News from ICI
- Mars Wrigley and Olam Cocoa provide a school with hygiene facilities for children in Grabo, Côte d’Ivoire14 April 2021Carrefour Cavally droite is a community located 24km from Grabo in Côte d’Ivoire, which is normally difficult to access, but recently became the focus of attention in the local department of Tabou. A formal school, registered within the national education system, was built here by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), with the support of Mars Wrigley and Olam Cocoa. It consists of three classrooms, a headmaster’s office and a block of three toilets, along with a handwashing facility built with a rainwater storage area above the block. The children were both happy and impatient toRead more
- Cocoa supplier QTI joins the international cocoa initiative8 April 2021Quang Thien Imex (QTI) a supplier of agricultural products specializing in cocoa, coffee and cashew nuts, has joined the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as a contributing partner, as part of its efforts to tackle child labour in the cocoa supply chain.Read more
- Supporting children gain access to health care in Ghana through NHIS registrations6 April 2021The World Health Organization has recently launched a new campaign to build a fairer, healthier world; one where everyone, everywhere can realize the right to good health. As part of our efforts toRead more
- ICI and its members pledge to scale up child protection systems in 202130 March 2021To mark the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and its members are pledging to scale up systems that prevent and address child labour, as part of corporate human rights due diligence efforts, to cover 540,000 cocoa-growing households in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana by the end of 2021.Read more
- Ecom and the International Cocoa Initiative provide the children of Méagui with two schools to build a better future15 March 2021On 4 March, the International Cocoa Initiative, Ecom and the ECACOM and CAPO farming cooperatives jointly inaugurated two schools in cocoa-producing communities in Côte d’Ivoire. One is located in Quartier Soleil, 77 km from Soubré and 33 km from Méagui, while the other is in Sérigbangan (84 km from Méagui).Read more
- Koffiyaokro - Supporting women entrepreneurship with Village Savings and Loans Schemes10 March 2021It is shortly after 9 am in Koffiyaokro, a community located 30 km from Soubré in the Nawa region of Côte d’Ivoire. Mrs. Kouamé N’Guessan Félicité, President of the Women’s Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA), is busy going back and forth between her house and the village square.Read more
- Five ways women’s empowerment can help in the fight against child labour4 March 2021At the International Cocoa Initiative, we support our partners to empower women in cocoa communities. That’s because women have a crucial role to play in the fight against child labour. In this article we explore some of the ways that supporting women in cocoa-growing communities can be beneficial to child protection.Read more