Ghana for Post-16 Fairtrade and Volunteering

Ghana for Post-16 – Fairtrade and Volunteering

An Invitation for Staff and Students

On the occasion of International Women’s Day and during Fairtrade Fortnight 2011, the Plymouth Ghana Link invites you to meet Erica Kyere, Communications Director of Kuapa Kokoo, the largest cocoa cooperative in Ghana.

This event will be held at the Plymouth University, Roland Levinsky Building, Room 209 on Wednesday March 9 between 4.00 and 5.30 p.m. Come and hear about Fairtrade, volunteering, the Ghana equivalent of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and gap year opportunities. This invitation is for the Head Boy and Head Girl (or up to two senior School Council/Senate representatives) in all Plymouth secondary schools, and to interested staff1. Tea and chocolate will be served.

Please reply to the Link Secretary, Peter Reid, 07971 086492, [email protected]

Erica Adutwumwaa Kyere

Erica A. Kyere (30) has a degree in Economics and Management from the University of Ghana and an MBA in Marketing from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She is in Plymouth for two weeks promoting Fairtrade as a guest of the Plymouth Ghana Link, www.plymouthghanalink.org.

Erica has worked at Kuapa Kokoo for six years firstly as a Development Officer and subsequently promoted to her current position of Communications Manager.

As a development officer, she travelled many of the cocoa-growing villages to help with problems and challenges that members of the Cooperative face. As communications manager she leads the communications team to promote the Cooperative, which has 45,000 farmer members in over 1,300 villages and remote communities.

“Fairtrade means a lot to us in Kuapa Kokoo. By purchasing a Fairtrade product, you will be helping farmers get access to clean drinking water which people in the North take for granted, you’ll be helping a poor child get access to education and generally helping a farmer take control of his or her life! What keeps me going is when a farmer smiles at me after something I have done and says thank you for helping us to improve!”

1 Limited parking available – book through Elaine Budd, 07712 586060, [email protected]