Ghana (EKO) : MARS’s shady secret.

 

In Ghana, five-year-olds are harvesting cocoa with machetes  almost as big as they are for Mars to make Snicker bars and  m&m’s. Instead of going to school these kids risk chopping off  their fingers so their families can scrape a living. Meanwhile, the chocolate giant is cashing in billions in profit  off child labour, blaming a complicated supply chain and  claiming there’s no proof. But that’s going to change now – with your help. A group of brave lawyers is for the first time able to identify with  100% certainty which cocoa suppliers use child labour. All  this team needs is enough resources to gather all the evidence  and build a case in court. If it wins, it would set a huge  precedent for the chocolate industry. If all of us chip in even a tiny amount, we can give this brave  team a standing chance against one of the richest companies  in the United States and kickstart meaningful change for  children working the plantations in Ghana and beyond – are you  in ? I'll donate €3I'll donate €5I'll donate €7I'll donate €8I'll donate another amount There are still more than 1.5 million children labouring on cocoa  farms in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana which together produce nearly  60% of the world’s cocoa.  Mars boasts that it rescues thousands of kids in Ghana, keeping  them in school and off cocoa plantations, even handing out  backpacks and pencils. But a recent media investigation showed  the scheme is a sham – some of the children listed by Mars as  being back at school were still working in the fields. The global chocolate giant has denied and deflected accusations  of child labour in their supply chain time and again. But our  partners have now have a whistleblower embedded with a  major cocoa company in Ghana who is able to identify cocoa  plantations for specific companies where children are labouring  away. The only way to win this is to present this shameless company  with irrefutable proof in court to force them to face up to – and  fix – its child labour problem. With enough donations, we can  make sure that the legal team is able to do just that. We’ve stood up to massive corporate giants like McDonalds and  PepsiCo, and forced them to adopt more sustainable palm oil  practices, saving rainforest and protecting wildlife. Now let’s  help these lawyers take on Mars and help these kids get their  childhood back. Are you in ? I'll donate €3I'll donate €5I'll donate €7I'll donate €8I'll donate another amount Thanks for all that you do, Rosa, Vicky, and the Ekō team. More information : Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young  as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigation. CBS News 29  November 2023. Leading candy manufacturer Mars Inc. accused of using  child labor in CBS investigation. USA Today 01 December  2023.

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