Our Story
Our Story
Founded in 2015 by CEO Dr. Shadrack Frimpong, we employ community-centered development to help communities in Ghana thrive. Dr. Frimpong, the son of a cocoa farmer and a charcoal seller, he grew up without running water and electricity in rural Ghana. He became the first person from his village to attend college in the US, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with the $150,000 President’s Engagement Prize (PEP), one of Penn’s highest honors. With the PEP, he pioneered the trailblazing community engagement model, farm-for-impact.
We facilitate the shift from aid dependency to independent communities.
Founded
Our organization's theory of change is defined by Founder Dr Shadrack Frimpong's undergraduate research and wins University of Pennsylvania's Penn’s President's Engagement Prize.
Launched
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 communities for scale.
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