TogetHER
Cooperative Development Organisation
Implementing Partners and Organisations
Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR)
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD)
Department of Co-Operatives (DOCs)
Private sector actors (FEDCO, Touton and CJ Commodities)
Period of Implementation
Geographic scope
Africa: Ghana
Cities: Ashanti and Western North regions
Budget
Donor(s)
Bilateral Aid: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Sector(s)
Type of Activity
Summary
Training and support will encourage collective savings, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion, while contributing to the sustainable resilience of the cocoa sector and the equal distribution of economic benefits and opportunities. Expected outcomes 1) Improved financial and economic autonomy of 3,000 women and 1,000 young people (500 young women and 500 young men) in targeted rural cocoa communities in the Western and Ashanti regions of Ghana, in the context of climate change. 2) Improved performance of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) with the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and the Department of Co-Operatives in delivering adapted, gender-responsive, climate smart products and services, in collaboration with other cocoa actors, for the benefit of women and youth.
Project Objectives
To empower women and young adults in rural cocoa-producing communities / to reduce gender gaps in the cocoa sector / to foster women and youth effective participation.
Impact on SDGs
Main Indicators
2. Number of entrepreneurs, farmers and smallholders provided with financial and/or business development services
Impact Measurement
2) Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
Direct beneficiaries
Organisations: 115
Individuals: 4000