Here are the last two articles that Mary thought were really good when researching her paper. One is from CNN and the other BBC. It does not talk about slavery as much as the plight of the small conventional cacoa farmer. Most of their children can not attend school and must help on the farm so the family can survive. Again and again when asked what would let them send their children to school, the farmers said a fairer price for their cacoa. Here are the links to the articles.
Chocolate's Bittersweet Economy
Child Cocoa Worker's Still Exploited
Although I have no problem with children helping on the family farm, there is something wrong when they cannot attend school and have to live in such dire poverty because a "living wage" is not payed for their families crop.
Chocolate's Bittersweet Economy
Child Cocoa Worker's Still Exploited
Although I have no problem with children helping on the family farm, there is something wrong when they cannot attend school and have to live in such dire poverty because a "living wage" is not payed for their families crop.
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