International Cocoa Initiative partners with ILO to tackle child labour on cocoa farms
date:May 15, 2012
ICI is a charitable foundation set-up to eliminate the worst forms of child labour whose members include major confectioners such as Mars, Nestle, Hershey, Ferrero and Kraft/Cadbury.


Addressing root causes


The ILO Cocoa Communities Project will seek to combat child labour in 80 cocoa growing communities in Ghana and Cte dIvoire in a programme funded by the US Department of Labour.


Nick Weatherill, executive director of ICI, toldConfectioneryNews.com:By addressing the root causes of child l

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