Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation (CLMRS)

The International Cocoa Initiative , in collaboration with Nestlé and ECOM, have launched an extended implementation of the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). The intervention

Yaw Amoah is a cocoa farmer in Ayokoa, a cocoa-growing community in Ghana. He lives with his wife and four children who are aged from four to sixteen years. They all make their livelihood from a two

Tony's Chocolonely together with their supplier of organic cocoa, ABOCFA, a Fairtrade farmers’ cooperative in Suhum, have partnered with ICI to support 159 school children from 91 cocoa farming

The 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) was

Joseph 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 one

As part of ICI’s six year strategic plan from 2015 to 2020, with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and reducing child labour in cocoa-growing communities, ICI desires to

In many places around the world, youth are presented with an array of exciting and valuable opportunities as they transition from childhood to adulthood. They might begin post-secondary education

Isaac Vifa,ICI Field Associate and Steven Ashia, ABOCFA Manager Tackling child labour in cocoa is a joint effort. The social dynamics involved push for the adaption of a multi-stakeholder approach to

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) unites the forces of the cocoa and chocolate industry, civil society, farming communities and national governments in cocoa-producing countries to ensure a