EXPERIENCE WEST AFRICA THROUGH
THE EYES OF KWAME
West Africa is a place of abundance and beauty - mountains, rainforests, and savannas. It also produces 70 per cent of the world's raw cocoa†, a key ingredient in chocolate. 300,000 children work in hazardous conditions on West African cocoa farms*. Of these, some 12,000 child cocoa workers are likely to have arrived in their situation as a result of child trafficking*. On your trip, meet a young boy whose greatest wish is to play in his local football club. However, his family's extreme poverty and his sense of duty take him on a journey that will change his life ... and yours ...
COMING SOON TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU!
* Child trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, accommodation or reception of children for the purpose of exploitation including bonded labour and prostitution.
All statistics by UNICEF except * researched by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
† http://www.worldcocoafoundation.org/for-the-media/fast-facts.asp
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