News from ICI
- 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 common ground for stakeholders in child labour and child protection to deliberate and come out with way forward measures towards sustaining impacts made in the fight against child labour in cocoa. The theme empowering community actors to play their role in eliminating child labour in cocoa. It brought together stakeholder from various institutions and agencies including the Director of the MunicipalRead 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
- 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 theseRead 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