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Women's leadership in Cocoa Life communities

27 October 2016

On behalf of Mondelēz International, CARE International conducted an assessment of Cocoa Life women's empowerment efforts in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. CARE’s assessment, commissioned by Mondelēz

Nestlé develops new actions to empower rural women in cocoa

17 October 2016

Through its partner ICI, Nestlé decided to support thirty nine new rural women’s organizations by implementing income generating activities in 2016. This support is part of the empowerment initiatives

Nestlé and ICI improve access to education for cocoa farmers’ children

On September 28, 2016, ICI and its partner Nestlé, symbolically opened a newly built school of seven classrooms. Cocoa growing communities in the department of Aboisso were also supplied with 331

ICI trains its industry partners in Ghana

Sustainable cocoa farming implies that producers, their families, and the wider cocoa growing community around them use modern labour practices that are safer and do not involve the use of child

Community service groups help farmers and increase child protection

27 September 2016

Over the past five months, cocoa farmers in 15 cocoa growing communities in the Ashanti region of Ghana, have been benefitting from the services of volunteers at affordable prices. Called Community

Cargill supports global efforts to tackle child labour

23 September 2016

On 21 September 2016 a new global alliance was launched at the UN General Assembly with the mission to end forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labor. Alliance 8.7 was created to

Education as a tool to tackle child labour

20 September 2016

In this short video find out more about our literacy and bridging classes. These classes help to tackle child labour in communities in Cote d'Ivoire by educating both children and adults.

Cross-border trafficking and worst forms of child labour : Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana sign an accord

14 September 2016

On the 13th September 2016 in Abidjan, Madame Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, and Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, First Lady of Ghana, signed a joint declaration committing Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to the elimination of cross-border trafficking and the worst forms of child labour.

Literacy classes help the community of N'dénou

13 September 2016

In the community of N’dénou in Côte d’Ivoire, ICI is conducting literacy classes with adults. Cocoa-growing communities often have low levels of education and this can be a factor in exacerbating children’s participation in hazardous child labour. In this community the classes had 48 participants, of which 43 were women. Across other communities in Côte d’Ivoire a total of 279 adults are being taught basic numeracy and literacy skills.

ICI partners recognised in Fortune Magazine's 'Change the World' list

1 September 2016

ICI partners were recently recognised in Fortune Magazine’s “ Change the World” list, which acknowledges companies for their positive social impacts. Editors at Fortune wrote: “We set out to identify