News from ICI
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Dutch ambassador visits CLMRS project in Suhum2 March 2018A team from ICI joined the Dutch Ambassador to Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo and Liberia, His Excellency Ron Strikker, to Aponoapono in Suhum on 27th February 2018. The Ambassador carried out this tour with two other members of the Dutch government, Ms Froukje Verreijt, a Senior Project Officer of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Mr Thierry van Helden from the Dutch Embassy in Ghana. They were accompanied by Ms Diara Lo, an Impact Analyst at Tony’s Chocolonely. The aim of the visit was to gain first-hand information about the progress of the implementation of the Child Labour Monitoring andRead more
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Close cooperation with cocoa households: the work of a Community Facilitator28 February 2018Lois Odeiwaa Ampomah is a 19 years old Senior High School (SHS) graduate working as a Community Facilitator with the Tony's Chocolonely CLMRS project in Suhum. According to Lois, she joined theRead more
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Nestlé and the International Cocoa Initiative support Didier Drogba Foundation to put more children in school17 January 2018"Make me proud of you!" said the famous ivorian soccer player Didier Drogba to the children of Pokou Kouamekro. Children in Pokou-Kouamekro, Côte d’Ivoire, as well as their families, have a goodRead more
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We have something to say, if only you will let us!20 December 2017There have been many discussions, policies and programmes on child labour and child protection over the years. These have led to many interventions in this area. The issue of child labour is still aRead more
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Ivorian children take part in the World Children's Prize20 December 2017The World Children’s Prize 2017-2018 has been officially launched today in Sweden, at World Children’s Day. The 2016—2017 edition saw six schools in the 50 communities of ICI’s ECLIC projectRead more
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Community Development: A march to mobilise resources for drinking water in cocoa communities6 December 2017Charlie Uldahl Christensen, Founder and CEO of Walking for Water (W4W), has embarked on a philanthropic pilgrimage from Denmark to Tanzania since mid-2015. His goal is to combat the global waterRead more
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana experience poverty and economic vulnerability1 December 2017Cocoa farming is the backbone of Ghana’s economy. 800,000 small scale cocoa farmers make up 60% of the country’s agricultural base. However, despite their importance to Ghana’s development, many cocoaRead more