Stop Child Labour

"Chaga and the Chocolate Factory" is the name of the short story we have studied in the English class, 9th grade.It describes the inhuman conditions young children have to face in the cocoa plantations in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. Children are forced to work long hours, they are beaten and at night they are put in shacks.

It's time to put an end to Child Labour!
Let Kids go to School and be Happy!

Chocolate and Child Labour

"Chaga and the Chocolate Factory" is the name of the short story we have studied in the English class, 9th grade.It describes the inhuman conditions young children have to face in the cocoa plantations in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. Children are forced to work long hours, they are beaten and at night they are put in shacks.

The main character of the story is Chaga, a poor ten year old boy , who lives in Mali, Africa, with his six brothers and sisters. On day the Bicycle Man appeared and promised him a new life. He could work in the chocolate factory and earn enough money to buy a bicycle and take care of his family. But Chaga’s dreams and hopes became a nightmare. He was forced to work long hours, carrying heavy bags of cocoa beans, along the plantation.

Work done by Eduarda and Carla, 9th E

Human rights declaration 60 years old

The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be marked globally on Wednesday 10 December, International Human Rights Day.

What are human rights?

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.

Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law , general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.

Link: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Changing the lives of Orphans around the World

Luís Figo Foundation

The Luís Figo Foundation is, a non-profit institution, based on the personality of Luís Figo, a Portuguese citizen moved by an ideal — perfection — and a passion — sports. The foundation seeks to provide children and teens — especially those who are underprivileged — with conditions and opportunities for fully realizing their potential as people and citizens through sports. The foundation also seeks to improve the standard of living of underprivileged children and teens.

The Luís Figo Foundation develops its own social intervention programmes and projects, with the support of its founding patrons, Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, BPN — Banco Português de Negócios, Coca-Cola and Galp Energia. With the help of third parties the foundation develops and implements its projects, while working with other public and/or private bodies to address pressing social needs.
On 24 January 2008 Luís Figo became a "Stop TB Ambassador". The Stop TB Partnership
which is hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, is a network of more than 600 organizations, countries, patient groups, donors from the public and private sectors, and nongovernmental and governmental organizations working together to eliminate TB. The project's aim is to entertain children and young adults while educating them about TB.
"Tuberculosis is one of the unfairest fouls in the game of life," Figo said on the occasion of the announcement. "I am grateful to the Stop TB Partnership for giving me the opportunity to help protect the world's people against this terrible illness."
And the World is grateful to him to support such noble causes.

If you want to score a goal with Luís Figo click here

Voluntary Work

Chocolate Slaves

Chocolate is one of life's guilty pleasures. But recent reports of child slave labour on African cocoa plantations have given the guilt aspect a whole new meaning. Here is a surprising association between chocolate and child labour in the Cote d'Ivoire. Young boys whose ages range from 12 to 16 have been sold into slave labor and are forced to work in cocoa farms in order to harvest the beans, from which chocolate is made, under inhumane conditions and extreme abuse. This West African country is the leading exporter of cocoa beans to the world market. Thus, the existence of slave labor is relevant to the entire international economic community. Appropriate response from the chocolate industry, government officials, and consumers concerning whether there should be boycotting, establishment of government legislation to put "made by slaves" labels on products, or whether some type of international cooperation is needed to ensure improved working conditions. The complexity of the problem makes finding an effective solution a challenging task. Children have rights as human beings and also need special care and protection but child labour is a real problem in many countries, not only in Africa. Should this situation happen in our century?

http://www.american.edu/ted/chocolate-slave.htm