In cocoa-growing communities, children are not only exposed to pesticides during farm work, but also in their daily environment, when playing outdoors, handling contaminated materials, or through residues brought into the home. Protecting children from exposure to pesticides is therefore not only the responsibility of those who spray pesticides, but of all members of cocoa-growing communities.
Training community members who are less likely to participate in agronomical training programmes and who may be less well informed about pesticide-related health risks is key to better protecting children from pesticides.
With this in mind, ICI has developed a training module on protecting children from pesticide exposure in their everyday environment, at home and when they move around their community. It thereby aims to fill a gap in existing programmes and is complementary to other efforts promoting the responsible application of pesticides.
Training overview
DownloadTraining manual
The manual is designed for facilitators and provides step-by-step guidance to deliver the training, including activity instructions, suggested speech notes, and key messages.
Training manual for facilitators
DownloadSupporting materials
A set of visual posters is available to help convey complex information in simple, accessible ways.
Posters for behaviour change training
DownloadGood practices
This Learning into Action brief outlines good practices for delivering effective training and offers practical recommendations to support sustainable behaviour change.
Learning into action: Training community groups to better protect children from pesticides
DownloadICI has also developed a training module for spraying service providers on good practices to protect children from pesticide exposure. This training can be accessed here.
