News from ICI
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ICI surpasses mid-term child protection goal and sets a pathway to greater impact11 June 2018The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), launching its 2017 Annual Report today, has reached 188,000 children with child protection measures half-way through its 6-year strategy. With the original aim of reaching 200,000 children by the end of 2020, the operational impact of ICI’s work from 2015 to 2017 has therefore been far greater than anticipated. However many more vulnerable children and child labourers remain unassisted in West African cocoa-growing areas, a situation that urgently calls for innovation, adaptation and capacity-building to bring the good practices adopted by ICI, itsRead more
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Pushing towards sustainability: The way forward after child protection interventions11 June 2018The World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) is a day that has been marked by stakeholders in the Child Protection sector on June 12th, since it was launched by the International Labour OrganizationRead more
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Children and youth in Côte d’Ivoire at the center of our efforts: The Jacobs Foundation joins the International Cocoa Initiative14 May 2018The Jacobs Foundation, a charitable foundation which invests in the future of young people, has joined the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as a Non-Profit Contributing Partner. The objective ofRead more
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Launch of phase two of the National Plan of Action on the Worst Forms of Child Labour8 May 2018The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) unites the forces of the cocoa and chocolate industry, civil society, farming communities and national governments in cocoa-producing countries to ensure aRead more
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Solar panels allow the women of Gbokokro to learn at night9 April 2018Gbokokro, a village in the southern centre of Ivory Coast, has more than a school for children. Together with TRECC, Jacobs Foundation's "Transforming Education in Cocoa Communities" program, and with the help of Nestlé, ICI offers classes for illiterate adults in the community. Most of these literacy classes consist mainly of women.Read more
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Recognising women’s work in cocoa production, today and every day8 March 2018Women’s work in cocoa production is rarely acknowledged. On this International Women’s Day, and every day through the International Cocoa Initiative’s (ICI) work in cocoa-growing communities, ICIRead more
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Three Ghanaian women pressing for progress in their communities8 March 2018In carrying out our activities over the years, we have come across women whose efforts have been key to the elimination of child labour in their communities. Some of these women such as Felicia, haveRead more