.The Awonpok Women’s Empowerment Group has a vision of establishing as an organization (NGO) and expanding in the near future to reach out to all women in the northern part of Ghana, empowering them through the production of shea butter. 

Calvin Kojo

Founder and Director

BSc Community Nutrition at University of Development Studies Tamale, Ghana 

 

 

Luisa Mendonca 

Out of the country co-Director, Proposal Analyst and fundraiser

BA in Political Science and International Relations Minor in Latin American Studies University of Calgary, Canada 

Sophie Milton 

Project Advisor and Proposal analyst

BA in Political Science and International Relations Minor in Development Studies University of Calgary, Canada

Anaab Lawrencia

Field Officer and in-country co-Director

Certificate General Arts Cape Coast, Ghana

Cydney Melnyk 

Proposal Analyst, Fundraiser and communication director

BA Development Studies University of Calgary, Canada 

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