News from ICI
- Five ways village savings and loans associations can benefit cocoa communities30 October 2020Empowering members of cocoa-growing communities can play an important role in tackling child labour. When farmers, particularly women, have the power to make decisions and sustain their households through other sources of income than cocoa, it can mean real benefits for child protection. That’s why, with our partners, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) supports the setup of Village Savings and Loans Associations, or VSLAs. These Associations have a long history supporting farming communities, but they have only recently begun to be used to within cocoa communities. ICI is building uponRead more
- ICI develops model to predict child labour risk at the household level27 October 2020According to the most recent estimates from the NORC Report on child labour in cocoa there are 1.56 million children in child labour in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. This underlines the need to scale upRead more
- Advancing children’s rights across the full cocoa supply-chain: ICI launches new strategy to drive impact at scale3 September 2020Today, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches its new strategy, laying out a vision to support cocoa communities to thrive through the advancement of children’s and workers’ rights. ICI’sRead more
- Five reasons nurturing youth skills is important for cocoa communities13 July 2020The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) works to ensure cocoa communities can thrive and protect their children from the hazards of child labour. Through community development and Child LabourRead more
- Hazardous child labour in Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa communities during Covid-191 July 2020Update 12 October 2020 - Many precautionary restrictions that had to be imposed during the partial Covid-19 lockdown were lifted in June. Child labour monitoring under ICI’s CLMRS continued thereafterRead more
- The importance of awareness raising in cocoa-growing communities22 June 2020Raising awareness of the dangers of child labour and the importance of education is an important part of the International Cocoa Initiative’s work. Working with our partners, ICI uses a variety ofRead more
- ICI's 2019 annual report: Learning from impact, innovating to scale up12 June 2020To mark the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative launches its 2019 Annual Report. Showing progress from last year, but also examining the results of longer runningRead more