Project to Mobilize Community Action and Promote Opportunities for Youth in Ghana’s Cocoa Growing Communities

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $4,500,000 total costs for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) in Ghana to address child labor, through an integrated area-based approach, in cocoa growing areas, with a focus on child labor in cocoa production. The project will aim to empower cocoa growing communities to design and implement Community Action Plans (CAPs) to address child labor at the community level. The project also will address child labor by helping vulnerable youth (ages 15-17) in cocoa growing areas of Ghana to further their education or develop marketable skills to secure acceptable work that is appropriate for their ages. In addition, the project will provide vulnerable households with livelihood services and occupational safety and health (OSH) training. The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4 years (48 months) from the effective date of the award.