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Playful awareness-raising: Mock court drama in Pakyi18 August 2017A Child Protection Club (CPC) on first mention, may seem like any other school club to you. But upon a second look, you realize these are children who have taken it upon themselves to be pacesetters. The members of these clubs are anti-child labour ambassadors in their own right. The main idea behind the CPC's strategy is to ensure that children have a better understanding of child labour and child protection as well as the responsibilities they have in their homes. The clubs serve as mediums for awareness creation. With the training they receive through ICI, they engage in awareness creationRead more
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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, advocatedRead more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 willRead more