News from ICI
- "My family and I now have a better life because of the money I make from my rice farm", states Mary25 October 2019Mary Tetteh lives in Assin Abease, a cocoa-growing community in the Central region of Ghana, with her husband and ten children. Nine of her children are still in school with three of them in Senior High School (SHS) and the others in basic school. She supports her husband on the cocoa farm which, until mid 2017, served as her family’s only source of income. In 2015, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) entered her community to implement a child labour elimination project under the Community Development Program. As part of this project, the Community Child Protection Committee (CCPC) inRead more
- New project to take action on children's harmful work in African agriculture16 October 2019The majority of children’s work in Africa is within the agricultural sector. However, there is insufficient evidence on the prevalence of harmful children’s work across different agricultural valueRead more
- A new study to help estimate child labour risk in cocoa-growing communities14 October 2019ICI has published a new study on how community data can be used to estimate the risk of child labour. This study uses data from 258 cocoa-producing communities in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to answer theRead more
- ICI gives child labour stakeholders a platform for discussion in Suhum17 September 2019An interactive workshop was held on 16th August 2019, at the conference room of the Suhum Municipal Assembly by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI). The activity seeked to providing a commonRead more
- De nouvelles écoles pour 6 communautés dans la région du Gboklè10 September 2019« Cette année, mes enfants vont à l’école ici(...) Je vois les bancs, les tableaux; l’école est très jolie. Je remercie Eclic » c’est en ces termes que madame Kouamé Aya Pélagie , mère de 6 enfants et vivant à Gréguibré a laissé éclaté sa joie avant de nous en donner les raisons.Read more
- ICI and cocoa sector stakeholders meet to define priorities for child labour elimination9 September 2019Under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), UNICEF, ILO, cocoa industry companies andRead more
- Back to school 2019-2020: The children of Duquesne Cremone have a brand new school, well equipped and electrified3 September 2019The 2019-2020 school year begins well for the children of Duquesne Cremone, a cocoa community located at 10 Km from Adzopé in Côte d'Ivoire. They just got the keys to their refurbished school and school kits.Read more