Creation of Child Friendly Spaces: A space for play, learning and free expression for children in cocoa farming communities
12 October 2022
Yao Kouakou Serge Maurice is a 15-year-old boy who lives and attends school in Zou (about 102 km from Duékoué, Côte d'Ivoire). During the holidays, he joins his family in Belleville, a cocoa farming community located about 82 km from Duékoué. Since last year, he is no longer bored during school breaks. Every morning, after taking a shower, he goes to the Children’s Centre, a space built by ICI with the support of the Jacobs Foundation, to keep children away from dangerous work in the fields, to help them learn to express themselves, and to strengthen their skills and support their development
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