News from ICI
- The children of Krotta Kouassikro receive the keys to their new school23 April 2021Classrooms built of wood and covered with a mixture of wood and straw, exposed the children to the sun, wind and rain. Classrooms without doors that the children shared, at times, with the village’s domestic animals. Until 14 April, this was a typical scene at Krotta Kouassikro’s school. Since then, this cocoa-growing community, in the Gôh region of Côte d’Ivoire, has a brand-new school. The Ecole primaire publique (EPP) Galébré Krotta Kouassikro was recently inaugurated in the community. It has three classrooms, a director’s office and a block of three latrines. The school was officiallyRead more
- Gabriel Adjei: How rice farming improved my family's quality of life20 April 2021Gabriel was identified as a farmer in need of support by the Nestlé Cocoa Plan’s Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS), implemented with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI). CLMRS are embedded into company supply chains to identify, monitor, prevent and address child labour cases.Read more
- 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. ARead 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