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"My family and I now have a better life because of the money I make from my rice farm", states Mary

25 October 2019

Mary Tetteh lives in Assin Abease, a cocoa-growing community in the Central region of Ghana, with her husband and ten children. Nine of her children are still in school with three of them in Senior

New project to take action on children's harmful work in African agriculture

16 October 2019

The majority of children’s work in Africa is within the agricultural sector. However, there is insufficient evidence on the prevalence of harmful children’s work across different agricultural value

A new study to help estimate child labour risk in cocoa-growing communities

14 October 2019

ICI has published a new study on how community data can be used to estimate the risk of child labour. This study uses data from 258 cocoa-producing communities in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to answer the

ICI and cocoa sector stakeholders meet to define priorities for child labour elimination

9 September 2019

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), UNICEF, ILO, cocoa industry companies and

Back to school 2019-2020: The children of Duquesne Cremone have a brand new school, well equipped and electrified

3 September 2019

The 2019-2020 school year begins well for the children of Duquesne Cremone, a cocoa community located at 10 Km from Adzopé in Côte d'Ivoire. They just got the keys to their refurbished school and school kits.

Zatta success stories

In order to protect children in cocoa growing communities and tackle child labour, the International Cocoa Initiative has placed education at the heart of its interventions. Let's discover the stories of Emma, Guillaume and Jean-Marc, three children who were taken off cocoa farms and reintegrated into the Ivorian education system.

ICI commissions new classroom block in Ankra Muanu

14th June, 2019 will forever be remembered as a great day in the lives of the people of the Ankra Muanu cocoa community. Parents, teachers and children there witnessed their chief, and other community

Chasing dreams: The difference a little help can make in shaping a child's future

It is early morning and we see a group of young adults hurrying off. Among them is Bernice, a young lady from Mehame, a cocoa community in Ghana. She is happy as her laughter is heard from a distance

Hershey's introduced the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS)

ICI board member Hershey’s published its 2018 sustainability report, listing the activities of its “Cocoa For Good” Strategy with a focus on addressing poor nutrition, poverty, at-risk youth and

Mondelēz published its Cocoa Life Annual Report 2018

ICI board member Mondelēz published its Cocoa Life Annual Report 2018, listing the activities of its “Cocoa Life” strategy with a focus on Cocoa farming, Cocoa communities and forest conservation and