News from ICI
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A brighter future for Augustina11 octobre 2018Diana Mawusi is a mother of seven children living in Mehame, a cocoa-growing community in the Asanti Region. Her eldest child, Augustina Brago is a beneficiary of the ICI supported apprenticeship programme. Diana tells us about their ordeal and the changes which have come into the life of her family since 2017. “My husband is a cobbler in Ejisu but he lost his job and had to return to the village. In addition to this, we had no buyers for the cassavas and maize we planted. This resulted in serious financial problems for the family, which was compounded by the fact that we don’t own farmlandEn savoir plus
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Nestlé advances actions to curb child labour in cocoa in Ashanti Region26 septembre 2018The Cocoanect co untry Representative, Marjolijn Hekelaah, handing over a school bag to a child The remediation element of the Nestle Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) wasEn savoir plus
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Protection des enfants: Les populations participantes du projet ECLIC reçoivent des appuis en infrastructures scolaires et sociales innovantes24 septembre 2018Comment offrir des opportunités éducatives de qualité aux enfants engagés ou courant le risque d’être engagés dans le travail des enfants ? C’est cette problématique que tente de résoudre la Fondation International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) à travers la mise en œuvre du projet Eliminer le Travail des Enfants dans la Cacaoculture (Eliminating Child Labor In Cocoa - ECLIC) en Côte d’Ivoire.En savoir plus
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How good infrastructure can increase children's interest in education5 septembre 2018Education serves as one of the best preventive measures of remediating children from child labour and promoting a safer environment to facilitate child protection. As part of ICI’s interventions inEn savoir plus
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How rice cultivation helps reduce child labour in Ghana5 septembre 2018ICI, through our work in the communities have come to see the impossibility of eliminating child labour without elevating poverty because it is one of the major causes of child labour.En savoir plus
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ICI at the European Parliament hearing on child labour in cocoa17 août 2018On 11 July 2018, the European Parliament’s Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights held a joint hearing on cocoa and coffee entitled " Cocoa and Coffee – devastating rainforestEn savoir plus
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Growing vegetables means more income, diversified livelihoods and better protected children14 août 2018Joseph Oppong lives in Bekwai, Adankragya. He is a 60 year old cocoa farmer with 5 children. His eldest child is in the Training College and the youngest is in Junior High School form 1. Joseph is oneEn savoir plus