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MASO Ghana MASO is a five year programme, focused on creating employment opportunities for the youth (aged 18-25) in Ghana’s cocoa communities.

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Promoting  sexual and reproductive health education among youth in  cocoa growing communities

Wednesday, 20 June 2018 by
Access to sexual and reproductive health information is critical for the economic well- being of youth in cocoa growing communities. The lack of it is impacting negatively on the youth increasing their risk of early pregnancy. The MASO programme has therefore taken steps to ensure participating youth have the right information and attitudes to make
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“Growing cocoa is like planting your future” – the story of Francisca Frimpong

Monday, 04 June 2018 by
Imagine being a Junior High School dropout, a single mother at 16, unemployed (because she does not consider her work on the farm as employment), unskilled, no financial support and practically “wasting away” in a rural community that was the story of Francisca Frimpong. Francesca is  23-years-old and resides in Abidjan, a small cocoa growing
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MASO recruits Gender Champions to inspire the next generation of cocoa entrepreneurs

Thursday, 24 May 2018 by
The MASO Programme works with women and men who have made gender equality and women’s empowerment a commitment in their communities. MASO promotes equal participation and engagements with both young men and women. The programme targets 40% female participation in all its interventions. As a strategy to promote equal gender participation and to curb gender
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MASO presents findings on youth access to finance

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 by
Access to finance is a major challenge for young people especially for those in rural areas. Discussion at the bi-annual learning meeting hosted by the Youth Forward Initiative recently centered on the challenges faced by young people in accessing finance. Youth Forward aims to improve the capacity of young people in Ghana to get jobs,
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Access to land a challenge for young people seeking to go into cocoa farming

Friday, 13 April 2018 by
  Alberta Abochie   is a  24-year-old Senior High School graduate and a single mum from Leklebi Agbesia in the Volta Region. She joined the MASO Programme in 2016  with the hope, she will own a farm by the end of the  year long course. Like all her peers, she went through the cocoa agronomy
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MASO Business Academy helps youth create employment opportunities in cocoa communities

Tuesday, 27 March 2018 by
Youth in rural communities are not usually exposed to entrepreneurial training; however, the story for youth in selected cocoa growing communities in Ghana is different. Through the MASO Business Academy, youth age between 17 to 25 in cocoa growing communities are receiving entrepreneurial training to enable them to establish businesses and run them successfully. This
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Becoming a next generation cocoa farmer – John Alu’s story

Friday, 02 March 2018 by
My name is John Alu ,a 25-year-old young man from Leklebi Agbesia in the Volta region. I started my first cocoa farm four years ago but decided to join the MASO Agro Academy in 2016 to learn how to grow cocoa professionally. I would like to tell you about my journey so far. MASO came
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Youth Forward Initiative – MASO Learning Diary 2017

Thursday, 08 February 2018 by
The Youth Forward Initiative learning partner in Ghana has released a Learning Diary on the MASO programme. MASO is part of the Youth Forward Initiative which is supported by the Mastercard Foundation. The Youth Forward Initiative learning partnership works across the programme to develop an evidence-based understanding of the needs of young people in Ghana
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MASO youth establish nurseries for their cocoa farms

Friday, 02 February 2018 by
Sustainable production practices and the expansion of cocoa production in Ghana are linked to the availability of improved planting materials. As part of training the next generation of cocoa farmers in Ghana, the MASO programme establishes nurseries in each of the communities where we run the MASO Agro Academy. The youth are provided with practical
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MASO begins recruitment of third cohort of youth participants

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 by
The MASO programme has started a recruitment process of the third cohort of youth participants. A data collection exercise has begun across five major cocoa growing regions including the Volta, Western, Brong -Ahafo, Ashanti and Central Regions. The MASO programme provides employment opportunities for youth in cocoa growing communities to develop various career options in
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