News from ICI
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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 will be built in the communities of Banguehi (Sub-Prefecture of Khen), in the department of Bangolo, and Kouadio-Langokro (Sub-Prefecture of Bonikro), in the department of Djékanou, supplementing the ongoing initiative to build in each of these schools 7 classrooms using Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks (CSEBs). Beyond the funding of the infrastructures, the document signed by the Swiss Embassy andRead more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ICI and Nestlé Ghana launch child labour interventions3 March 2017Bamboo bicycles provided to the community facilitators implementing the CLMRS in Ghana The International Cocoa Initiative and Nestlé Ghana have launched the first ever private sector Child LabourRead more