Andrew Korfhage

Andrew Korfhage is

Oct 292012
 
Chocolate Child Labour

Cocoa collectors may be trafficked or forced into labour.

by Andrew Korfhage

This Halloween, many of the chocolate goodies handed out to American children dressed as goblins and witches will have a ghoulish history of their own.

In the cocoa fields where many of these chocolates originate, West African children work grueling hours — some of them trafficked or forced into this labor — to make the sweet treats we enjoy here in the United States.

Continue reading »