Addressing Child Labor

WCF is strongly committed to elimination of the worst child labor abuses.  WCF is a signatory to the 2001 Harkin-Engel Protocol, which commits the cocoa and chocolate industry to working with the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to eradicate the worst child labor abuses. WCF believes that child labor is usually a symptom of wider problems, including poverty. WCF programs expand educational opportunities for youth, provide basic literacy training, agricultural knowledge, leadership skills, and vocational education. We believe helping the entire farm family will improve conditions for the children, and works with its partners to increase educational opportunity for all family members.