Helping Kids, Helping Families:
Partners in Protecting Children
Chocolate and cocoa companies are not experts in child labor and social issues, so they have joined with government, labor, agricultural and other organizations to fight abusive child labor in West Africa.
We are working with groups like the Child Labor Coalition, Free the Slaves and the Global March Against Child Labour - because they have been fighting child labor for decades and know how to make a difference.
International development organizations have tremendous experience in building strong farming communities. That's why we've joined with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); GTZ, a German development organization; and CIDA, the Canadian International Development Agency.
Other partners understand how to help farmers improve their livelihood - groups like the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture and SOCODEVI, a Canadian group that organizes farmers.
Labor experts, such as the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Union of Food Workers and the U.S. Department of Labor, bring a broad understanding of worldwide labor standards.
We've also joined with the governments of cocoa farming countries -
Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria - which are committed
to eliminating abusive child labor.
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- Archer Daniels Midland
- Barry Callebaut AG
- Blommer
- Cadbury Schweppes
- Cargill
- Ferrero
- Hershey Foods, Inc.
- Kraft Foods
- Mars
- Nestle
- Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery
Industries of the European Union (CAOBISCO)
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- Confectionery Manufacturers Association of Canada (CMAC)
- Chocolate Manufacturers Association of the USA (CMA)
- National Confectioners Association of the USA (NCA)
- Cocoa Merchants Association of America (CMAA)
- European Cocoa Association (ECA)
- International Confectionery Association (ICA)
- World Cocoa Foundation
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