News from ICI
- Community Development in Action: Four-film series shows impact of community empowerment26 May 2020The International Cocoa Initiative has produced a four-film series, titled Community Development in Action, exploring different aspects of community work and their impact on child labour. Each episode features testimonies from communities in Ghana that received ICI's support as part of the Community Development Programme, which ran between 2015 and 2018. Abease's story Community members from Abease explain how the work of the Community Child Protection Committee, focusing on the community's action plan, helped them put child protection at the centre of their development. Protecting childrenRead more
- Tackling child labour in Cameroon's cocoa supply chain19 May 2020In 2019, the International Cocoa Initiative began working with its partner Cargill in Cameroon to support cocoa farmers to address child labour through the Child Labour Monitoring and RemediationRead more
- ECLIC reduces hazardous child labour among supported households in 50 Ivorian communities18 May 2020Last year, the Eliminating Child Labor in Cocoa-Growing Communities in Côte d’Ivoire (ECLIC) reached its conclusion. The project saw several key results: a substantial decrease in hazardous childRead more
- Can cash transfers reduce child labour? ICI review unpacks their effects4 May 2020Cash transfers are increasingly used as a way of addressing poverty across the world. Evidence shows that they can have a positive impact on children’s welfare, improving access to educationRead more
- ICI publishes awareness-raising materials to support fight against child labour30 April 2020During a time of global crisis that is increasing the risk of child labour in West Africa and beyond, the International Cocoa Initiative has published a collection of awareness-raising tools designedRead more
- Cocoa production : How the Pelle Bongo helps make farmers safer in Côte d’Ivoire28 April 2020Jonas Assi Yapi, a cocoa farmer and member of a cooperative in Hershey’s supply chain, received Pelle Bongos as part of the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) to facilitate his work. “I grow a good crop. I am a member of the COOPAF cooperative. That’s why they gave me Pelle Bongos.”Read more
- Aframoase benefits from awareness raising on child labour27 April 2020One of the biggest challenges for teachers working in the Aframoase community, in the Ashanti region of Ghana, is the involvement of children in cocoa and rice farming activities, even during schoolRead more