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Education: From classrooms built of tarpaulins, to a fully equipped school supported by Barry Callebaut

6 November 2023

Built on a one-hectare site, the Ménégbé school is now the pride of the community. It has replaced the makeshift classrooms built of wood and covered with tarpaulins that were used previously. The new

Transforming Lives of Children in Rural Communities: CIRCLE project launched

25 October 2023

Late last month in Accra, ICI and its partner Fairtrade Africa (FTA) launched the CIRCLE (Children in rural Communities are learning and Empowered) Project. The project is being implemented by

New classrooms for a school in Akwateykrom

5 September 2023

With funding from Toms Group, a newly built 3-unit classroom block with auxiliary facilities, toilet and a mechanised borehole, were handed over to

Improving literacy amongst children: Helping cocoa growing communities thrive

5 September 2023

Education has long been considered an essential remedy to combating child labour, but even if a school is nearby, children cannot study as they should without the necessary school supplies. In Anyeme

Empowering young people to build stronger futures in cocoa-growing communities

Kouamé Koffi Arsène is a hardworking young man from Belle-ville in Cote d'Ivoire who applied for a job as a Facilitator at the Child Friendly Spaces

Kouakou Ahou Charlotte, apprentie couturière à Soubré

Nous vous invitons à suivre cette belle histoire, pleine d'enseignements, de courage et d'espoir, de Charlotte, jeune maman d'un enfant de plus d'un

Apparagra: Barry Callebaut and The Hershey Company build a playground for primary school children

In Divo, Côte d’Ivoire, at the Apparagra Public Primary School, Barry Callebaut and Hershey’s provided new playground equipment, a first for many

Apparagra: Barry Callebaut and The Hershey Company build a playground for primary school children

Located 25km from Hiré in Divo, Côte d’Ivoire, at the Apparagra Public Primary School, pupils play in the schoolyard, using the new equipment installed by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI)

Empowering the youth through apprenticeships: Luwis' story

ICI commissions sanitation facilities in schools

Two sanitation facilities have been commissioned in Anwona and Ayokoa, two cocoa-growing communities in Adansi Asokwa district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Funded by Nestle and implemented by the

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