News from ICI
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30 women benefit from soap making at Anglo in Sefwi Wiawso municipal29 September 2015In Sefwi Wiawso Municipal, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) supports 12 cocoa growing communities, with Child Centred Community Development interventions to increase child protection and empower women. Economic opportunities for women are limited to activities such as farming, , soap making, hairdressing, rural craft and petty trading.Read more
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The International Cocoa Initiative welcomes two new members21 September 2015Guittard Chocolate and Tony’s Chocolonely are the latest additions to ICI’s family. Both companies operate by the principle of sustainable chocolate production, which includes a fair price for theRead more
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Côte d'Ivoire: ICI and Nestlé working to improve women's incomes24 August 2015Motivated 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
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ICI promotes excellence in rural reporting in Ghana21 August 2015At the 20th edition of Ghana Journalists Association Awards, the International Cocoa Initiative has presented the award for best rural reporting with focus on elimination of child labour in Ghana. TheRead more
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Getting ready for school: Children receive more than 20,000 items of school equipment15 August 2015Children from cocoa-growing communities have received school kits for the start of the school year 2015-2016 through Nestlé's Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). These kits were delivered to children by representatives of Nestlé and ICI in the presence of parents and officials of the cocoa cooperatives of the target areas.Read more
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Despite signs of progress, much more needs to be done to protect children in West African cocoa30 July 2015There are encouraging signs of progress in tackling child labour in cocoa growing but the problem remains vast, and more needs to be done to protect vulnerable children in cocoa-growing communitiesRead more
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Cote d’Ivoire: Compulsory education for ages 6 to 1616 July 2015Schooling for children between 6 and 16 years of age is to become compulsory in Côte d’Ivoire, as the Ivorian government declared mid-July. This new rule will be applied with the start of the newRead more