From: Bill Guyton, Charlie Feezel, David Noyes
World Cocoa Foundation is pleased to announce a public-private partnership program called ECHOES II which will help improve educational and skills training for youth in the cocoa growing areas of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Click here to read the full press release.
The program is endorsed by both Ministries of Education in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
Supporters of this program include US Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa Education Initiative and its members Kraft Foods; The Hershey Company; Mars, Incorporated; Starbucks Coffee Company; Fazer Confectionery; Olam International Ltd.; The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.’s SunSpire brand; Guittard Chocolate Company and Barry Callebaut as well as The Jacobs Foundation and the Norwegian Association of Chocolate Manufacturers.
Implementing partners are IFESH and Winrock.
For more information on our youth education programs in West Africa, please visit the ECHOES page on our website.
Comments (2)
I think the definition for what age group constitutes the youth has to be clear so that future impact of the events can be made.
Posted by John Adu Kumi | October 15, 2009 12:59 PM
Posted on October 15, 2009 12:59
I think, for training for out-of-school youth, the specifics are not clear as to whether university graduates, polytechnics etc, as well as the age group.thanks
Posted by daniel adu-gyamfi | June 7, 2010 10:01 PM
Posted on June 7, 2010 22:01