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Help Combat Child Slavery in the Chocolate Industry with Fair Trade Colleges and Universities
Every child deserves an education, but according to the International Labour Organization (ILO), child labor is a reality for 168 million boys and girls in Latin America, Africa and Asia. What if your brother, sister, cousin, neighbor, or YOU had to pick cocoa beans instead of going to school as a child? Can you imagine that reality?
It’s easier than you think to make a stand for children. Fair trade standards prohibit child slave labor on certified cocoa farms in Latin America and Africa.
Join Us to Combat Child Slave Labor with Fair Trade Colleges & Universities!
Our mission is to connect college students to a global movement, mobilizing campuses to advocate for change. Advocates challenge their college or university to live up to commitments to sustainability, our rights and responsibilities towards those living in poverty, and solidarity against child slave labor through this movement.
Your actions can empower hundreds, even thousands, on your campus to purchase fair trade chocolate and provide a massive impact in the lives of the farmers who grow the chocolate you love.
Three Ways YOU Can Make a Difference:
1) Join us for the Back to School Photo Contest from August 25th to September 12th. Thousands of students will be raising awareness about issues in the cocoa industry and taking action on their campuses. Participating groups receive event kits that include fair trade chocolate samples!
2) Find a campaign near you – we’ve got over 100 campaigns on campuses across the country. Connect with a group of passionate advocates in your community.
3) Start an official Fair Trade Campaign on your campus. You have the power to educate your community, get started today!
Get your university to commit to the fair trade model, which prohibits child slave labor in the production of the chocolate that is currently available in your dining halls, cafes and offices. We challenge YOU to change the world, one university at a time!
Questions? Feel free to contact Fair Trade Colleges & Universities National Organizer Parker Townley at [email protected].
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