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"Kweku and the bird" - Episode 4: The community plays a key role

The final episode of "Kweku and the bird" is about the Community Child Protection Committees set up with the help of ICI in cocoa-growing communities

Recognising women’s work in cocoa production, today and every day

Women’s work in cocoa production is rarely acknowledged. On this International Women’s Day, and every day through the International Cocoa Initiative’s (ICI) work in cocoa-growing communities, ICI

Three Ghanaian women pressing for progress in their communities

In carrying out our activities over the years, we have come across women whose efforts have been key to the elimination of child labour in their communities. Some of these women such as Felicia, have

Mondelez signs new deal with Ghana COCOBOD to reduce deforestation

19 February 2018

The Mondelez sustainability program, CocoaLife, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ghana COCOBOD to help reduce emissions in its supply chain. CocoaLife previously signed a letter of

Agreement signed: U.S. researchers to conduct study on child labour in Côte d'Ivoire

16 February 2018

The Ivorian National Committee for Action against Child Labour (CNS) - presided by the First Lady Dominique Ouattara - and the NORC Research Institute of the University of Chicago (USA) agreed on

Nestlé and the International Cocoa Initiative support Didier Drogba Foundation to put more children in school

17 January 2018

"Make me proud of you!" said the famous ivorian soccer player Didier Drogba to the children of Pokou Kouamekro. Children in Pokou-Kouamekro, Côte d’Ivoire, as well as their families, have a good

We have something to say, if only you will let us!

20 December 2017

There have been many discussions, policies and programmes on child labour and child protection over the years. These have led to many interventions in this area. The issue of child labour is still a

Ivorian children take part in the World Children's Prize

20 December 2017

The World Children’s Prize 2017-2018 has been officially launched today in Sweden, at World Children’s Day. The 2016—2017 edition saw six schools in the 50 communities of ICI’s ECLIC project

Community Development: A march to mobilise resources for drinking water in cocoa communities

6 December 2017

Charlie Uldahl Christensen, Founder and CEO of Walking for Water (W4W), has embarked on a philanthropic pilgrimage from Denmark to Tanzania since mid-2015. His goal is to combat the global water

"ICI empowers us to work for the progress of our communities"

1 December 2017

Eric Sackitey, a cocoa farmer in the Ghanaian community Adomponsu, is a member of the local Community Child Protection Committee (CCPC). In order to sustain the efforts of these committees in the communities, ICI supports the members to start additional income activities.