News from ICI
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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 out with rules and regulations to promote child protection in their communities. The process, which started in June, is led by Joseph Mensah, one of Ambassadors for Tony’s Chocolonely and a Community Facilitator (CF) with the Child labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) being implemented with the cooperative. According to Joseph, volunteering as an Ambassador and Community Facilitator openedRead more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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