News from ICI
- Improving literacy amongst children: Helping cocoa growing communities thrive5 September 2023Education 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, a cocoa growing community in the Ashanti region of Ghana, ICI with support from Nestlé distributed school kits to children as part of efforts to improve the education and literacy among children in cocoa growing communities. These kits included new school bags, shoes, school uniforms, exercise books, pens, pencils and math sets. John Breku, a cocoa farmer in Anyeme whose son received some of theRead more
- Child Protection at Gnipi 2 - From project financing to school support for a producer2 September 2023Early in the mornings, vegetable farmer Charles Koukougnon, can usually be found walking to his field located near Gnipi 2, a cocoa community around 13 km from Soubré. He walks happily, with his headRead more
- Apparagra: Barry Callebaut and The Hershey Company build a playground for primary school children7 August 2023Located 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)Read more
- Capacity building: The International Cocoa Initiative trains Côte d'Ivoire's National Human Rights Council on Forced Labour21 July 2023On 19 July, a capacity-building workshop on forced labour, was launched for human rights advisors and support staff at Côte d'Ivoire's National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in Bassam. The workshopRead more
- Spotlight on Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) agents19 July 2023CLMRS Agents (also known as Community Facilitators or Field Officers) are the first point of contact that cocoa-producing households have with the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System andRead more
- Japan-headquartered trading company Itochu joins ICI10 July 2023The Japan-headquartered trading company Itochu, which is involved in both domestic and international trading of products such as textiles, metals, minerals and food products including cocoa, hasRead more
- ICI commissions sanitation facilities in schools30 June 2023Two 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 theRead more