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Solar panels allow the women of Gbokokro to learn at night
9 April 2018
Gbokokro, a village in the southern centre of Ivory Coast, has more than a school for children. Together with TRECC, Jacobs Foundation's "Transforming Education in Cocoa Communities" program, and with the help of Nestlé, ICI offers classes for illiterate adults in the community. Most of these literacy classes consist mainly of women.
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"Kweku and the bird" - Episode 1: Protecting children from dangerous work
28 March 2018
In this episode, we learn that children should not engage in dangerous child labour and even if they perform light tasks for the household, these shouldn’t be done at the expense of going to school. Kweku, a boy of 12, is cutting down a tree when Mr Dubango, the teacher protects him from the falling tree; he then explains the type of work which is forbidden for children to do and mentions the light work which children can do only outside school hours. The episode ends with Kweku joining his classmates after a long period of absence due to the fact that he was helping his father on the cocoa farm.
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"Kweku and the bird" - Episode 2: How school helps children find a better future
28 March 2018
This episode deals with the importance of education. It highlights its value for children in cocoa communities and the need for educated business-minded young farmers to take over their parents’ farms. The episode starts with Kweku and Yao leaving school and their teacher giving them the telephone number for the text weather forecast messages, which Kweku’s father won’t be able to read.
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"Kweku and the bird" - Episode 3: The role of women and economic activities
28 March 2018
The third episode focuses on the key role women play in ensuring a better future for their children. By producing and selling soap for example, as is the case in the video, they are able to buy textbooks for their children. The episode starts with Kweku wondering what Mazi, his friend and a girl he likes, is doing next to her mom, who is stirring something.
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"Kweku and the bird" - Episode 4: The community plays a key role
28 March 2018
The final episode of "Kweku and the bird" is about the Community Child Protection Committees set up with the help of ICI in cocoa-growing communities
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Recognising women’s work in cocoa production, today and every day
8 March 2018
Women’s work in cocoa production is rarely acknowledged. On this International Women’s Day, and every day through the International Cocoa Initiative’s (ICI) work in cocoa-growing communities, ICI
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Three Ghanaian women pressing for progress in their communities
8 March 2018
In carrying out our activities over the years, we have come across women whose efforts have been key to the elimination of child labour in their communities. Some of these women such as Felicia, have
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Mondelez signs new deal with Ghana COCOBOD to reduce deforestation
19 February 2018
The Mondelez sustainability program, CocoaLife, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ghana COCOBOD to help reduce emissions in its supply chain. CocoaLife previously signed a letter of
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Agreement signed: U.S. researchers to conduct study on child labour in Côte d'Ivoire
16 February 2018
The Ivorian National Committee for Action against Child Labour (CNS) - presided by the First Lady Dominique Ouattara - and the NORC Research Institute of the University of Chicago (USA) agreed on
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Nestlé and the International Cocoa Initiative support Didier Drogba Foundation to put more children in school
17 January 2018
"Make me proud of you!" said the famous ivorian soccer player Didier Drogba to the children of Pokou Kouamekro. Children in Pokou-Kouamekro, Côte d’Ivoire, as well as their families, have a good
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