What is slavery-free chocolate? 

Slavery-free chocolate is chocolate that is free fromn exploitative labour practices. 

Presently, children as young as twelve years old are picking cocoa in West Africa and other regions to make the chocolate we eat. 

Some of these children are trafficked. Most are forced to pick cocoa from an early age, for minimal or no wages, for long hours, in dangerous working conditions, without any chance of attending school. 

The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) estimates there are 500,000 to 1,500,000 children working in the cocoa sector in West Africa. 

A global movement has begun to change this. The movement tackles poverty and empowers producers through trade. When you choose your chocolate look for the label that shows the cocoa has been sourced ethically. That means it doesn't come form the sweat and tears of children, trafficked or in forced labour. 

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