Stories from ICI
- Playful awareness-raising: Mock court drama in Pakyi18 August 2017A Child Protection Club (CPC) on first mention, may seem like any other school club to you. But upon a second look, you realize these are children who have taken it upon themselves to be pacesetters. The members of these clubs are anti-child labour ambassadors in their own right. The main idea behind the CPC's strategy is to ensure that children have a better understanding of child labour and child protection as well as the responsibilities they have in their homes. The clubs serve as mediums for awareness creation. With the training they receive through ICI, they engage in awareness creationRead more
- Child protection: ECLIC project equipped its Community Child Protection Committees4 July 2017For the implementation of its activities in San Pedro region, ECLIC project equipped Community Child Protection committees (CAP-CCPC) of Kouadiokro, Ichiakakro, Glibeauadji, Jeannotkro and Yankadi’ s communities with protective, training and sensitization material.Read more
- School opening in a Soubré cocoa-growing community3 April 2017The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) officially handed over the keys of a school, a motorized tricycle and birth certificates to the JeanKouamékro community, in the area of Buyo, in the framework of the implementation of its own activities and in support of the cocoa growing populations.Read more
- The dynamic community of Petit Odienne serving the cause of children9 April 2017Located in the southwest of Côte d'Ivoire in the area of Nawa and in the Sub-division of Oupoyo, Petit Odienné is a cocoa-growing community with 1,115 members. Before 2013, the year of project start, no initiative had been undertaken for the community's children.Read more
- Opening of the new public primary school in Didoko, Cote d'Ivoire4 December 2016The International Cocoa Initiative and its member Nestlé inaugurated the new primary school in Didoko (department of Divo, Côte d'Ivoire) on March 30th 2016.Read more
- Assin communities count their successes31 March 2016Community Child Protection Committees (CCPCs) are ICI's most important local stakeholders in cocoa-growing communities. These women and men are motivated to work towards increased child protection andRead more
- Teachers' accomodations: Coming at the right time27 October 2015Philip Acheampong, Cyrus Atiso and Anthony Owusu Prempeh are three teachers in Kotwea, a cocoa growing community in the Adansi South District of Ashanti Region in Ghana. Up until the last school year they had to commute for an average of 16 km each day to teach at the Kotwea Primary School.Read more