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Developed by the International Cocoa Initiative, the PCCF measures key indicators such as community development, community empowerment, education, child protection, gender, and livelihoods.

Child labour is prevalent in cocoa-producing regions of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. In most cases, the children are working within the family unit and not earning an income. Poverty, lack of affordable labour and lack of post-primary educational opportunities are among the main reasons why children are engaged in child labour. By providing labour services at an affordable rate below market price, Community Service Groups are providing cocoa farmers with an alternative to child labour.

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has developed a good practice in which community registers are used to identify children engaged in, or at risk of, child labour in cocoa production.

This Stop the Traffik report assesses how the six biggest chocolate manufacturers (Ferrero, Hershey, Lindt & Sprüngli, Mars, Mondelez and Nestlé) and three leading certification systems (Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ) are addressing the issues of human trafficking and child labour in the cocoa supply chain.

The ILO-IPEC Cocoa Communities Project exceeded its targeted number of beneficiaries and made significant gains addressing the root causes of child labour in forty of Ghana's cocoa-growing communities.