Region: West Africa
Partnerships that matter: Solidaridad Network 2014 Annual Report online
The leaders of leading companies no longer talk about corporate responsibility as a side issue for their CSR departments. Some,…
15 June 2015
Go for good gold
From the Nobel Prize to Olympic medals. Around the world gold in its purest form symbolises our highest possible achievements.…
19 May 2015
Solidaridad West Africa (SWA) Regional Expertise Center (REC) has taken its producer support programmes beyond voluntary certification standards by encouraging…
31 December 2014
Call for Proposals to Establish Cocoa Rural Service Centers in Ghana
Ghana, Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme (CORIP) opens up the second call for proposals to establish Cocoa Rural Service Centres…
08 December 2014
Addressing Forced Labor – A Practitioner's Toolkit
Solidaridad and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) released a toolkit to help people and organizations address forced labour in…
11 November 2014
Young farmers rejuvenate age-old cocoa growing practices
Ahwiaakrom, in Sefwi Wiaso district in Ghana, is famous for two things: its wood carvings dating back over 400 years…
02 October 2014
Hope for palm oil livelihood and yield improvements in West Africa
Solidaridad's Sustainable West Africa Palm oil Programme (SWAPP) hosted a workshop last week to share its Best Management Practices on…
25 September 2014
Better Cotton Initiative benefits sector
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) aims to promote measurable improvements of cotton cultivation to make it more economically, environmentally, and…
21 August 2014
Training cocoa farmers for UTZ certification
In November 2009, the first UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa in the world was delivered in the harbour of Amsterdam. The cocoa…
Solidaridad introduces Fairtrade Fairmined gold
Artisanal and small-scale miners work under the most severe and unsafe labour conditions. Their production is limited and the price…
