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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Promoting sexual and reproductive health education among youth in cocoa growing communities
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
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
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
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
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
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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Becoming a next generation cocoa farmer – John Alu’s story
Friday, 02 March 2018
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
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
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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Isaac Adetis’ story, from a youth farmer to a community entrepreneur
Thursday, 04 January 2018
“Farming is the only career option for most youth in Ashrifikrom. So I also became a farmer growing cassava, maize and cocoa when I finished Junior Secondary School in 2011”, says Isaac Adeti. But now the 23-year-old young man has added another income generating activity to his life. He sells agrochemicals to other farmers in
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