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Aframoase benefits from awareness raising on child labour

One of the biggest challenges for teachers working in the Aframoase community, in the Ashanti region of Ghana, is the involvement of children in cocoa and rice farming activities, even during school

Cocoa and chocolate industry, Ivoirian government and civil society unite to tackle child labour

The Jacob’s Foundation, an ICI non-contributing partner, recently announced two new multi-stakeholder initiatives, the Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF) and Early Learning and Nutrition

Farmer cooperative representative and human rights leader join ICI Board

New experts joining the ICI Board, including the President of a cocoa farming cooperative and a representative from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will strengthen the

How will the Covid-19 crisis affect children in cocoa-growing communities?

A brief review of the effects of recent pandemics on children, April 2020 As in many parts of the world, governments in West Africa have closed schools, prohibited large gatherings, introduced curfews

Better livelihoods for protective cocoa families

“Even though we were cultivating rice before 2015, it was mainly for subsistence,” explains Esi, a farmer from the Ninkyiso community in Ghana. As part of the International Cocoa Initiative’s Community Development Programme, she joined a women’s group dedicated to rice growing. The group received rice, fertilisers and training from the local agricultural service.

ICI partners launch updates on cocoa sustainability and environmental protection

Several ICI partners recently launched reports detailing their ongoing actions to support cocoa-growing communities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to improve their livelihoods and protect the environment

GIZ and ICI announce a new partnership to combat child labour

The German development agency GIZ and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) will be working together to scale up " Risk-based Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems" over the next 18

Innovating to reduce child labour through targeted income support

28 February 2020

Together with Nestlé, the International Cocoa Initiative received an innovation grant from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to develop a model to target income support at cocoa

Mars launches its action plan to protect children

14 February 2020

Mars, an ICI partner and board member, marked Valentine’s Day 2020 by publishing their Protecting Children Action Plan. The plan outlines the approach the company will take to address the issue of

Community development in action: Abease’s journey

14 February 2020

In 2016, the Abease community in Ghana became one of twenty-nine cocoa-growing communities chosen to work with ICI as part of its Community