News from ICI
- Community Service Groups: Anyeme community works to contribute to the elimination of Child Labour in cocoa24 February 2023Many cocoa farmers are unable to afford the services of extra labour to work on their farms, which can result in them engaging their children in hazardous tasks. As part of the support provided within the Nestle-Beyond Beans Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS), the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has set up, equipped and trained Community Service Groups (CSGs) to offer farm services at subsidized cost. A CSG is composed of at least seven individuals from within or around the community and by offering services and performing tasks which could otherwise have been carriedRead more
- FEDCO joins ICI13 February 2023Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO) is a Ghanaian-based Licensed Cocoa Buying company (LBC), established in March 1996. Currently operating in 68 cocoa districts across all seven cocoa growingRead more
- Capacity of Ghana’s Labour Officers strengthened to tackle forced and child labour in Ghanaian cocoa and gold mining11 November 2022Labour officers and inspectors of the Labour Department of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations from cocoa-producing regions (Ashanti, Central, Western, Western North, and Eastern) in GhanaRead more
- Landscape and Referral pilot project: An interactive electronic map of child protection services presented3 November 2022The Landscape and Referral pilot project, a project with the aim of coordinating the work done by different actors in the fight against child labour, has taken a major step forward with a workshopRead more
- What is the link between child labour, schooling and child wellbeing?18 October 2022Many children combine work in cocoa with attending school – in fact, data from the 2018/9 NORC survey shows that in Côte d’Ivoire, children in child labour were slightly more likely to attend schoolRead more
- Meho Honorine, an outstanding success story in Pinhou13 October 2022One morning in Pinhou, a cocoa farming community located 24km from Téady in Côte d'Ivoire, a trader and cocoa producer, Meho Posson Honorine, is busy with her customers, as she welcomes some villagersRead more
- Creation of Child Friendly Spaces: A space for play, learning and free expression for children in cocoa farming communities12 October 2022Yao Kouakou Serge Maurice is a 15-year-old boy who lives and attends school in Zou (about 102 km from Duékoué, Côte d'Ivoire). During the holidays, he joins his family in Belleville, a cocoa farmingRead more