At a time when many young women struggle to find hope and opportunity, one woman in Kumasi is helping change lives, one loaf at a time.

A Senior High School graduate and the founder of Inna’s Kitchen Culinary Art Institute, Fati Adams, is offering free bakery training to vulnerable young women, orphans, and girls from low-income backgrounds. Her mission is to equip women with skills they can use to transform their lives.

“I started this because I saw how many young women around me were suffering. They had no jobs, no support, and no skills. I told myself, if I can teach them something small like baking, maybe they can start something for themselves,” said Fati, who runs the institute from a modest training space in Kumasi.

Since launching the initiative, Fati has trained over 30 women without charging them a single cedi.

“I didn’t go far in education, but I believe in skill training,” she explained. “It gives you something that no one can take away from you.”

Among the trainees is Fauzia Bashir, an orphan and SHS graduate from Nigeria who came to Ghana in search of a better future.

“Back home, life was very hard after I lost my parents. I came here hoping to learn a trade, but I didn’t have money to pay for training,” Fauzia shared.

“When I met Madam Fati and she said the training is free, I cried. This is a life-changing opportunity. I want to go back one day and also train others for free.”

Another beneficiary, Felicity Donkor, who had opened a roadside food joint where she sells banku, and tilapia, has joined the training too.

“It is a nice experience and I hope to change my life with it,” she said.

For Lydia Owusu, the experience has been more than just baking. It has given her confidence and a sense of purpose.

“This place gave me more than skills. It gave me hope,” she said. “Before this, I didn’t know what to do with my life.”

The atmosphere at Inna’s Kitchen is one of support and sisterhood. Trainees laugh, learn, and encourage each other, even as they knead dough and decorate cakes.

Fati hopes to expand the training to reach more women across the Ashanti Region.

“If I had the means, I would expand the raining centre,” she said. “We need to empower women not just with words but with real opportunities.”

Local leaders and community members have praised Fati for her dedication to social change. Many say her work is filling a gap left by formal education and employment systems.

As the sweet smell of freshly baked bread fills the air at Inna’s Kitchen, so too does the promise of a better future for the women who enter with uncertainty and leave with pride.