Project profile — Women & Cocoa Communities Initiative (TogetHER)
Overview
Overview
CA-3-P010607001 | |
$10,000,000 | |
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development (CA-CRA_ACR-3104918610) | |
2022-03-07 - 2026-12-31 | |
Operational |
Country / region
• Ghana (100.00%)Sector
• AgricultureAgricultural policy and administrative management (31110) (20.00%)
• Agriculture
Agricultural financial services (31193) (25.00%)
• Agriculture
Agricultural co-operatives (31194) (25.00%)
• General Environmental Protection
Environmental education/training (41081) (30.00%)
Policy marker
• Climate Change Adaptation (significant objective)• Disability (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (principal objective)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
Description and results
Description
This project aims to empower women and young adults (18-35 years old) in rural cocoa-producing communities in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana. The training and support the project provides encourages collective savings, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion and contributes to the sustainable resilience of the cocoa sector and the equal distribution of economic benefits and opportunities. Project activities include: (1) Interactive training and long-term support on financial and digital literacy for women and youth members of village savings and loans associations to encourage financial inclusion; (2) Technical training on climate-smart practices while developing and expanding promising income-generating activities; and (3) Training for the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and Ghana’s Department of Co-operative on inclusive governance and administrative, financial and environmental management.
Expected results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved financial and economic autonomy for 3,000 women and 1,000 young people (50% women) in targeted rural cocoa communities in the Western and Ashanti regions of Ghana; and (2) improved performance of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the Ghana Cocoa Board and the Department of Co-operative in delivering adapted, gender-responsive and climate-smart products and services, in collaboration with other stakeholders of the cocoa value chain, for the benefit of women and youth.
Financials
Financials
|
Related information
Related information
Related links • Partner website — SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development |
|
Global Affairs Canada | |
WGM Africa | |
Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation | |
Bilateral | |
Project-type interventions |
Legend
The coloured circles represent the number of markers in proximity. Simply click on the circle to zoom in for more information on projects.
2 to 9 markers
10 to 99 markers
100 to 999 markers
1,000 to 9,999 markers
Marker
Note: The Project Browser provides access to project data published by Global Affairs Canada in accordance with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard. This is not meant for official reporting, but to provide information on past and current international projects.