News from ICI
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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 cocoa-growing households at risk of using child labour. ICI’s innovation project also aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of one approach to addressing child labour in cocoa: Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems. We know these systems can reduce child labour, but so far, they reach cover only around 15% of the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Scale-up will only beRead more
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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
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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
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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
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Sucden becomes a member of the International Cocoa Initiative26 November 2019The Cocoa Division of Sucres et Denrées ( Sucden) has joined the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as a Contributing Partner. This will allow Sucden and ICI to work together to reach more childrenRead more
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Final evaluation of the ECLIC project: Encouraging results and recommendations for sustainable actions undertaken30 October 2019Eliminating Child Labor In Cocoa (ECLIC) project funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDoL) and implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative Foundation (ICI) is coming to an endRead more
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"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 SeniorRead more