We facilitate the shift from aid dependency to independent communities.
We leverage revenues from community-run farms to improve education and health outcomes in cocoa-growing communities. And without long-term reliance on foreign aid.
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Our Story
Cocoa360 was founded in 2015 by Dr. Shadrack Frimpong. As the son of a cocoa farmer and charcoal seller, he grew up in a rural farming community in Ghana witnessing many family members struggle to access healthcare and education. In pursuit of a PhD and a research-based intervention plan that engages communities in their own self-sustained change promoting public health, he developed Cocoa360’s theory of change called Farm for Impact. To date, this work has been published in over 10 peer-reviewed publications and internationally recognized by Forbes 30 under 30 for social entrepreneurship and by the Queen’s Young Leader award by HRM Queen Elizabeth II.
Founded
Our organization's theory of change is defined by Founder Dr. Shadrack Frimpong's undergraduate research and wins the University of Pennsylvania's Penn’s President's Engagement Prize.
Launch
Official launch of Cocoa360
Pilot
First successful pilot of Farm for Impact model
Services Begin
Completed building of Tarkwa Breman School and Clinic & first farm harvest
School Innovations
Innovations at Tarkwa Breman School
Pilot Model
Piloting Farm for Impact Model towards Early Childhood Development (ECD) innovation
ECD Pilot
Farm for Impact Model towards ECD Pilot at TBCE completed
Preparing for Scale
Cocoa360 engages new programs and communities for scale.