News from ICI
- Cocoa farming: Reforming the sector to improve the living and working conditions of producers28 August 2019Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and their families have been living in precarious conditions for decades. This is despite the importance of their work to socio-economic development of these countries. In Côte d'Ivoire, to ensure 40% of global supply, the cocoa sector mobilizes nearly 1 million producers who employ 5 million people, or about 1/5 of the country's population. The sector is also the country's largest provider of foreign exchange and one of the major contributors to government revenue. Unfortunately, more than half of the producers live below the poverty line with a dailyRead more
- Joseph: the Child Protection Champion23 August 2019Joseph Mensah is a forty-three-year-old cocoa farmer in the Eastern region. He is a member of ABOCFA, an organic cocoa producing cooperative. He was selected as an ambassador for education by Tony’sRead more
- ABOCFA farmers take initiative to enforce child protection in their communities3 August 2019The members of ABOCFA, the organic cocoa farmers’ cooperative working with Tony’s Chocolonely and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to eliminate child labour from their farms, have come outRead more
- Commémoration de la lutte contre le travail des enfants : L'imagination des enfants mise en exergue25 July 2019"Si nous faisons travailler l'imagination des enfants, ceux-ci réussiront des choses inimaginables, une fois devenus adultes". Tel sont les propos tenus par l'honorable Babo Kesse Christelle, (représentante du parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire), à l’occasion de la commémoration de la journée mondiale de lutte contre le travail qui s’est tenue, le 24 juillet dernier, à Abidjan en présence de nombreux acteurs qui luttent contre le travail des enfants et aussi des enfants de l'Ong " Art monde" qui ont fait montre de leur talent d'artiste .Read more
- The Netherlands Passes Historic Child Labour Due Diligence Bill29 June 2019After almost three years of introduction into the Dutch Parliament, the Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid or the Child Labour Due Diligence Bill was passed by the Dutch Senate earlier last week. NetherlandsRead more
- 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 compromiseRead 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