News from ICI
- ICI at the European Parliament hearing on child labour in cocoa17 August 2018On 11 July 2018, the European Parliament’s Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights held a joint hearing on cocoa and coffee entitled " Cocoa and Coffee – devastating rainforest and driving child labour: the role of EU consumption, and how the EU could help". The European Union is a top importer of cocoa, and a majority of the speakers pledged for firmer actions to be taken to tackle child labour and forest degradation in its supply chain. "We, Europeans - as major consumers of cocoa and chocolate - we have a responsibility in how the supply chains work", said Linda McAvanRead more
- Growing vegetables means more income, diversified livelihoods and better protected children14 August 2018Joseph Oppong lives in Bekwai, Adankragya. He is a 60 year old cocoa farmer with 5 children. His eldest child is in the Training College and the youngest is in Junior High School form 1. Joseph is oneRead more
- IGA: ECLIC project provides equipment to women and youth group3 August 2018"It wasn’t easy for me because there were a lot of obstacles... We, the women, received a tricycle this morning and the youth received a freezer with a generator to start selling frozen fish. I'm soRead more
- Risk of forced labour in cocoa present in both Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: 2018 global slavery index20 July 2018The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian organisation dedicated to ending contemporary slavery and human trafficking, issued the 2018 version of their “ Global Slavery Index” on 19 July 2018. The indexRead more
- A look into the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS)17 July 2018As part of ICI’s six year strategic plan from 2015 to 2020, with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and reducing child labour in cocoa-growing communities, ICI desires toRead more
- Apprenticeships for youth: "I want to be a productive adult in the future"15 July 2018One of the challenges of programmes designed to tackle child labour is covering children from fifteen years to seventeen years. These children, because they are at the age to be legally employed areRead more
- Lack of education is at the root of youth issues in cocoa-growing communities15 July 2018In many places around the world, youth are presented with an array of exciting and valuable opportunities as they transition from childhood to adulthood. They might begin post-secondary educationRead more