N’Goran Amoin lives in JeanKouamékro, a cocoa-growing community in Côte d’Ivoire. Up until recently, the community’s children had to endure a long walk to the neighbouring village to go to school. In March 2017, ICI handed over the keys of their own local school to the members of the community.

Samuel Kwakye is a community facilitator for the International Cocoa Initiative in the Assin district of Ghana. He develops Community Action Plans (CAPs) with the cocoa communities ICI assists in this district, and works on implementing them together with the community members. Samuel helps them set up an internal system through diverse committees or groups that help to monitor, prevent and offer alternative labour sources to child labour.

Georgina Donkor, headmistress of Nsata Subriso primary school in Ghana, explains how new classroom desks can help rural communities.

In late September 2016, Nestlé and ICI launched a new school in the community of Kouaho Koutouankro, Cote d'Ivoire. Here Aka N’Gouan Philippe, director of the old community school, and Yves Konin, a member of a local cooperative, explain how the new school will help their community and ensure a better future.