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Learning from Ghana
Divine Chocolate, the Fairtrade their lives. This will be the com-
company co-owned by the Kuapa pany’s second visit to Ireland and
Kokoo farmers’ co-operative in also the first time all the farmers
Ghana, is bringing two members in the group are men! Their roles
of Kuapa Kokoo to Ireland for as recorders are key to the struc-
Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 (25 ture and organisation of Kuapa
February – 9 March). The trip will Kokoo — they are elected as
include a meeting with President trusted fellow farmers to weigh
Mary McAleese in Dublin. the cocoa accurately and pay
Otherwise, trips to Bangor and other farmers the right price
some towns in Cork are planned. accordingly.
Divine Chocolate and the two Kuapa Kokoo, the co-operative
Kuapa Kokoo farmers will of 45,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana
be attending many Fairtrade- who grow the Fairtrade beans for
inspired events and talking to Divine, owns 45pc of Divine
schoolchildren, shoppers, retail- Chocolate Ltd, so both get a fair
ers, church groups, local busines- deal for their cocoa and share in
ses, government officials and the profits.
Fairtrade steering committees. Divine Chocolate is on sale
They will be telling their stories in Dunnes Stores, Eurospar,
of how Fairtrade, and owning SuperValu, Tesco and other good
Kuapa Kokoo farmer drying
a chocolate company, has changed independent stores. cocoa beans in the sun
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