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ICI: Putting children and their education first

Working in 151 cocoa-growing communities over the past year, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) reached 250,000 people in 2014, 100 000 of whom were children. As a direct result of ICI’s

New ICI logo: Welcome to our new world!

"We have a great, fresh new logo, and we love it. Both in the process by which we decided upon it, and in its visual depictions, it sums ICI up brilliantly." Nick Weatherill, ICI's Executive Director

Women in focus: The role of women in child protection in cocoa

ICI's national coordinator for Côte d'Ivoire, Euphrasie Aka, explains the crucial role of women when it comes to child protection in cocoa-growing

How to reach a 1,000,000 children: Time for team action

17 February 2015

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) believes in putting the future of children at the heart of cocoa sustainability. United by the principle of

Kailash Satyarthi talks about the unique role of ICI

17 February 2015

The Chairperson of the Global March Against Child Labour and Founding Board Member of ICI, Kailash Satyarthi, was recently awarded the Nobel Peace

A supply chain 100% free of child labour should be the goal of every business: ICI

19 January 2015

The International Cocoa Initiative took part in a recent live chat of The Guardian about the role of businesses on tackling child labour. The panel of experts included representatives from Anti

The US State Department awards Hershey Impact Award

8 December 2014

The Hershey Company, a Founding Member of ICI and one of the world’s biggest chocolate companies, won the P3 Impact Award for its “Cocoa Link” program which is impacting on the livelihoods of over 45

ICI’s board members wins Nobel peace prize

10 October 2014

Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson of the Global March Against Child Labour and a founding Board Member of ICI since 2002, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014, jointly with Malala Yousafrai

A mother's view on school construction

29 September 2014

Gifty Okine talks to ICI about the benefits of having a primary school in the village.

From 20 to 200 children attending school

29 September 2014

Francis K. Gyan, School Management Committee Chairman, talks about the huge increase in school attendance in his community, as well as what more needs to be done to accommodate all teachers.