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The Kokoo Footprints Walking Challenge
Event description
Did you know that 70% of the world’s cocoa is produced by four countries in West Africa; Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Cameroon?
At the same time, farming communities like these in the Global South remain on the frontlines of the climate crisis and are hardest hit, yet the least resourced.
Cocoa, sugar, coffee, tea, dates and olives will continue to cross borders freely… while the hands that grow them remain.
To mark Refugee Week, the Chocolate Has A Name Festival 2026 invites you to take part in something meaningful: Kokoo Footprints.
This is a 54-mile relay around the Calderdale Way, taking place from Saturday 6th to Sunday 7th June, starting and finishing in Halifax with a bake sale.
It’s a 12-leg walk, with small teams or pods of up to eight people.
A cocoa sack will be carried and passed along the route as a symbolic baton.
This is an intentional act of repair. A chance to give back to farming communities through the Chocolate Has A Name project, which supports cocoa processing and value addition as part of everyday learning for children growing up in cocoa-farming communities in Ghana.
Each walker will raise sponsorship through the Crowdfunder, helping turn steps into impact.
Join a pod. Take a leg. Carry the story.
Because chocolate has a name.
To see the walk details and sign up as a walker please follow the link below
https://tiny.cc/Kokoo_Footprints
Venue (start of Pod 1, and finish of Pod 12)
Kokoo & Chocolate Heritage Repair Museum, Unit 4 Northgate house market Street HX1 1UR, Halifax
Event details
- This event is at Kokoo & Chocolate Heritage Repair Museum
- Tickets are free
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This event runs from 06 Jun 2026 - 07 Jun 2026.
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