Child Labor
Chocolate
Shocking Statistics
Misc
100
40 percent of all children in labor are of this gender.
Female
100
What major company does not sell fair trade chocolate?
Hershey's
100
13 billion dollars are spent on cocoa products by what country?
the United States
100
The average cocoa farmer makes under-the-poverty-line income each day. How much do they make?
2 dollars.
200
how old are the youngest child slaves?
5 years
200
How heavy are the cocoa sacks that children have to carry through the rain forest?
100 lbs
200
How many child slaves in west Africa working on cocoa farms?
15000 child slaves
200
While trying to get the cocoa pods children are exposed to what?
Dangerous chemicals without wearing any protective clothing
300
what are children forced to use to cut down the bean pods?
A machete
300
What is the usual age range for child slaves?
12-16
300
Hundreds of thousands of acres of rain forest have been stripped because of what activity?
Cocoa farming.
300
What time does a child s work day begin?
usually 6am
400
In Ghana, this percent of children working on cocoa farms do not go to school.
10 percent
400
70% of the worlds cocoa comes from where?
West Africa, mostly Ghana and the Ivory coast
400
Around 40 percent of all cacao is grown by what group of people?
Slaves.
400
How do children usually get into slavery
they are abducted
500
In Ivory Coast, this percent of children working on cocoa farms do not go to school.
40 percent
500
How much cocoa does the Ivory Coast provide?
Over 1/3 of the worlds cocoa
500
A child in labor typically works what hours?
From 6am to late in the evening.
500
What local company is fair trade?
Theo Chocolate
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