News from ICI
- Achievements in child protection are advancing cocoa sustainability, but the problem of farmer poverty remains critical, says ICI12 June 2017Joint sustainability efforts on an unprecedented scale have led to a major expansion and significant advances in community development and child protection in cocoa-growing regions of West Africa. But the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), launching its 2016 Annual Report on World Day against Child Labour, warns that if the current low world market price for cocoa persists, it threatens to undermine the progress made in cocoa sustainability, including on efforts to reduce the risk of child labour. In 2016, with the support of its various members, ICI continued its community development workRead more
- Building school canteens in cocoa-growing communities: The Swiss Embassy signs a partnership agreement with ICI12 June 2017The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and the Swiss Embassy today signed a partnership agreement for the construction of school canteens in two cocoa-growing communities. These school canteens willRead more
- School opening in a Soubré cocoa-growing community3 April 2017The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) officially handed over the keys of a school, a motorized tricycle and birth certificates to the JeanKouamékro community, in the area of Buyo, in the framework of the implementation of its own activities and in support of the cocoa growing populations.Read more
- The dynamic community of Petit Odienne serving the cause of children9 April 2017Located in the southwest of Côte d'Ivoire in the area of Nawa and in the Sub-division of Oupoyo, Petit Odienné is a cocoa-growing community with 1,115 members. Before 2013, the year of project start, no initiative had been undertaken for the community's children.Read more
- ECLIC: identifying communities’ needs and seeking authorities’ support1 April 2017ICI’s ECLIC team recently participated in a workshop with the local authorities of San Pedro, a region in the south-west of Côte d’Ivoire, to request their support for the realisation of the CommunityRead more
- Sustainable Development Goals: Child labour in the cocoa sector22 March 2017Multi-stakeholder collaboration is key to tackling child labour in West Africa’s cocoa sector Cocoa is a cash crop on which 14 million people worldwide depend for their livelihoods. The majority ofRead more
- Empowering women means empowering communities8 March 2017When we invest in women, we invest in those who invest in everybody else, Melinda Gates Investing in women has positive impacts on children’s protection and welfare. When women earn income, it isRead more