According to the International Labor Rights Forum, "The US Department of State estimates that more than 109,000 children in Cote d’Ivoire’s cocoa industry work under “the worst forms of child labor,” and that some 10,000 are victims of human trafficking or enslavement." Nestle, Hershey's and Mars/M&M's are all linked with using cocoa produced in the Cote D'Ivoire. Worse, these companies were made aware of their offenses in 2001 and since have broken several promises to fix this problem. Please send an e-mail to these companies through this website: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/chocolate .
Plan ahead for Valentine's Day and purchase fair trade chocolate products here: http://www.globalexchangestore.org/SearchResults.asp?Cat=38
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