Entry: Charlie Feezel, World Cocoa Foundation

Late last month the ECHOES team conducted a baseline study. We worked with teachers, farmers, households and community leaders to survey the current level of education and skills in the area surrounding Sefwi Wiwaso, in the Western Region of Ghana as well as a number of communities in Côte d’Ivoire. The tabulations of the study will help us measure the success of the ECHOES program which is designed to improve opportunities for youth and young adults in cocoa growing communities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Pictured here is IFESH International Educator Joetta Brown, center, convening a focus group with teachers in Futa, Ghana.