News from ICI
- Côte d’Ivoire: President of Children’s Parliament pleads for quality education and enhanced protection14 July 2017On the occasion of the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL, 12 June) in Côte d’Ivoire, Lath Akaffou Grâce, President of the Children’s Parliament of Côte d’Ivoire, advocated “the right to education” for all children in Côte d’Ivoire. A tribute day was held in Abidjan on July 11th in the presence of the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs. Dominique Ouattara and all the organizations working for the protection of children. Grace, aged 15, asked “communities and parents to play their score in order to provide children with an environment conducive to their development andRead more
- ECLIC: Identifying communities' needs and seeking authorities' support4 July 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
- Child protection: ECLIC project equipped its Community Child Protection Committees4 July 2017For the implementation of its activities in San Pedro region, ECLIC project equipped Community Child Protection committees (CAP-CCPC) of Kouadiokro, Ichiakakro, Glibeauadji, Jeannotkro and Yankadi’ s communities with protective, training and sensitization material.Read more
- New report highlights Nestlé’s efforts to tackle child labour in its cocoa supply chain30 June 2017A report into the latest achievements, challenges and lessons from their efforts to end child labour in cocoa, has been released today by Nestlé, in partnership with the International Cocoa InitiativeRead more
- 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. ButRead 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