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Audio interview with Peter Whoriskey (staff writer at the Washington Post) and Charity Ryerson (legal director and founder of The Corporate Accountability Lab) about the harsh child labor conditions that exist in Ivory Coast's cocoa farms.
: HERE
Bittersweet is a stop motion animation that tells the story of 14 year old Alima. Alima shares her experience as a child slave harvesting cocoa in West Africa.
The following is a documentary what provides live footage of child slavery in the process of harvesting cholate. It brings awareness of the problem and provides chocolate companies that do not produce ethically made chocolate.
Cocoa's Child Laborers-
Cocoa's Child Laborers-
Provided are the different encounters Washington Post reporters had with child laborers who work at harvesting cocoa. This article includes information about the issue, laws in the Ivory Coast, other children and more. To read more about that click here
Abou Traore
He is a 15 year old who first lied about his age when asked by a reporter, claiming he was 19 years old, because working at 15 is illegal. He has been working on the cocoa farm in the Ivory Coast since he was 10 years old along with many other boys around the same age.
Amadou Sawadogo
He was 16 years old when he came to the Ivory Coast from Burkina Faso looking for money to make. It is common for children from Burkina to be trafficked and parents are often paid in exchange for their children.
Aboudnamune Oued Rago
He is 13 years old and arrived when he was 11. He would like to reunite with his family sometime because he states that it has been a while since he last saw them. He claims that the children working make small amounts of money and are hungry.
Bitter Chocolate Stories
Bitter Chocolate Stories
This book is made up of varies stories from children who worked on cocoa plantations and it includes images of where they worked. It provides infographics, historical information, the farmer's condition and much more. By ordering a book you are donating 5 euros to GRADE-FRB's shelter in Burkina Fuso, which is a rehabilitation center for children who have been saved from forced labor. You can read statements from the children included in the book and order a book is the following link: https://bitter.tonyschocolonely.com/en
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