News from ICI
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World Cocoa Foundation meeting: ICI participates in the 28th meeting of the WCF partners1 November 2016On 26 and 27 October, ICI participated in the 28th meeting of the World Cocoa Foundation’s partners across various panel discussions. The theme of the first panel was: “What is the sector’s situation today? The voice of CocoaAction: Focus on One” and saw the participation of Mrs. Euphrasia Aka, ICI’s Ivory Coast Coordinator, as a speaker. ICI organised a panel on the worst forms of child labour and the promotion of child protection. Perspectives from government representatives, industry members, farmers and civil society were heard. Yao Agnes Amenan, CANN Cooperative Manager, told the audienceRead more
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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 331Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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