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Five ways education can help to tackle child labour

23 January 2020

Education is central to tackling child labour. Over the years the International Cocoa Initiative has supported thousands of children in cocoa-growing communities to access to quality education. As

Tony’s Chocolonely publishes 2018/19 annual report

13 January 2020

Tony’s Chocolonely, an International Cocoa Initiative contributing partner, has published its 2018/19 annual report. The report details Tony’s steps towards making their supply chain 100% slave free

Quality education: Schools closer to home for children from 8 cocoa communities in Cote d'Ivoire

19 December 2019

The dreams of the children of Atonihio and Wosso (Gagnoa), Krakro (Soubré), Kouassikro (Duékoué), Séably (Man), Petit Katiola (Guiglo), Ladjikro (Okrouyo) and Kouamekro (Guéyo), to have a school near

Nestlé’s progress tackling child labour

10 December 2019

Through its partnership with the International Cocoa Initiative, Nestlé is making progress tackling child labour. Today, its second Tackling Child Labour report is launched and charts the success so

Kweku and the Bird animation series

6 November 2019

"Kweku and the bird" is a 4-part 3D-animation series developed by the International Cocoa Initiative, a leading organization promoting child

The impact a bicycle had on a child's education

31 October 2019

Ebenezer Adjei is the son of a cocoa farmer and one of the beneficiaries of the Tony's Chocolonely Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) being implemented in partnership with ABOCFA, a cooperative of organic farmers in Suhum. Ebenezer tells us in this video how his educational life has improved after receiving a new bicycle.

Final evaluation of the ECLIC project: Encouraging results and recommendations for sustainable actions undertaken

30 October 2019

Eliminating Child Labor In Cocoa (ECLIC) project funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDoL) and implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative Foundation (ICI) is coming to an end

"My family and I now have a better life because of the money I make from my rice farm", states Mary

25 October 2019

Mary Tetteh lives in Assin Abease, a cocoa-growing community in the Central region of Ghana, with her husband and ten children. Nine of her children are still in school with three of them in Senior

New project to take action on children's harmful work in African agriculture

16 October 2019

The majority of children’s work in Africa is within the agricultural sector. However, there is insufficient evidence on the prevalence of harmful children’s work across different agricultural value

A new study to help estimate child labour risk in cocoa-growing communities

14 October 2019

ICI has published a new study on how community data can be used to estimate the risk of child labour. This study uses data from 258 cocoa-producing communities in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to answer the