Vida Tanu, gives herself a fresh start through cocoa cultivation
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Almost every MASO youth has a story of how and why they joined. For most, they had limited opportunities and jobs in their communities, but for Vida Tanu, it is a result of a dire need for a fresh start. Vida Tanu is a budding youth cocoa farmer from Jerusalem, a cocoa farming community in
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Q&A: Fred Frimpong, MASO Programme Manager reflects on two and half years of implementation
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
The MASO programme was started in 2016. For the past two and half years, the programme has trained thousands of young people in cocoa growing communities to either become entrepreneurial cocoa farmers and or businessmen and women providing various services to the cocoa sector. Fred Frimpong, the MASO Programme Manager reflects on two and half
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MASO opens doors for the youth – the story of Enoch Gyebi
Monday, 16 July 2018
Enoch Gyebi is a 26-year-old carpenter from Sefwi Sui, a farming community with a population of about 3000 in the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipality, of the Western Region. Enoch, dropped out of Junior High School in 2018 when he lost his father. He subsequently, went to learn a trade in carpentry. He practiced that for the past
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Cocoa creates a job for Patience Normenyo
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Patience Normenyo, is a 25-year-old resident of Tweapease in New Edubiase in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region. She is one of the thousands of young people breathing new life into cocoa production in Ghana. She joined the MASO Programme in 2017 and trained as a cocoa entrepreneur. Her new skills in cocoa
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