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Share this on:FacebookTwitterDiggdel.icio.usredditMySpaceStumbleUponShareComments (15 comments)Permalink Tweet Chocolate's Child SlavesEveryone loves chocolate. But for thousands of people, chocolate is the reason for their enslavement.
The chocolate bar you snack on likely starts at a plant in a West African cocoa plantation, and often the people who harvest it are children. Many are slaves to a system that produces something almost all of us consume and enjoy.
The CNN Freedom Project sent correspondent David McKenzie into the heart of the Ivory Coast - the world’s largest cocoa producer - to investigate what's happening to children working in the fields.
His work has resulted in a shocking, eye-opening documentary showing that despite all the promises the global chocolate industry made a decade ago, much of the trade remains unchanged. There are still child slaves harvesting cocoa, even though some have never even tasted chocolate and some don't even know what the word "chocolate" means.
In the documentary "Chocolate’s Child Slaves," CNN discovers a human trafficking network and farmers using child labor for an industry offering low prices and little more than broken promises.
The documentary first airs on Friday, January 20. As you now ponder the injustices chocolate can cause, are you considering checking your next chocolate purchase for a fair-trade label? Can that seemingly inconsequential action of looking at a label spur a chain of events? Or do you think it takes more than a label to change an industry? We'll also find out what the chocolate industry says about all this in a discussion airing after the documentary.
Chocolate’s Child Slaves premieres Friday 20th January 2012: 8.00pm GMT, 9.00pm CET.
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Post by: CNN's Samuel BurkeTopics: Chocolate’s Child Slaves • Life In Slavery We recommend From around the web « Previous entryCollege kids vow to end slavery soundoff (15 Responses) PlaishamWhile I am probably not in the majority...I don't care for chocolate. I don't like the mouth feel or the gooiness it leaves or actually most of the taste. But I do have chocolate in freezer I keep for guests. and would like to thank you for info about FAIR TRADE. I honestly didn't know. But now that I do I will be VERY careful in purchases. Thanks
January 12, 2012 at 11:07 am | Ayalasorry, but my chocolate habit will not change
January 12, 2012 at 11:20 am | SmittySo its not the West African country that looks the other way on child slavery, or the plantation owner that forces these kids into slavery that is the problem, it is the consumer of chocolate. Okay. Brilliant, thanks. Sorry CNN, but I have no control over where the chocolate I consume comes from. The corporations do. Why don't you throw them under the bus and then you'll actually have a real story.
January 12, 2012 at 11:55 am | KittygAMEN!
January 12, 2012 at 6:01 pm | Tululah@Smitty, of course it's the responsibility of the countries and the plantation owners, but that doesn't mean it's not ALSO the responsibility of the consumer. I agree that sometimes these sorts of reports just give a ton of awful information but with little information abut what you can directly do about it.
However, I do think that change can be made by consumers too... One thing you can do is choose to buy from companies who display the fair trade logo, indicating that they have abided by fair practices, not used slavery, and paid a living wage.
Of course, most chocolate in the USA does not have the fair trade logo and so your choices are quite limited. I have also lived in the UK, and what is interesting there is that is a really strong consumer movement for fair trade – e.g. ALL of Starbucks' coffee is fair-trade there because it's such a popular issue. Also, some of the major chocolate companies use all fair trade chocolate (Cadburys are moving that way, and all Kitkats are fair trade). I think there is great potential for consumer power, if people let companies know that this matters to them.
Imagine if , say, Hershey's adopted such a policy and made sure all their cocoa was from fair trade sources. It would make a huge difference, and give consumers a real option. This article has given me the push to write to some companies and let them know that this matters to me.
January 12, 2012 at 12:28 pm | HeatherI agree, yeah their government could do something but the problem is the country is very poor, and they'll do what they must to get money to survive. Large corporations see this as cheap labor. If everyone starts buying only fair trade products, then more companies will start moving to those practices or else they won't have any business anymore. Fair trade might not be as common in the US but there are plenty of places that sell it, at least on the east coast where I'm at.
January 12, 2012 at 9:21 pm | Adebayo josephThis is outrageous in this modern day governance.something must be done fast
January 12, 2012 at 12:29 pm | OlaywholaMessi must be famous in the world.bcoz he hv tried his best b4 so nw he will reap d fruit of it
January 12, 2012 at 12:49 pm | us1776I wish they would make fair-trade labeling better known.
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January 12, 2012 at 6:13 pm | Steve387I was going to call and complain, but I just threw away my cell phone because it may have contained conflict minerals.
January 12, 2012 at 8:00 pm | smakoI know a lot of vegetarians that claim if they eat only dark chocolate it is cruelty free, I have told them about the people who harvest their chocolate and the reply? "It's their choice to work there or not." Thank you for the story, I can send it to the self righteous veganazis that think butter is cruel.
January 13, 2012 at 12:11 am | smakoThis is the chocolate, now read about the labor practices in harvesting coffee and bananas.
January 13, 2012 at 12:13 am | OperationShadowProjectThe companies which employ these methods should be brought to justice then shut down.
January 13, 2012 at 2:13 am | GypsyKingOh My God, this article made me so hungry for the deep rich luxury of chocolate I'm headed out to International Plaza for lunch and hitting the Godiva store!! Thanks for reminding me how precious and delicious this food really is!!
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