News from ICI
- Combating child labour in Côte d'Ivoire: New challenges integrated into the 2019-2021 National Action Plan27 June 2019"The challenge of effectively implementing this action plan, as you know, is crucial (...) It concerns each of us, because it is about the future of thousands of children, and for them, no compromise must be accepted. As for me, I am personally committed to this and I will work tirelessly to stop child trafficking in our country." These were the words of Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire, during the official presentation of the 2019-2021 National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Trafficking, Exploitation and Child Labour. This update of the NAP, which aims to significantly reduce theRead more
- Quality education and clean water for the children in Petit Sentier20 June 2019The children of the cocoa-growing community Petit Sentier (Méagui, Côte d'Ivoire) recently became the beneficiaries of a modern school granting them access to quality education.Read more
- ICI commissions new classroom block in Ankra Muanu17 June 201914th June, 2019 will forever be remembered as a great day in the lives of the people of the Ankra Muanu cocoa community. Parents, teachers and children there witnessed their chief, and other communityRead more
- Chasing dreams: The difference a little help can make in shaping a child's future12 June 2019It is early morning and we see a group of young adults hurrying off. Among them is Bernice, a young lady from Mehame, a cocoa community in Ghana. She is happy as her laughter is heard from a distanceRead more
- ICI awards four schools at 2019 WDACL commemoration ceremony12 June 2019The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), today, awarded four schools from four cocoa-growing communities during the commemoration of the 2019 World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL). The schoolsRead more
- ICI results in 2018: Critical steps on a transformational journey11 June 2019To mark the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) today launches its Annual Report for 2018, which shows that a “dual approach” combining prevention and response toRead more
- Akrofoum D/A basic school gets new kindergarten block15 May 2019Parents, teachers and children of the Akrofuom cocoa community were all filled with joy as their chief cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the new Kindergarten (KG) block for the D/A Basic schoolRead more