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Côte d’Ivoire: ICI and Nestlé working to improve women’s incomes

Motivated to help women in Ivorian cocoa communities to be financially independent by improving their income, ICI and Nestlé visited areas of joint intervention in mid-August. During this field

ICI supports Best Rural Reporting with Focus on Ending Worst Forms of Child Labour at the 21st GJA Awards

On the 5th of August in Accra, Ghana, leading child protection organization in the cocoa sector, International Cocoa Initiative, presented a cheque of GHS 10,000 to support the 2016 Ghana Journalists Association

Education and training : ICI opens bridging classes and literacy programs in Côte d’Ivoire

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has decided to create bridging classes for children out of the school system and literacy programs for illiterate adults in its intervention areas in Côte d

Ending child labour in cocoa-growing is everyone's business

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) today released its 2015 Annual Report, highlighting the organisations’ key achievements for last year and emphasising that successful approaches to tackling

Fight against child labour: ICI launches the ECLIC project

The Eliminating Child Labor in Cocoa – ECLIC project, funded by the United States Department of Labor and implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), has been launched by the First Lady

The First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire and the International Cocoa Initiative – Partners in the fight against child labour

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has signed a Partnership Agreement with the National Surveillance Committee (CNS) presided by the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, to promote child protection and

Mondelez's Cocoa Life progress report

ICI member Mondelez has recently published its 2015 progress report for Cocoa Life. Launched in 2012, Cocoa Life is Mondelez’ cocoa sustainability programme and aims to empower 200,000 farmers by 2022

In the heart of the communities: a closer look at ICI’s contribution to the Nestlé cocoa plan

8 February 2016

Join Louis Cole, a famous Youtube presenter, for a visit in Yaokouakoukro, a cocoa-growing community in Côte d’Ivoire. The following video, launched today by Nestlé, takes you right into the heart of

ICI joins CNN’s fly to freedom campaign and pledges increased child protection in cocoa

12 January 2016

A paper plane for freedom – this lightweight symbol of CNN’s Fly To Freedom campaign has flown all over the world of social media to raise awareness against modern day slavery. Launched by the hands

Fight against trafficking, exploitation and child labour: National Action Plan 2015-2017 Published by the Ivorian Government

21 December 2015

The National Committee for Monitoring Actions against Trafficking, Exploitation and Child Labour of the Ivorian authorities presented its 2015-2017 National Action Plan in Abidjan on the 15th of