It is estimated that in the West African nation of the Ivory Coast alone, more than 600,000 children work on cocoa fields.
Children in the cocoa fields are being exposed to dangerous practices such as the unprotected use of chemicals, carrying heavy loads, brush burning and using machetes.
About half of these children do not go to school. There is also evidence of children being trafficked.
It is estimated up to 12,000 children have been trafficked for cocoa in West Africa.
Most of the cocoa of the chocolate that we eat is from the Ivory Coast. Most of the Companies of the chocolate that we eat do not guarantee that their products are free of child slavery. On the website http://www.fta.org.au/?q=locator you can surf around and check out fair trade stuff. I still haven't found where to find which products are fair trade and which ones aren't. Let me know if you find it.
I'm sorry, but you are going to be annoyed. But you can thank me for your weight loss ;). Apparently Cadbury do not guarantee that there products are free of child slavery. Darn it! ;) You probably new that, right?
It's really simple. Don't buy Chocolate unless it is fair trade chocolate! Chocolate products will have a fair trade symbol on them if they are fair trade.
Check out this video. It's really informative.
The darker side of chocolate
I'll post more about this as I figure it out.
Children in the cocoa fields are being exposed to dangerous practices such as the unprotected use of chemicals, carrying heavy loads, brush burning and using machetes.
About half of these children do not go to school. There is also evidence of children being trafficked.
It is estimated up to 12,000 children have been trafficked for cocoa in West Africa.
Most of the cocoa of the chocolate that we eat is from the Ivory Coast. Most of the Companies of the chocolate that we eat do not guarantee that their products are free of child slavery. On the website http://www.fta.org.au/?q=locator you can surf around and check out fair trade stuff. I still haven't found where to find which products are fair trade and which ones aren't. Let me know if you find it.
I'm sorry, but you are going to be annoyed. But you can thank me for your weight loss ;). Apparently Cadbury do not guarantee that there products are free of child slavery. Darn it! ;) You probably new that, right?
It's really simple. Don't buy Chocolate unless it is fair trade chocolate! Chocolate products will have a fair trade symbol on them if they are fair trade.
Check out this video. It's really informative.
The darker side of chocolate
I'll post more about this as I figure it out.
Pete- the irony is Cadbury Easter Eggs are used as a fundraiser for schools and preschools...
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