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United Nations Refugee Agency's Refugee-Led Innovation Fund Winner

A Boutique with Heart: Abenah's Dream to Bring Good Clothes Closer to Home

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Born in Accra, Ghana, Abenah Hope now lives in Afife in the Volta Region. With a deep sense of responsibility to the people around him, Abenah’s dream is to open a small men's boutique offering clothing and footwear that helps his customers feel confident and well-presented.


Abenah attended our Workshop to sharpen his skills and rethink his direction. The sessions helped him shape his long-term goals and understand what his community truly needs. His project, “Helping my community to have access to good clothes,” comes from a simple idea: people should be able to buy good clothing close to home and at a fair price.


His target audience includes men and boys of all ages, local schools, and nearby communities. These are people he knows well. Moreover, he plans to start small in his local area and eventually expand to other markets across the region.


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Abenah comes from a hardworking family and is part of a loan group largely made up of farmers. They share the same values—discipline, commitment, and the desire to build a better future for themselves, their families, and their generations to come. He is confident that with the right financial and technical backing from donors, microloans can spark meaningful growth for every person of the group.


Driven by his vision and care for his community, Abenah Hope represents hope for a more confident, better-served, and economically stronger local future. His journey shows how small ideas can create real change—one boutique, one family, and one community at a time.





 
 
 

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