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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

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