Providing Educational Opportunities

All children have educational needs and the needs in western Africa are significant.

Recent studies have found that children who work on family cocoa farms in Africa often have limited educational opportunities. Cup of Charlie® is currently sponsoring the education of five children with nearly 150 kids still on the waiting list at one school alone. In other words, our work has just begun.

But the educational opportunities aren't just a one-way street. Because Cup of Charlie was created and developed by children, they are learning first hand what it takes to run a business. We would like to expand this experience to the kids in western Africa after we help them enroll in school.

Cup of Charlie is all about kids helping and learning from each other. With chocolate as a common denominator—and what child doesn’t like chocolate?—the opportunities to learn about different cultures are endless.

Students sponsored by Cup of Charlie