ICI started its programme based on research that sought to describe not only the prevalence of worst forms of child labour and forced adult labour but also the direct and underlying causes that supported these practices. From 2004 to 2007 ICI piloted a community based approach to changing attitudes and practices, primarily in Ghana, with the same pilot programme starting in late 2006 in Cote d’Ivoire.

This community based approach is at the centre of ICI’s programme which also includes building awareness and capacity in a wide variety of public, private sector and civil society actors that seeks to build the broader environment for change. The all approach throughout our work is to support those who have the mandate and responsibility to address the underlying causes of WFCL and FL to eventually meet the needs in a sustainable manner.

Throughout the years, considerable interest has arisen in the activities of ICI and many articles have been published in the international press about this unique partnership. The ICI Press Review compiles some of them.