The Challenge of Child Labour and Chocolate

Cocoa, the main ingredient in your chocolate, is mostly grown in West Africa on small farms, where children often help out alongside their families. Sometimes the tasks they do are hazardous and the work can get in the way of their schooling. This is classed as child labor and is not allowed. About 1.57 million children are in this situation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Watch this video and learn what is being done for children in cocoa.

Learn more at www.worldcocoafoundation.org/focus-areas/empowered….