News from ICI
- Nestlé and ICI improve access to education for cocoa farmers’ children4 October 2016On September 28, 2016, ICI and its partner Nestlé, symbolically opened a newly built school of seven classrooms. Cocoa growing communities in the department of Aboisso were also supplied with 331 school kits and 567 birth certificates. This will improve access to education for cocoa farmers’ children and members of agricultural cooperatives such as the CNEK, CAYEMA, C3A and CASO cooperatives in Aboisso. The move comes as part of an action plan developed by Nestlé in the fight against child labor in its cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire, in line with the country’s national action plan againstRead more
- ICI trains its industry partners in Ghana4 October 2016Sustainable cocoa farming implies that producers, their families, and the wider cocoa growing community around them use modern labour practices that are safer and do not involve the use of childRead more
- Community service groups help farmers and increase child protection27 September 2016Over the past five months, cocoa farmers in 15 cocoa growing communities in the Ashanti region of Ghana, have been benefitting from the services of volunteers at affordable prices. Called CommunityRead more
- Cross-border trafficking and worst forms of child labour : Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana sign an accord14 September 2016On the 13th September 2016 in Abidjan, Madame Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, and Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, First Lady of Ghana, signed a joint declaration committing Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to the elimination of cross-border trafficking and the worst forms of child labour.Read more
- ICI builds stronger media relationships in Ghana6 September 2016The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) presented three awards at the Ghana Journalists Awards, the most prestigious journalism awards in the country. Held each year, the GJA awards, organised by theRead more
- Côte d’Ivoire: ICI and Nestlé working to improve women’s incomes24 August 2016Motivated to help women in Ivorian cocoa communities to be financially independent by improving their income, ICI and Nestlé visited areas of joint intervention in mid-August. During this fieldRead more
- ICI supports Best Rural Reporting with Focus on Ending Worst Forms of Child Labour at the 21st GJA Awards11 August 2016On the 5th of August in Accra, Ghana, leading child protection organization in the cocoa sector, International Cocoa Initiative, presented a cheque of GHS 10,000 to support the 2016 Ghana Journalists AssociationRead more