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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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Improving livelihoods in the Ghana Cocoa Belt — an impact evaluation of the MASO programme

Thursday, 12 November 2020 by
Using a youth livelihood lens to assess the impacts of the Next Generation Youth in Cocoa Programme (MASO) — implemented in Ghana by a consortium of six partners led by Solidaridad West Africa and funded by the Mastercard Foundation — this study evaluates how the MASO programme has contributed to improving economic outcomes for youth
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Meet Andrew Fosu – a budding agripreneur from Kasapin

Friday, 22 November 2019 by
Andrews Fosu lives in Kasapin, a farming community in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. Andrew is the proud owner of an agro-input store in his community. An activity that enables him to make significant contribution to agriculture in his community. Andrew started out as a young farmer in his community. Being the eldest of 6
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MASO Youth developing careers in the cocoa sector – the data so far

Tuesday, 05 November 2019 by
Since 2016, the MASO Programme has focused on training rural youth in cocoa-producing communities in cocoa agronomy and entrepreneurship. This is intended to create employment opportunities for them within the cocoa sector. To date, almost 12,000 young people have enrolled in the programme with some transitioning into various areas of engagements. The following posters provide
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Thanks to MASO I am now a business owner – Senameh Godwin

Friday, 01 November 2019 by
In 2016, I was out of school, unemployed and desperate in Accra for an opportunity. After struggling unsuccessfully to find a job, I made the decision to go into farming. This is my story My name is Godwin Senameh,i am 25 years old and originally from Ada Foah but now a resident of Satrokofi in
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Second MASO Youth in Cocoa Conference to take place in Ho

Thursday, 19 September 2019 by
Almost 200 young men and women will on September 25, 2019 converge in Ho to participate in the second edition of the MASO Youth in Cocoa Conference. The participants are drawn from six  cocoa producing regions of Ghana including the Ashanti, Ahafo,  Central , Western North, Volta  and Oti Regions. The annual MASO youth in
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RESILIENT YOUTH BUILD A FUTURE WITH COCOA IN GHANA

Friday, 16 August 2019 by
Ghana is the second-largest producer of cocoa beans globally, however many of the beans are grown by farmers over 50-years-old, on ageing farms. This has the potential to negatively impact future cocoa production. Yet, there are thousands of young people who are willing and able to contribute to cocoa production, given the right skills and
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BLOG: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MASO COCOA ACADEMY STUDENTS IN GHANA

Tuesday, 13 August 2019 by
Solidaridad’s MASO Cocoa Academy is a training programme for young Ghanaian women and men to become skilled, business-savvy cocoa farmers. In this blog, our colleague Lauren Konopacz shares her experience from joining the current MASO students on their typical study day at the Cocoa Academy. In the village of Assin Nkukuasa, about a 5 hour
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MASO trains youth to set up businesses in cocoa communities

Wednesday, 31 July 2019 by
Most youth in rural areas usually have limited opportunities to find jobs or start a business. For youth, in the cocoa-producing communities where the Next Generation Cocoa Programme (MASO) operates, the story is different. Through the MASO Business Academy, youth are trained to become entrepreneurs in their communities. The objective of the Business Academy is
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MAWUSE HOTOR SHINES AT SOLIDARIDAD@50 EVENT

Tuesday, 02 July 2019 by
Recently at the Solidaridad@50 event in the Netherlands, Mawuse Hotor, a 26-year-old cocoa farmer delivered a keynote address. Mawuse is a beneficiary of Solidaridad’s MASO cocoa academy and is now the proud owner of her cocoa farm. “The future of cocoa farming lies in the hands of the youth,” she said in her speech, full
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Godwin shares his MASO life changing story

Tuesday, 07 May 2019 by
” Life wasn’t fun when I completed Junior High School with no job and any source of income for at least three years. The only option available was farming, which I never considered a viable  career choice ”. These were the words of Godwin Lumor, a 24-year-old MASO youth farmer from Tonkoase No. 2, a
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