News from ICI
- My son was able to complete school because of my involement in the IGA, says Alice17 octobre 2018In Mehame, 18 women and 2 men have been trained and supported start a soap-making venture. They have also been supported to start maize farms.These activities are part of ICI’s strategy to eradicate poverty by supporting cocoa-farmers, whose children are at risk of child labour, to start income generating activities (IGA). These beneficiaries have seen tremendous improvements in their lives since they engaged in the IGA. Alice Bonsu is part of the group in the Mehame community. She recounts her experience for us; “The IGA has been of great benefit to me. We were trained in soap making in 2016En savoir plus
- Donner aux filles les moyens d'acquérir des compétences pour un avenir meilleur11 octobre 2018We have facilitated community development actions such as the construction of schools and the setting up of income generating activities for parents to ensure that they can provide for the needs of their children. We also provide direct support to children – for instance, educational support for those in school and the opportunity to enrol in apprenticeship programmes for those between 15 to 17 years.En savoir plus
- A brighter future for Augustina11 octobre 2018Diana Mawusi is a mother of seven children living in Mehame, a cocoa-growing community in the Asanti Region. Her eldest child, Augustina Brago is a beneficiary of the ICI supported apprenticeshipEn savoir plus
- Nestlé advances actions to curb child labour in cocoa in Ashanti Region26 septembre 2018The Cocoanect co untry Representative, Marjolijn Hekelaah, handing over a school bag to a child The remediation element of the Nestle Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) wasEn savoir plus
- Protection des enfants: Les populations participantes du projet ECLIC reçoivent des appuis en infrastructures scolaires et sociales innovantes24 septembre 2018Comment offrir des opportunités éducatives de qualité aux enfants engagés ou courant le risque d’être engagés dans le travail des enfants ? C’est cette problématique que tente de résoudre la Fondation International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) à travers la mise en œuvre du projet Eliminer le Travail des Enfants dans la Cacaoculture (Eliminating Child Labor In Cocoa - ECLIC) en Côte d’Ivoire.En savoir plus
- How good infrastructure can increase children's interest in education5 septembre 2018Education serves as one of the best preventive measures of remediating children from child labour and promoting a safer environment to facilitate child protection. As part of ICI’s interventions inEn savoir plus
- How rice cultivation helps reduce child labour in Ghana5 septembre 2018ICI, through our work in the communities have come to see the impossibility of eliminating child labour without elevating poverty because it is one of the major causes of child labour.En savoir plus