Vocational & Skills Training
Hands-on training in soap making, bleach and fabric-softener production, hairdressing, bead-making, tailoring and carpentry — practical trades that turn into livelihoods.
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Youth-led • Founded 2025 • Accra, Ghana
Restoring dignity. Rebuilding futures. Reducing recidivism.
A youth-led initiative supporting the reformation and reintegration of juveniles in Ghana's correctional centers through vocational training, life skills and mentorship.
In partnership with
Arms Around the Child · The SAW Project · The Prem Rawat Foundation
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small businesses launched by our graduates
Who we are
To break the cycle of reoffending & create opportunities for lasting impact
Reduce Recidivism is a youth-led initiative in Ghana committed to supporting the reformation and reintegration of juveniles in correctional centres. Founded by Tracy Frimpong, Esq. in January 2025, we empower young offenders through hands-on vocational training, life-skills development and mentorship that foster self-reliance and restore dignity.
- Practical, marketable skills that turn into real livelihoods
- Life-skills and mentorship that rebuild confidence and purpose
- Reintegration support that reduces stigma and prevents reoffending
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Juveniles trained in vocational skills
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Small businesses launched by graduates
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Inmates reached through digital literacy
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Partner organisations in Ghana & abroad
What we do
Programmes that restore and rebuild
From the workshop floor to life beyond the walls — every programme is designed to give young people the skills, confidence and support to never return.
Life Skills & Personal Development
Workshops in communication, financial literacy, self-discipline and emotional resilience that rebuild confidence and prepare young people for life beyond the walls.
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Digital Literacy
Introducing inmates to design tools like Canva, branding and copyright basics — opening a new narrative and modern, marketable skills.
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Peace Education
Delivered in partnership with The Prem Rawat Foundation — helping participants discover inner peace, self-worth and the foundation for lasting transformation.
Learn moreOur Mission
To reduce recidivism and crime rates among young people by providing vocational training, skill development, and mentorship that facilitate effective rehabilitation and smooth reintegration into society.
Our Vision
A Ghana with much lower crime and recidivism rates among young people — and a society where ex-convicts are empowered, economically independent, and can actively contribute to national development through self-employment.
Voices of change
Transformation, in their own words
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I started Reduce Recidivism because I believe transformation is possible when we treat people with empathy and invest in their future. Every success story reminds us: no one is beyond redemption.
Tracy Frimpong
Founder & Youth Advocate
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Before joining the program, I felt forgotten. The vocational training helped me find purpose again. Now, I run a small carpentry business and people look at me with respect, not pity. Reduce Recidivism gave me a second chance.
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I taught young girls at Osu Correctional Centre how to make bleach — but we created more than a cleaning solution. We sparked hope, transformation and the belief in second chances. One girl said, "I am a newer version of myself."
Everloving Owusuaa Apenteng
Facilitator
News & stories
From the field
Updates from our work inside Ghana's correctional centres.
Building Peace, Restoring Lives: Reflections on the Peace Education Program
In partnership with The Prem Rawat Foundation, we brought the Peace Education Program into correctional centres — where peace becomes a mindset and a foundation for transformation.
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Children and the Criminal Justice System in Ghana: A Free E-Book on Juvenile Justice Reform
A free educational e-book — developed with Criminal Law Blog Ghana — explaining children's rights and Ghana's juvenile justice system in clear, practical language.
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Digital Literacy for a New Narrative: Training Inmates at the Senior Correctional Centre
On 10 September 2025 we ran a digital-literacy workshop at the Senior Correctional Centre in Dzorwulu, Accra — redefining branding for 15 inmates and 6 officers.
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Be the reason a young person never goes back
Your support gives juveniles in Ghana's correctional centres the skills, dignity and second chance they deserve. Stand with us today.