Our Mission:
Ethical Cocoa That Transforms Lives in Ghana.
We are a Scottish social enterprise (SCIO) revolutionising cocoa sourcing. By paying fair prices directly to Ghanaian smallholder farmers and reinvesting profits, we eradicate child labour and build self-sustaining communities.
We tackle child labour at its source: poverty and lack of opportunity. Every farmer who joins our partner, the Chamber of Farmers Ghana, agrees that they will ensure their children attend school and that their learning is not disrupted by them having to become involved in child labour to supplement the family income. Beyond fair pay, we fund scholarships for high school and university education—including international opportunities—so farming families dream bigger. The result is to eliminate child labour by addressing the root cause, and have children in classrooms, provided with the education they rightfully deserve.
Ending Child Labour
Over 300 smallholder families (farming just 2-10 acres each) form the Ghanaian Farmers’ Collective (GCF), a shield against exploitation. Historically stigmatised as a “poor” practice they now bargain collectively, access subsidised tools/seeds, and use digitised systems to track yields and payments transparently. When farmers requested snake-proof boots for harvest, we supplied them. When border smuggling threatened livelihoods, we created legal market access. We also prioritise women farmers in Tamale, providing training and resources to unlock their economic leadership.
Empowering Farmers
Community Transformation
Your purchases fund tangible change, literally building communities.
In three years, we’ve transformed derelict buildings into thriving schools—refurbishing 2 classrooms and constructing a new 2-classroom block from an empty field. Teachers now prepare lessons in a dedicated staff room, fostering quality education for new generations.
We refurbished a derelict structure in Old Baika into a life-saving cottage hospital—complete with 14 beds, isolation wards, and sanitation facilities—supporting a community of 8,500 residents.
Entrepreneurship is promoted by giving students who want to start up a farm business, financial aid. In so doing, the economic pressure on securing jobs after school is reduced and economic growth through agriculture enhanced.
Ghana produces ~20% of the world’s cocoa, yet farmers earn less than $1 per day, driving child labour. Good Cocoa Bean disrupts this cycle by proving that trade can be equitable, ecological, and empowering.
When you choose Good Cocoa Bean, you reject exploitative cocoa. You provide living wages, build schools, fund hospitals, and keep Ghanaian children in classrooms—not fields. This is trade rooted in justice, not extraction.