Inspiring Global Kinship
Chocolate University is a neighborhood and global outreach initiative of Askinosie Chocolate and The Askinosie Foundation. As an experiential learning program for local students with an international reach, we aim to inspire students, through the lens of artisan chocolate making, to be global citizens, know themselves and their opportunities and embrace the idea that small businesses can solve world problems.
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Mababu Chekechea
Modern Early Learning Center for the children in the Mababu, Tanzania village
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International Business Immersion
Hands on international travel and learning experience for High School Juniors and Seniors offered in partnership with Drury University
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Empowered Girls
After-school empowerment club for middle and high school girls in Tanzania’s Kyela region
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Enlightened Boys
After-school enrichment club for middle and high school boys in Tanzania’s Kyela region
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Inventing Chocolate + Growing Minds – SummerScape 2024
Beyond designing new flavors and tasting a myriad of chocolate throughout the week, the fourteen students of Summerscape’s Chocolate University at Drury had the opportunity to tour the Askinosie Chocolate factory, learn about cocoa origins, make connections with factory employees, and write their own “Vision of Greatness”.
Empowering and Enlightening Futures: Celebrating Graduates from Mababu and Matema Beach
Empowering and Enlightening Futures: Celebrating Graduates from Mababu and Matema Beach By Emanuel Chikoti, Fides Magige, and Saraphiner Urio Under the shade trees of Matema Beach Secondary School, graduates from two schools gathered to [...]
Celebrating a Milestone: Mwaya Secondary School’s EG&EB Graduation Day
Celebrating a Milestone: Mwaya Secondary School's EG&EB Graduation Day By Emanuel Chikoti, Fides Magige, and Saraphiner Urio The air was filled with excitement and pride as students, [...]
Considering Chocolate University? Q&A with Chocolate University’s Class of 2023
Considering Chocolate University? Q&A with Chocolate University's Class of 2023 By Anna Mercer Considering applying for Chocolate University’s Class of 2025? CU’s most recent alumni from the Class of 2023 have some words of [...]
Inventing Chocolate + Growing Minds – SummerScape 2024
Beyond designing new flavors and tasting a myriad of chocolate throughout the week, the fourteen students of Summerscape’s Chocolate University at Drury had the opportunity to tour the Askinosie Chocolate factory, learn about cocoa origins, make connections with factory employees, and write their own “Vision of Greatness”.
Empowering and Enlightening Futures: Celebrating Graduates from Mababu and Matema Beach
Empowering and Enlightening Futures: Celebrating Graduates from Mababu and Matema Beach By Emanuel Chikoti, Fides Magige, and Saraphiner Urio Under the shade trees of Matema Beach Secondary School, graduates from two schools gathered to [...]
Celebrating a Milestone: Mwaya Secondary School’s EG&EB Graduation Day
Celebrating a Milestone: Mwaya Secondary School's EG&EB Graduation Day By Emanuel Chikoti, Fides Magige, and Saraphiner Urio The air was filled with excitement and pride as students, [...]
Considering Chocolate University? Q&A with Chocolate University’s Class of 2023
Considering Chocolate University? Q&A with Chocolate University's Class of 2023 By Anna Mercer Considering applying for Chocolate University’s Class of 2025? CU’s most recent alumni from the Class of 2023 have some words of [...]