Hold Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey Accountable for Child Labor in the Ivory Coast
Two decades ago, three major chocolate companies pledged to stop using cocoa harvested by children. They broke their promise.
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
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History
The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID) is the principal organ of the Spanish Cooperation aimed at poverty reduction and sustainable human development.
Mission
To promote, manage and implement policies aimed at fighting poverty and achieving sustainable human development.
Vision
Development outcomes that reduce poverty, increase social cohesion and achieve equal rights; access and protect the fundamental rights of victims of humanitarian crises
- Contact Information:
- 18 Ngo Van So Street, Hoan Kiem District
- Hanoi, Hanoi
- Vietnam
- Active In: Vietnam, Spain
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Forced Labor
- Tel: +84 (0) 43 928-7600
- Email: co.general@aecid.vn
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- Madrid,
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The "Chocolate Slaves" of the Ivory Coast
Cocoa is the main ingredient found in chocolate. A large percentage of the world's cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Many times, forced labor and child labor are used to harvest cocoa beans. Learn more at the Insights Lecture Series at the Cincinnati Museum Center on October 4th, 2018.