Our interventions are aligned with UN High Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment recommendations and we already see their positive impact on the ground, in the 861 cocoa communities where Cocoa Life is active. For instance our experience confirms that when women receive equal access to land, finance, training and inputs, productivity increases significantly. This is critical to increase the income of cocoa farming families.
To do this, in FEDCO in collaboration with our partners have established Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLA). Community members, nearly 80% of which are women, are taking part in these VSLAs and benefiting from improved financial literacy, a growing culture of savings, additional sources of income and ultimately better resilience for cocoa farming families
