News from ICI
- GIZ and ICI announce a new partnership to combat child labour11 March 2020The German development agency GIZ and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) will be working together to scale up " Risk-based Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems" over the next 18 months. The project aims to improve the management of child labour risk by cocoa cooperatives in the Côte d'Ivoire and was presented on Monday 2 March by Mr. Brou Allatin, Deputy Country Director of ICI, during a workshop between the two parties. Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) are structures embedded in cocoa supply chains or cocoa communities that aim to identify, prevent andRead more
- Family-focused change: The ICI way of child protection5 March 2020"I used to finance my children’s education with loans from a micro finance in Dwinase. These were repaid by selling the produce from my vegetable farm until I finished paying it all, including the interest.”Read more
- Exploring the impact of collaboration on a cocoa community in Ghana29 February 2020The need for a multi-stakeholder approach in the fight against child labour, especially in the cocoa sector, cannot be overemphasized as a result of the cross-cutting issues associated with childRead more
- Innovating to reduce child labour through targeted income support28 February 2020Together with Nestlé, the International Cocoa Initiative received an innovation grant from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to develop a model to target income support at cocoaRead more
- Five ways education can help to tackle child labour23 January 2020Education is central to tackling child labour. Over the years the International Cocoa Initiative has supported thousands of children in cocoa-growing communities to access to quality education. AsRead more
- Quality education: Schools closer to home for children from 8 cocoa communities in Cote d'Ivoire19 December 2019The dreams of the children of Atonihio and Wosso (Gagnoa), Krakro (Soubré), Kouassikro (Duékoué), Séably (Man), Petit Katiola (Guiglo), Ladjikro (Okrouyo) and Kouamekro (Guéyo), to have a school nearRead more
- Duékoué: Healthier schools for children from Zemgbobly, Toa Zeo and Ouangolo26 November 2019Late last week, ICI and Nestlé visited three schools in Duékoué, all far from the city, where buildings have been renovated for the 2019-2020 school year. Local children are delighted with the results: "Before, my class was not pretty, there was sand everywhere.Read more