{"id":658,"date":"2024-06-02T19:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T19:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkfoundationghana.org\/site\/?page_id=658"},"modified":"2024-06-24T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T21:36:11","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arkfoundationghana.org\/site\/about-us\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide our-history-page card-quote has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">&#8220;The Ark Foundation has been a beacon of hope for thousands of women and children in need. Their dedication and impact are truly remarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.042), 0.9rem);\">Jane Doe, Beneficiary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-quote has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fddd286e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0\">\n<!-- Infographic or Statistics Block -->\r\n<div class=\"stats-block\">\r\n<div class=\"stat-item\">\r\n<h3>5,000+<\/h3>\r\n<p>Clients Served<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"stat-item\">\r\n<h3>3 Million+<\/h3>\r\n<p>People Reached<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"stat-item\">\r\n<h3>25+<\/h3>\r\n<p>Years of Service<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ed4418e2ec37bc25349b080f439cf34\" style=\"color:#00468c;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">25 Years of The Ark Foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-81d45b804bee05ba01171b1ab8d02052 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bbed8fc5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:3%;padding-right:13%;padding-bottom:3%;padding-left:13%;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details alignwide text-hover-bigger has-heading-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" open><summary>1999-2004<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2211850127d9c7ac5805351c812717ae\" style=\"color:#4a4a4a;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;writing-mode:horizontal-tb\">Since 1999, it has provided services to over 5,000 clients and reached over three million people with its outreach and educational programs on sexual and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse, sex trafficking and related matters, and harmful traditional practices inimical to women and children in particular, across the country. The Ark\u2019s Shelter is the first and still the only operational women\u2019s shelter in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Videos<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-0e45ee9a505e97748da155790be419e0 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bbed8fc5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:3%;padding-right:13%;padding-bottom:3%;padding-left:13%;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details alignwide text-hover-bigger has-heading-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2004-2009<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2211850127d9c7ac5805351c812717ae\" style=\"color:#4a4a4a;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;writing-mode:horizontal-tb\">Since 1999, it has provided services to over 5,000 clients and reached over three million people with its outreach and educational programs on sexual and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse, sex trafficking and related matters, and harmful traditional practices inimical to women and children in particular, across the country. The Ark\u2019s Shelter is the first and still the only operational women\u2019s shelter in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Videos<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-7ee5a209c7f853dc4d281d89e394fd45 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bbed8fc5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:3%;padding-right:13%;padding-bottom:3%;padding-left:13%;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details alignwide text-hover-bigger has-heading-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2009-2014<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2211850127d9c7ac5805351c812717ae\" style=\"color:#4a4a4a;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;writing-mode:horizontal-tb\">Since 1999, it has provided services to over 5,000 clients and reached over three million people with its outreach and educational programs on sexual and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse, sex trafficking and related matters, and harmful traditional practices inimical to women and children in particular, across the country. The Ark\u2019s Shelter is the first and still the only operational women\u2019s shelter in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Videos<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-fab677bfd7c824d3470229699001d988 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bbed8fc5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:3%;padding-right:13%;padding-bottom:3%;padding-left:13%;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details alignwide text-hover-bigger has-heading-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2014-2019<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2211850127d9c7ac5805351c812717ae\" style=\"color:#4a4a4a;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;writing-mode:horizontal-tb\">Since 1999, it has provided services to over 5,000 clients and reached over three million people with its outreach and educational programs on sexual and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse, sex trafficking and related matters, and harmful traditional practices inimical to women and children in particular, across the country. The Ark\u2019s Shelter is the first and still the only operational women\u2019s shelter in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Videos<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-0cb8f6ceac352d4ecfee96b1279a43e5 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bbed8fc5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:3%;padding-right:13%;padding-bottom:3%;padding-left:13%;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details alignwide text-hover-bigger has-heading-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2019-2024<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2211850127d9c7ac5805351c812717ae\" style=\"color:#4a4a4a;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;writing-mode:horizontal-tb\">Since 1999, it has provided services to over 5,000 clients and reached over three million people with its outreach and educational programs on sexual and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse, sex trafficking and related matters, and harmful traditional practices inimical to women and children in particular, across the country. 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