Partners: Beyond Beans Period: 2025 – Country of Operation: Côte D’Ivoire Category: Community Development, Cocoa Sector Project Snapshot The Nestlé Income Accelerator Programme (IAP) is an initiative aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa-farming families in Côte D’Ivoire while advancing regenerative agriculture practices. In collaboration with Beyond Beans, PDA has been instrumental in forming 87…
Partner: Tony’s Chocolonely Period: 2025 Country of operation: Ghana; Cote d’Ivoire Category: Cocoa Sector, Community Development Project Snapshot: Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is supporting Tony’s Chocolonely in conducting a farmer survey across Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, engaging 1,303 cocoa farmers. The survey seeks to better understand the living conditions of cocoa farmers and address critical issues such as…
Partner: Magic Libraries Foundation Period: 2023 – 2026 Country of Operation: Ghana Category: Education and Child Literacy Project Snapshot The Cocoa Communities’ Library Project (CCLP) is a collaborative effort between Participatory Development Associates (PDA) and the Magic Libraries Foundation. The project aims to improve the reading literacy of children and build a culture of…
Partners: Beyond Beans Period: 2025 – Country of operation: Ghana Category: Child Protection and Welfare; Financial Inclusion (VSLAs) Project Snapshot: My Life, My Right is a project being implemented by Right To Play (RTP) and Participatory Development Associates (PDA) in selected cocoa communities in the Ashanti and Ahafo regions, in partnership with Barry Callebaut…
Partners: SUCDEN; Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) Period: 2024 – 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Women’s Economic Empowerment; Financial Inclusion (VSLAs); Cocoa Sector; Agriculture Project snapshot: The Women’s Empowerment, Access to Finance and Income Generation in Ghana project is aimed at addressing the primary challenges facing the cocoa sector in Ghana including…
Partners: Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program; ECOM Period: 2024 – 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Women’s Economic Empowerment; Financial Inclusion (VSLAs); Cocoa Sector; Agriculture Project snapshot: The VSLA-GALS project is a financial inclusion and gender empowerment project which is aimed at building the economic and social capacities of cocoa farmers in selected communities…
Partners: theSOFTtribe; Mastercard Foundation Period: 2024 – 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Youth Welfare; Agriculture; GESI; Employment; Education & Literacy Project Snapshot: The AgriConnect initiative is a US$14.7 million proof-of-concept partnership between theSOFTtribe and Mastercard Foundation aimed at empowering youth, particularly young women and persons with disabilities, by enhancing their participation in the…
Partners: Barry Callebaut Nyonkopa Period: 2025 – Country of operation: Ghana Category: Child Protection and Welfare; Financial Inclusion (VSLAs) Project Snapshot: PDA, in partnership with Right to Play and Nyonkopa, has been working to strengthen community and district-level child protection structures to safeguard children and improve response systems across several regions. Our collective efforts…
EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AS A FOUNDATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND EMPOWERMENT Despite increasing school enrollment rates, Ghana continues to face significant challenges in foundational literacy and numeracy, particularly at the primary level. Inadequate resources, untrained staff, foreign-dominated book collections, and limited infrastructure contribute to alarming statistics from the Ghana Education Service: between 54.5% and 92.5%…