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The International Cocoa Initiative, through its project ECLIC, established a savings & loans group in Ayaoukro, Côte d’Ivoire. The community members who are part of the group also receive support through literacy classes and income-generating activities.

The U.S. Department of Labor (USDoL) supports the International Cocoa Initiative through the "Eliminating Child Labour In Cocoa" (ECLIC) project so that it can assist children in its areas of intervention in Côte d'Ivoire. In this video, M. Paul Yeskoo, First Secretary of the United States Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire and Acting Head of Mission, talks about the project and the collaboration with ICI.

In this episode, we learn that children should not engage in dangerous child labour and even if they perform light tasks for the household, these shouldn’t be done at the expense of going to school. Kweku, a boy of 12, is cutting down a tree when Mr Dubango, the teacher protects him from the falling tree; he then explains the type of work which is forbidden for children to do and mentions the light work which children can do only outside school hours. The episode ends with Kweku joining his classmates after a long period of absence due to the fact that he was helping his father on the cocoa farm.

This episode deals with the importance of education. It highlights its value for children in cocoa communities and the need for educated business-minded young farmers to take over their parents’ farms. The episode starts with Kweku and Yao leaving school and their teacher giving them the telephone number for the text weather forecast messages, which Kweku’s father won’t be able to read.

The third episode focuses on the key role women play in ensuring a better future for their children. By producing and selling soap for example, as is the case in the video, they are able to buy textbooks for their children. The episode starts with Kweku wondering what Mazi, his friend and a girl he likes, is doing next to her mom, who is stirring something.

The final episode of "Kweku and the bird" is about the Community Child Protection Committees set up with the help of ICI in cocoa-growing communities